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The developer of The Witcher 3 and online retailer Green Man Gaming have had a public falling out over the upcoming RPG. CD Projekt Red’s business development manager Rafa? Jaki yesterday took to the studio’s forums to question the validity of GMG’s PC keys for the game, which are currently …
Read More »Green Man Gaming to serve as official Gfinity Championship supplier
UK eSports firm Gfinity and digital games retailer Green Man Gaming have penned a deal surrounding the former’s upcoming pro-gaming tournament. Under the new partnership – the second-such collaboration in as many weeks for Gfinity, following its two-year hookup with The Sun owner News UK – Green Man Gaming will …
Read More »Green Man Gaming signs as MCV Awards 2015 Event Partner
Green Man Gaming has announced its support for this year’s MCV Awards celebration, signing on as Event Partner. "The MCV Awards are a highlight in the industry calendar, and we are once again very proud to be a partner, helping to celebrate the very best of UK games and retail,” …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Catherine Anderson
Anderson’s role on Green Man Gaming’s finance team combines two of her passions – games and numbers. It’s a love affair that began in her early years, as she split studying to be an account with working as a sales assistant in the video game store Future Zone on Saturdays. …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Daniele Thillmann
Thillmann’s career began outside of games, where she spent a substantial amount of time working in large multinational eCommerce and online gambling businesses, honing her skills and experience in fraud prevention and payments. With this as her foundation, Thillmann says it was a ‘natural fit’ to then move into the …
Read More »Selling in the Social Age: How to harness the power of the internet
Times have changed. So goes the well-worn adage, and it holds as true for games retail as any other sector caught up in the digital revolution. It’s not all about discs versus downloads either; from the continuing boom of social media to the emergence of live streaming, retailers must learn …
Read More »GMG’s Tracey McGarrigan becomes GamesAid trustee
Games industry charity GamesAid has welcomed Green Man Gaming’s Tracey McGarrigan as its latest trustee. McGarrigan joined the games industry in 2010 as Sci-Fi-London.com’s games editor before subsequently joining GMG as head of global PR and communications. "I’m so proud to now be a trustee,” McGarrigan said. My legs are …
Read More »First developers sign up with Green Man Loaded
Pocket Games and Burnt Fuse to release IdolHands and Keebles in Q1 2015
Read More »Two developers sign up to Green Man Loaded
Green Man Gaming’s new publishing arm has named its first two development partners. Pocket Games and Burnt Fuse will release god game IdolHands and physics-based puzzle game Keebles respectively, with both due to arrive on the Green Man Loaded label in Q1 2015. Our first mission when we launched Green …
Read More »Green Man Gaming is now taking Bitcoin payments
Bitcoin can now be used to buy games from online retailer Green Man Gaming. The company says that the decision was taken after 89 per cent of respondents in a recent buyer survey expressed a desire for it. For the time being it is restricted to customers who pay is …
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