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The development legend on his new Fighting Fantasy game
Read More »Written in Blood: The Return of Fighting Fantasy
This week’s most notable game release doesn’t come on disc and isn’t a download – it’s Ian Livingstone’s new Fighting Fantasy. MCV quizzed him about about keeping the series relevant in the age of Twitter and iOS. Before he was a trusted source for government chancellors, before he was the …
Read More »Music maestros sought for GamesAid Christmas concert
GamesAid is on the hunt for aspiring singers and classic music talent to take part in the games industry’s first-ever Christmas concert. The event – set up between senior figures in the games industry – will take place at London’s St Stephen’s Rosslyn Hall on Wednesday, December 19th. And hidden …
Read More »Sports Interactive breaks silence on Eidos split
Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson has finally revealed the reasons behind the developer’s split from its publisher Eidos. The Football Manager developer ditched Eidos in 2003, leaving the publisher with the Championship Manager IP but taking the talent behind the successful franchise. Championship Manager subsequently was handed to new internal …
Read More »Games Britannia: One week to go
Week-long games education and careers event set to kick off with Ian Livingstone keynote
Read More »Just one week left till Game Horizon conference
Last chance to purchase tickets for business networking event for developers
Read More »Tax Breaks: UKIE calls on industry
UK trade body responds to government call for input on games tax relief
Read More »Triple-A games ‘aren’t going anywhere’
But top-end titles 'may move to new platforms such as TV after the next generation of consoles'
Read More »‘Huge problems ahead’ for mid-tier console devs
'People have so much more choice on mobile platforms and Facebook today', says Livingstone
Read More »UK scraps ICT in schools
Move paves way for introduction of computer science
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