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Clark takes up new position of vice president of partnerships for Europe

Sega is working closer than ever with its studios. We talk to MCV’s Person of the Year John Clark about community, acquisitions, incubation, leadership and the potential of Steam in China

Sega remains one of the most recognisable names in the video game business. That’s still largely thanks to its days as a platform holder, though since then the company has diversified into every area of publishing, utilising its immense back catalogue to great effect and working with top-end developers on …

Sega, once a dominant force in the console space, has reduced its presence in the sector over the years. Though it still supports console platforms, the firm is today best known as a PC publisher, producing the likes of Football Manager, Total War, Company of Heroes and Dawn of War. …

Titles from Japanese games giant Atlus could be coming to Europe by way of Sega. Atlus’ releases were previously launched in the UK and Europe by NIS America. However, following the finalisation of Sega’s purchase of Atlus, relations with NIS America have become strained and the two terminated their relationship …

Sega has promoted John Clark to senior vice president for commercial publishing, a new division within Sega Europe that combines boxed and digital games. Clark has worked at Sega for almost eight years, having worked as UK managing director. Since 2012, he has worked as VP for digital distribution. Sega’s …

Sega knows a thing or two about succeeding with the biggest digital distributor in the world. And it shared some of that insight last night. In a talk at the London Games Conference, the firm’s digital distribution VP John Clark ran through the ways Sega is using Steam to sell …

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 …

MCV quizzes UKIE board member and Sega UK MD John Clark on the importance of including digital sales into the weekly charts… You spoke at the London Games Conference this month about the evolution of packaged and digital content. Before LGC we surveyed 1,000 industry experts and three quarters said …

Sega’s UK and digital boss John Clark predicts that the digital games market will match or even surpass boxed games in terms of revenue by 2015. Speaking at London Games Conference today, Clark says that although we are seeing a shift from the packaged goods business to digital business, digital …