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Russia is set to officially swear in its first video games trade association. The National Russian Association of Game Industry will be unveiled at new trade show the All-Russian Conference in October. Organisers of ACGi also hope to help establish a ‘Committee of Games Industry Development’ to improve links with …
Read More »Afrika heading to West after all?
National Geographic announced earlier this week that it had established a games arm and would in future both develop and publish its own titles. However, of the two titles announced, namely National Geographic: King Herod and National Geographic: Africa, it seems that the latter may actually be SCEJ’s title. For …
Read More »National Geographic announces gaming arm
Leading science body National Geographic has announced that it is to enter the games space, with new label National Geographic Games planning to both develop and publish titles across a range of platforms. Publishing and distribution agreements have already been reached with the North American arms of Namco Bandai and …
Read More »National Videogame Archive announced
It has been confirmed that the UK’s first official National Videogame Archive is to be launched at a cost of 22bn, with the aim of preserving the history of the now global games industry. The scheme has been formed by academics at Nottingham Trent University, and will be housed at …
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