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Video games is no longer the biggest entertainment medium in the UK

GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

ERA, which is the UK trade body representing video, music and games retailers, says that revenue made by video games in the UK reached £4.74 That includes sales of digital and physical video games, covering PC, mobile and consoles. billion, a rise of 2.9% over the year before.

Entertainment

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Industry Voices: Social mobility and the games industry: how an industry worth £4.6 billion is failing its talent

Game Development News

JUNE 12, 2023

Dan Ahern, QA lead at Radical Forge talks about social mobility in the games industry - MCV/DEVELOP

Mobile

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[From the industry] Xsolla powers web shop launches for 40 of the top 100 mobile games

Game Development News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, shares insights that 40 of the top 100 mobile games have launched their Web Shop using Xsolla's solution

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Bandai Namco is opening a store in London

Game Development News

JUNE 28, 2023

Bandai Namco has announced it is opening a new ‘interactive retail experience’ store in July 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP

Retail

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GAME to stop selling pre-owned games in the near future

Game Development News

JANUARY 17, 2024

UK retailer GAME is going to stop selling pre-owned video game software soon

Retail

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Regional Spotlight: Hamburg

Game Development News

AUGUST 18, 2023

What’s it like to make games in Europe’s biggest non-capital city in Europe’s largest games market? Richie Shoemaker quizzed three local studios in the hope of finding out

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iXie’s approach to achieving 100% first-submission pass on all platforms

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Today, games are available on various platforms like home consoles, mobile devices, handheld gaming devices, cloud gaming services, and the various launchers available on PCs. These tools help perform tests more efficiently and help find issues that would otherwise be impossible in a retail environment.

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Develop:Brighton is now open to speaker applications

Game Development News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Tandem Events is now open to speaker submissions for Develop:Brighton 2024

Esports

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UK games industry recruitment agency OPM has closed after 26 years

Game Development News

JANUARY 23, 2024

One Player Mission (OPM, formerly OPMJobs and OPM Response) has announced its decision to close down after 26 years of providing recruitment services to the UK games industry

Games

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Wish You Were Here? A Spotlight On The Canary Islands

Game Development News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Canary Islands is one of Europe’s most popular year-round holiday destinations, but the autonomous region of Spain (that is closer to Africa than it is Europe) has in recent years attracted the curious eye of a gaming industry looking to explore new horizons. Richie Shoemaker talks to four studios that have successfully settled in the sun

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PEGI 20: Ian Rice on 20 years of PEGI ratings and why they remain relevant in an an increasingly digital marketplace

Game Development News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In the midst of celebrating 20 years of the PEGI ratings system at WASD x IGN, Ian Rice, director general of the Games Rating Authority, took some time out to answer our questions

Games

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[From the industry] The TIGA Games Industry Award Winners 2023 have been revealed!

Game Development News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The great and the good of the games sector were celebrated at the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023 on November 16, 2023 at the iconic Troxy London - MCV/DEVELOP

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Industry Voices: Games are the media altar every brand should be praying at

Game Development News

JULY 11, 2023

Harry Lang, VP of Marketing at Kwalee on why games are bigger than a new religion - MCV/DEVELOP

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Q&A: The games industry looks back on gamescom 2023

Game Development News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

There were 320,000 people at this year’s gamescom. We pulled aside five of them to see what they thought of it - MCV/DEVELOP

Games

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Shuji Utsumi is the new boss at SEGA

Game Development News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Shuji Utsumi is now President, COO and Representative Director of SEGA Corporation, CEO of SEGA America, and CEO of SEGA Europe

Retail

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Q&A: Allard Laban, chief creative officer at Jackbox Games on Jackbox Party Pack 10

Game Development News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Vince Pavey spoke with Allard Laban, chief creative officer at Jackbox Games, to find out more about Jackbox Party Pack 10, their latest pack of game night essentials. Here’s what was said

Games

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Party Chat: RallyHere’s Trevor Williams on the changes to Hi-Rez, and what their live service game tools can do

Game Development News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Vince Pavey met with Trevor Williams, CMO at RallyHere, to discuss the Hi-Rez backed platform and what its tools can do for live service games - MCV/DEVELOP

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Geoff Keighley on what makes gamescom Opening Night Live special, and why there’s no Autumn Game Fest

Game Development News

AUGUST 15, 2023

Ahead of this year's gamescom Opening Night Live showcase, Geoff Keighley has taken the time to talk to Vince Pavey from MCV/DEVELOP about how, when and why the live show happens each year

Development

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New Kids On The Block: Wayne Meazza on Behaviour’s UK expansion

Game Development News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Vince Pavey checks in with Wayne Meazza, executive vice president for Behaviour Interactive, to ask about group as it expands into the UK - MCV/DEVELOP

Development

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Viva Game Republic: Jamie Sefton on Yorkshire’s 20 years of interdependence

Game Development News

MAY 15, 2023

Game Republic el presidente Jamie Sefton grants an audience to Richie Shoemaker as Yorkshire’s industry network celebrates 20 years of interdependence

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A Raftur Of Opportunity – Malize Evans on offering support to the games industry with new indie publisher Raftur Games

Game Development News

JANUARY 30, 2024

New indie publisher Raftur Games was set up late last year, partly in response to the layoffs that were blighting the industry. As well as funding, the proudly neurodivergent co-founders hope to offer unrivalled marketing and business support that will help get developers back on their feet. CMO Malize Evans told us more

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Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”.

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Critical Path 2024 – Six highlights to look forward to!

Game Development News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Here are the key upcoming events and releases to mark in your calendar for the next six months!

Retail

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Liverpool’s Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced a pledge to develop a new generation of creators in the city

Game Development News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Liverpool's Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that he intends to develop a new generation of video game creators in the region - MCV/DEVELOP

Development

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Nexon has been fined £7.1M by the Korea Fair Trade Commission in its MapleStory consumer protection decision

Game Development News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Nexon has been made to pay a fine of ₩11.6 billion (£7.1 million) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission

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When We Made… Wildfrost

Game Development News

JUNE 27, 2023

Developers Will Lewis and Gaz tell card game aficionado Vince Pavey about their roguelike Wildfrost before it kills them in one turn and makes them start over with a new deck

Development

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Keywords’ Player Research has announced a new accessibility initiative and services suite

Game Development News

AUGUST 21, 2023

Player Research, a Keywords Studio, has announced a brand new accessibility services suite as part of a new initiative ahead of gamescom 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP

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The FTC has ordered Epic Games to pay $245 million to consumers tricked into purchases

Game Development News

MARCH 21, 2023

Epic Games will have to pay $245 million out to its consumers

Games

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Chris Charla on the past, present and future of ID@Xbox

Game Development News

JUNE 13, 2023

Chris Charla tells Richie Shoemaker and Vince Pavey all about Microsoft’s independent developer initiative ahead of his ID@Xbox keynote session at the Develop:Brighton 2023 conference

Development

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The finalists have been announced for the Game Developers Choice Awards 2024

Game Development News

JANUARY 18, 2024

The list of finalists for this year’s Game Developers Choice awards has been announced

Game Developer

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Jurgen Post returns to SEGA Europe as it makes changes to its leadership team

Game Development News

JANUARY 2, 2024

SEGA Europe has announced changes to its executive leadership structure

Retail

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The final speaker and sponsor line-up is now available for Games Growth Summit North

Game Development News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Manchester edition of the Games Growth Summit North is taking place in November - MCV/DEVELOP

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Tara Mustapha on her early career and vision for how the industry can be a beacon for positive change

Game Development News

JULY 12, 2023

Richie Shoemaker talks to the award-winning founder of Code Coven about her early career and vision for how the industry can be a beacon for positive change

Code

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How Flying Sheep raised funds to make its ‘frictionless’ Web3 game Star Life

Game Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

The iCandy group also owns mobile studios Appxplore and Joyseed Gametribe as well as art and animation production house Lemon Sky, Html5 publisher Storms (which handles web distribution for games like Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride) and Hashcode, which specializes in blockchain law and practice.

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The Next Debug Thing: Dean Mortlock on his new print magazine that celebrates video games

Game Development News

MAY 3, 2023

Richie Shoemaker flicks through the first issue of Debug, a new games magazine edited by veteran mag-ician Dean Mortlock that aims to be a champion for indie titles, studios and publishers

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Video games are no longer the biggest form of entertainment in the UK in 2024

Game Development News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Video games are no longer the most profitable form of entertainment in the UK

Entertainment

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The finalists have been revealed for the 26th Independent Games Festival Awards

Game Development News

JANUARY 12, 2024

GDC has announced the finalists for the 26th Independent Games Festival

Games

Games Retail Console PC

The UK Government has announced additional tax relief for the games industry

Game Development News

MARCH 16, 2023

The UK Government has announced that the Video Games Tax Relief system will be replaced with a Video Games Expenditure Credit system as part of the 2023 Spring Budget

Games

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MY.GAMES’ retreat from Moscow

Game Development News

JUNE 22, 2023

Richie Shoemaker questions MY.GAMES’ CEO Vladimir Nikolsky about cutting ties with Russia and the future beyond its borders - MCV/DEVELOP

Development

Development Retail Console PC

Business Savvy – Brian Ward on what Savvy is currently up to in the games and esports industries, and why

Game Development News

APRIL 3, 2023

Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group, tells Vince Pavey about its mission to drive the growth and development of the games industry in Saudi Arabia and beyond

Esports

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Industry Voices: Can your business be a force for good?

Game Development News

MARCH 20, 2023

MJ Widomska, founder and director of YRS TRULY talks about how businesses can make positive changes to how they impact the world

Retail

Retail Console PC Mobile

The shortlist has been revealed for the TIGA Game Industry Awards 2023

Game Development News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This year’s shortlist for the TIGA Awards has been announced - MCV/DEVELOP

Development

Development Games Retail Console

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is blocking the Xbox and Activision merger

Game Development News

APRIL 26, 2023

United Kingdom trade watchdog the Competition and Markets Authority has announced that it will prevent the Xbox and Activision merger

Retail

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Starfield is officially Bethesda’s biggest game launch ever

Game Development News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Bethesda has announced that Starfield is now its biggest launch title ever - MCV/DEVELOP

Games

Games Development Retail Console

Video games is no longer the biggest entertainment medium in the UK

Industry Voices: Social mobility and the games industry: how an industry worth £4.6 billion is failing its talent

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[From the industry] Xsolla powers web shop launches for 40 of the top 100 mobile games

Bandai Namco is opening a store in London

GAME to stop selling pre-owned games in the near future

Regional Spotlight: Hamburg

iXie’s approach to achieving 100% first-submission pass on all platforms

Develop:Brighton is now open to speaker applications

UK games industry recruitment agency OPM has closed after 26 years

Wish You Were Here? A Spotlight On The Canary Islands

PEGI 20: Ian Rice on 20 years of PEGI ratings and why they remain relevant in an an increasingly digital marketplace

[From the industry] The TIGA Games Industry Award Winners 2023 have been revealed!

Industry Voices: Games are the media altar every brand should be praying at

Q&A: The games industry looks back on gamescom 2023

Shuji Utsumi is the new boss at SEGA

Q&A: Allard Laban, chief creative officer at Jackbox Games on Jackbox Party Pack 10

Party Chat: RallyHere’s Trevor Williams on the changes to Hi-Rez, and what their live service game tools can do

Geoff Keighley on what makes gamescom Opening Night Live special, and why there’s no Autumn Game Fest

New Kids On The Block: Wayne Meazza on Behaviour’s UK expansion

Viva Game Republic: Jamie Sefton on Yorkshire’s 20 years of interdependence

A Raftur Of Opportunity – Malize Evans on offering support to the games industry with new indie publisher Raftur Games

Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023

Critical Path 2024 – Six highlights to look forward to!

Liverpool’s Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced a pledge to develop a new generation of creators in the city

Nexon has been fined £7.1M by the Korea Fair Trade Commission in its MapleStory consumer protection decision

When We Made… Wildfrost

Keywords’ Player Research has announced a new accessibility initiative and services suite

The FTC has ordered Epic Games to pay $245 million to consumers tricked into purchases

Chris Charla on the past, present and future of ID@Xbox

The finalists have been announced for the Game Developers Choice Awards 2024

Jurgen Post returns to SEGA Europe as it makes changes to its leadership team

The final speaker and sponsor line-up is now available for Games Growth Summit North

Tara Mustapha on her early career and vision for how the industry can be a beacon for positive change

How Flying Sheep raised funds to make its ‘frictionless’ Web3 game Star Life

The Next Debug Thing: Dean Mortlock on his new print magazine that celebrates video games

Video games are no longer the biggest form of entertainment in the UK in 2024

The finalists have been revealed for the 26th Independent Games Festival Awards

The UK Government has announced additional tax relief for the games industry

MY.GAMES’ retreat from Moscow

Business Savvy – Brian Ward on what Savvy is currently up to in the games and esports industries, and why

Industry Voices: Can your business be a force for good?

The shortlist has been revealed for the TIGA Game Industry Awards 2023

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is blocking the Xbox and Activision merger

Starfield is officially Bethesda’s biggest game launch ever

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