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Developers, journalists and students recognised at the inaugural talent-swap games jam
Read More »IN PICTURES: GamesAid charities receive £36k each
GamesAid last night revealed the final winners of its 2012 charity vote. Action For Kids, Jigsaw4U, Small Steps, Special Effect and The Willow Foundation were the five charities that got the nod from GamesAid members.To be in the running each charity had to have a turnover of 5m or less …
Read More »GamesAid reveals successful 2012 charities
The games industry gave five charities supporting disadvantaged kids big donation cheques this evening. UK video games charity GamesAid this evening revealed the winners of its 2012 member vote. Action For Kids, Jigsaw4U, Small Steps, Special Effect and The Willow Foundation were the five charities that got the nod from …
Read More »The Creative Assembly triumphs at Develop Quiz
Total War developer takes top prize, with Firefly Studios and Side close behind
Read More »Top devs honoured at 10th Develop Awards
Games industry pioneers of all shapes and sizes won Develop Awards last night. A gala ceremony in Brighton was attended by over 550 people from 150 companies, where they saw the likes of Moshi Monsters, Dear Esther and World of Tanks handed highly-coveted awards. Now in its tenth year, the …
Read More »Grasshopper to publish student games on Vita
Five student-made games will be published on PlayStation Vita by Grasshopper Interactive later this month. The titles were chosen from a selection of nine submissions from the Game Campus Festa student development programme – a special scheme that Grasshopper operates in conjunction with Japanese schools. Ideas for the games were …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2012: Ubisoft scoops PR team award
Ubisoft was crowned PR Team at last night’s MCV Awards 2012. The award was voted for by 100 UK games journos, and symbolises the fantastic work the publisher has achieved in the channel over the last 12 months. There were also six other winners in the PR & Marketing category. …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2012: The winners in full
The tenth anniversary MCV Awards were dominated by mass-market brands and digital pioneers. There were no prizes for the format holders. Instead, the top three publishers all claimed multiple prizes while ambitious smaller firms grabbed many others. Activision took home four awards: two for the best-selling Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (Digital …
Read More »Portal 2 scoops top prize at GAME BAFTAs
Valve’s console and PC title Portal 2 was the star performer at the GAME sponsored 2012 British Academy Video Games Awards. The game scooped three prizes in total – Best Story, Best Design and the coveted Best Game accolade. EA’s Battlefield 3 and Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 2 both won two awards, …
Read More »VideoGamer.com defeats Ubisoft at Xmas Pub Quiz
Ubisoft were hoping for a hat trick of MCV/Xbox 360 Pub Quiz wins but victory was snatched from them by VideoGamer.com. The Christmas quiz was held in Holborn’s Sway bar last night, and saw teams from across the UK games industry taking part. Videogamer.com triumphed with 55 points – just …
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