Media & PR

US television giant CBS Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire CNET Networks – the parent of specialist games media portal Gamespot – for $1.8 billion. The move was announced today by Leslie Moonves president and CEO of CBS Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make …

New industry charity Games Aid launches tomorrow (May 16th), while existing official charity, the Entertainment Software Charity (ESC), seems destined to disappear. Games Aid arrives without specific fiscal targets or a rigid manifesto, but with an over-arching desire to include everyone from developers to retailers – and even consumers. It …

A Conservative MP has claimed that laws preventing retailers supplying youngsters with violent video games are not strict enough – and said that they are ‘damaging children’. Tory MP David Ruffley claims to have ‘uncovered new research’ which shows that not a single retailer has received a caution for selling …

Media specialist Handle Recruitment is expanding into the games space, and is actively seeking new clients. Handle had previously focused on the film and music industries, but also boasts clients such as SCE and Rockstar – with plans to make further gains into the ‘booming’ video game space. We’re conscious …

TV production giant Endemol has told MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz that it has retained licences for its biggest franchises so that it can use them in the casual space to full effect”. The Dutch multi-national has previously farmed out the likes of Deal Or No Deal to third-parties, but says …

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Another indication of gaming’s mass-market appeal has been secured – as Time Magazine’s readers have named Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto the most influential person in the world this year. Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has taken first place in a Time’s reader’s poll of the 100 most influential people of the year. …

The PC Gamer Showdown will boast tournaments on titles including Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2 and will take place at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire over the weekend of September 27th and 28th. Future is hoping to attract more the 500 gamers to the event, offering cash prizes for victorious gamers – …

The European video games industry must work harder to protect young people from violent software, the European Commission has concluded. Following a survey of existing measures across the 27 EU Member States, the EC called for an official code of conduct over age classification to be drawn up within two …

Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots has been passed by the BBFC with a ‘15′ age rating. The classification was made without any cuts having to be applied to the game. On its website, the BBFC reveales that the game has a ‘total running time’ of 545m …