Industry News

28th July 2009 - Future’s Golden Joystick Awards is proud to announce ITN’s Game On as a media partner for this year’s event, which will be held in London on 29th October.

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, today welcomed the CBI’s new report, ‘Creating Growth: A Blueprint for the Creative Industries’. The CBI believes the UK's creative sector, which is the biggest in Europe, can play a crucial role in rebalancing the economy and delivering high growth. For that to happen, the CBI says the Government must deliver the right conditions for the sector to thrive and create new jobs.

Dundee West MSP Joe FitzPatrick today welcomed a reply he has received from the Chancellor George Osborne which announces that the UK government will consult with businesses in the autumn to review the support which R&D tax credits provide for innovation in the games.

Sony’s PlayStation line will be highlighted in particular at the upcoming largest Games Show in South America with the most significant booth, measuring nearly 500 square meters, initiating a new commitment for the company in the Brazilian market.

The rapidly evolving creative medium of video games is bursting with creativity right now. But where does that creativity come from? One source is something known as a Game Jam, where small groups of coders, artists musicians and modellers get together and challenge each other to build a game in a set space of time.

MSN today announces it will be an official media partner of this summer’s prestigious 28th Golden Joystick Awards, providing users and gaming junkies with the latest in news and content. Undeniably the oldest gaming awards in the world, the Joysticks are dictated entirely by the public and last year, a staggering 1.2 million people logged online to place their vote.

Registration for this year's Leadership Forum is now open, reserve your spot today! If you are in a leadership position within the game development industry and want to expand your leadership abilities then the Leadership Forum is an event you cannot miss.

Wedbush analysts Michael Pachter and Edward Woo believe that 2010's new hardware introductions "have great potential to reinvigorate the video game market," if manufacturers can surmount major pricing hurdles.

Finalists revealed for the Develop Industry Excellence Awards, which take place on July 14th in Brighton

Thursday 3rd June - The finalists for the Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2010 have been revealed today, with 80 companies from 14 nations competing for 21 different accolades.

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, is again partnering with the Develop Conference to offer all TIGA members a 10% discount on passes. The Develop Conference is taking place in Brighton from 13-15 July 2010.

Screen Yorkshire's industry-led Game Republic network is to host its third Student Showcase on Tuesday 25th May at University of Huddersfield, when games students from Yorkshire will be battling for cash prizes and work placements.

A few days ago, Julien Merceron, global CTO of Square Enix, has accepted an interview with SINA Games, in which he illustrates topics ranging from game developing to the outsourcing marketing of the industry, together with his personal experience. The following is the detailed dialogue:

Hammer Receives 3 of 4 Nominations

MAY 13TH. 2010, LOS ANGELES: Hammer Creative garnered three of the four total nominations from the 11th Annual Golden Trailer Awards for “Best Video Game Trailer.” Hammer’s nominations include trailers for Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos and Warner Bros. Interactive), Rage (Electronic Arts and Id Software), and The Saboteur (Electronic Arts).

China Could Realize 100 Million New Gamers Over the Next 2-3 Years, Driven by Social Networking Games, MMOs and Casual Games

SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 28, 2010 – Niko Partners, the leading market intelligence firm on China’s video game industry, today reiterated the vibrancy of China’s video game industry, based on findings from its newly published 2010 Chinese Video Game industry Annual Review & Five-Year Forecast report, following Niko’s recent forecast of $4.52 billion in online games revenue in 2010.

The IGDA is proud to announce that IGDA membership will once again be an accepted form of Industry Identification for this year's E3 Expo to be held June 15-17 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.