UKTI are currently organising a mission to the Tokyo Games Show on the 13-17th of September.
“This mission is ideal for companies who are new or have limited experience of the Japanese games market. The aim is to  provide in-depth briefings covering the challenges of working in Japan and the opportunities to work [...]

Game Horizon are offering you the chance to attend the upcoming Game Horizon Conference on June 29-30th at the Sage: Gateshead ,for just £100 (a discount of over £200!) but you need to be quick as the offer ends midnight on June 22nd.
“Game Horizon is Europe’s leading conference for international game executives. A two day [...]

Employers and workers in the creative industries, including those working in the games industry are being asked to help Skillset shape the future of the sector by taking part in the largest consultation of the Creative Media Industries.
The 2010 Creative Media Workforce and Employer Surveys, which launched on Monday (24 May), will help Skillset to [...]

Today recent speculation was finally confirmed as  Rare officially announced their plans to open a new second studio facility in  Birmingham at Digbeth’s Fazeley Studios.
Rare believes that the current model of massive teams has lead to a boom and bust cycle in staffing terms and sees a film production model as a far better and [...]

Develop today highlighted funds available for UK Games developers from SMEs (small to medium enterprises) to attend San Francisco’s GDC and Gamescom through the UKTI Trade access programme. The initiative is being lead by TIGA and allows developers  to apply for up to £1800 £1400 towards travel and expenses (update: funding is available only to [...]

The IADIS Confrence in Frieberg , Germany is calling for papers on Game Entertainment Technologies ahead of their 2010 confrence. Full information can be found at the IADIS website.

Today TIGA delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for UK Tax breaks, similar to those in the film industry to be introduced. The petition is signed by 55 senior industry figures, all the names of which can be viewed at www.tiga.org.
The petition was hand delivered at 11 am today by by Richard [...]

Coventry based serious game developers PIXELearning have recently enjoyed a series of successes in France. From speaking at e-virtuoses 2009 alongside Comcast on the subject of ‘Serious Games for Sales’ at which they highlighted different approaches to training technologies.

Former Codemasters executives Trevor Williams and Nick Wheelwright have announced their plans to open a new Midlands based studio ‘Playground Games’. Looking to open in 2010 they told Develop that the studio will “focus on projects that utilise new business models for games across all formats.”

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