2012 HIGHLIGHTS 18 NEXT GEN SKILLS
CAMPAIGN RUMBLES ON Momentum is building behind the industry’s bid to transform the education system and inspire the next generation of game developers. Could 2012 be the
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year that computer
science is added to the National Curriculum?
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THREE FOR FIFA Forget the Olympics – the Euros take place this summer. Expect England to disappoint, and EA to help us get over it with a
tie-in game that will give fans a taste of the upcoming FIFA 13. But that’s not all: there’s a new FIFA Street, this time developed by the core FIFAteam.
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NEXT WAVE OF 3DS TITLES
3DS is starting to gain momentum, and there’s plenty of top games to look forward to this year. There’s the sequel to GameCube launch title Luigi’s Mansion, a brand new Paper Mario, and the return of Kid
Icarus. That’s on top of third party releases such as Resident Evil, Tekkenand Metal Gear Solid.
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TOP NETWORKING EVENTS Want to forge new partnerships and meet your peers? Then you’ll want to attend this year’s best networking events, such as the MCV Pub Quizzes, the Games Media Awards and London Games Conference (November 21st).
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MORE COLLECTIONS Last year, publishers found there’s money to be made from their back catalogues, and released a string of HD collections. There’s even more this year, with sets for Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, Jak and Daxter, Silent Hill and Zone of the Enders.
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THE BIGGEST E3 EVER PS4? Xbox 3? Wii U line-up? This year’s E3 (June 5th to 7th) is shaping up to be the trade show to end all trade shows. If only it didn’t happen to coincide with our Queen’s Jubilee…
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THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE If you are not going to E3 (and don’t have to report on it) then hurrah! It’s a four-day weekend for you to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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Ian Shepherd CEO,
GAME Group
Innovation. The industry is at its best when it’s creative – 2012 will bring new hardware, new games, new digital business models and more. At GAME, we want to be in the middle of that and we will continue to invest in our stores, our websites and our digital services.
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Jon Rooke, Marketing Director, THQ
Seeing what new alcoholic shot the industry adds to generic energy drink X. I’ve tried Jagerbombs, Skittlebombs, Absinthebombs, Buccabombs and the 2011 winner, Glitterbombs, at various industry dos. It’s time for something new. Baileybombs for the win.
Andy Payne MD,
Mastertronic
First, AppyNation to become a leading publisher. Second, persuading the Government that the Patent Box principle that exists in pharmaceuticals can be replicated in games. And finally, to see if we could unite two trade bodies into one.
Heiko
Hubertz CEO,
Bigpoint
I look forward to seeing what will happen with Google+. Facebook and Zynga were extremely beneficial to the entire industry. They helped gaming to become a mainstream culture. Let’s see if Google+ can take us another step forward.
The launch of our retail software for Vauxhall car dealers. We are looking at a shrinking market in games and while we’ll continue producing the Game Guide data for games retailers and updating their EPOS systems, we have to look at other markets.
Chris Ratcliff Editor,
Game Guide
Ed Vaizey Minister for the Creative Industries
I am looking forward to a real step change in how kids are taught computer science in school.
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The biggest night on the trade calendar returns for a tenth time on Thursday, April 19th. The awards take place at a new venue, with reduced seat prices, and will be hosted by Inbetweenersstar Greg Davies.
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DEEP SILVER’S NEXT STEP The publisher enjoyed one of its best years in 2011 thanks to its first No.1 Dead Island. Now the firm is ploughing ahead in 2012 with big games including quirky adventure Catherineand RPG Risen 2: Dark Waterson Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
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As a console cycle comes to an end, new IPs dwindle, right? Not this time. There’s a host of top quality triple-A new IP to look forward to, such as Sony’s The Last of Usand The Last Guardian, Epic Games’ Fortnite, Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma and Asura’s Wrath, Sega’s Anarchy Reigns and Binary Domain, EA’s Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and Namco Bandai’s Inversion.
25 MCV AWARDS IS 10!
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