Archive forAugust, 2010

GDC Europe: Bigpoint’s Hubertz: If You Want Success In America, Do It Now

Heiko Hubertz, CEO and founder of Bigpoint, says that if you want to business in America as a European company, the time to do it is “right now.” Hubertz began his keynote discussion of the differences between the European and American online game markets by citing some numbers. For instance, online games generate 46 percent of all internet traffic, he says. And while in 2009, 23.5 million games …

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News: UK tax situation "sucks" – Ninja Theory

“It scares me,” adds Jagex CEO. Top UK developers Jagex (RuneScape) and Ninja Theory (Enslaved) have told Eurogamer exactly what they think about the coalition government’s about-turn on tax breaks for the videogames industry. “I think it sucks, frankly,” said Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory. “With those tax breaks, with that support, we could have been… We could have grown UK …

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News: Batman, Heavy Rain win Develop Awards

As does Joe Danger dev Hello Games. Heavy Rain and Batman scooped Best New IP and Best Use of a Licence or IP respectively at last night’s Develop Awards in Brighton. Batman developer Rocksteady went on to win Best In-House Studio (it’s now part of Warner Bros.) and Heavy Rain maker Quantic Dream was considered the Best Independent Studio. Brighton’s Black Rock Studio were on home turf to win …

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