Entries in 'Development' (209)
Sony to stop selling PSP dev kits
PlayStation platform holder has confirmed to MCV that it will stop selling PSP development kits to studios on November 15th.
Livingstone urges survey support
Eidos life president Ian Livingstone has made an appeal for developers to contribute towards an ambitious talent survey that hopes to show the UK Government the value of the national ...
EA takes blame for NFS decline
Speaking to an audience at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2010 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, EA boss John Riccitiello has outlined EA’s role in the critical decline of ...
Obama announces video game challenge
US President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative that promotes the development of educational video games.
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Female UK dev count ‘falls to 4%’
The UK game industry is 96 per cent male dominated, new data suggests.
Sony to help devs build 3D games
3D has become crucial to Sony’s global plans, and the firm has offered to help the games industry keep pace.
‘Memory’ probs delaying FFXIV
The extra technical challenge involved in creating a large-scale MMO for Sony’s PS3 is the reason behind the decision to release the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIV some six ...
FFXIV on 360 in the balance
It looks like the chances of Final Fantasy XIV making it to Xbox 360 are currently slimmer than they ever have been.
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The ‘Machinarium Pirate Amnesty’
Amanita Design, the widely applauded Czechoslovakian adventure games studio, is calling for amnesty after its most recent title has been reportedly stung by widespread piracy.
Blizzard teases console projects
Blizzard has told MCV that the development of a new game for consoles remains a possibility.
Sony recommending 3D resolution drop
The official guidelines for developers working on 3D titles for the PS3 recommend that studios avoid trying to make their 3D games support 1080p, instead suggesting that they stick to ...
Jobs doesn’t understand game development
David Helgason, Unity Technologies CEO, has said that he believes Apple CEO Steve Jobs “doesn’t understand the economics of games development.”
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Developers flock to Brighton
Everyone from small indie iPhone developers to format owners and global games publishers are heading off to the UK's south coast this week.
Microsoft gives Milo fans hope
A Microsoft executive has issued a prompt statement in the hope to correct his previous claim that Lionhead’s Milo project has no plan for market release.
3DS dev costs comparable to Wii
The 3DS may add new functions to the robust Dual Screen Nintendo handheld platform - but that comes at a cost.
E3 2010: 300 new faces working on CoD
In the build up to its celebrity studded E3 party last night, Activision confirmed that in just three years it has added an impressive 300 staff to its Call of ...
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SWTOR breaks EA funding records
It’s one of the most bankable franchises in the world of entertainment, and such is EA’s faith in BioWare’s upcoming MMO Star Wars: the Old Republic that it has spent ...
Capcom’s Western dilemma
Publisher Capcom has revealed the poor performance of recent releases Dark Void and Bionic Commando have lead to a strategic re-think of its Western aspirations.
Bungie unfazed by PS3 'challenge'
Arguably the biggest aspect to Bungie's deal with Activision today isn't that the Halo-creator has signed with the publisher embroiled in an ugly legal spat over treatment of its studios.
Console Crysis ‘looked impossible’
The first game was lauded as the flag-bearer of high-end PC gaming, and developer Crytek has admitted that thewre were times when it feared that bringing the sequel Crysis 2 ...
THQ holds off $40m project for Natal
Publishing giant THQ has a Natal game in the pipeline that could cost as much as $40 million to make – yet the company is hedging its bets due to ...
Livingstone: Tax breaks will create new jobs
Though we’re yet to learn the specifics of how exactly the government’s promised video games tax breaks will take shape, Eidos life president Ian Livingstone has praised Chancellor Darling’s decision ...
Devs' delight at tax break reform
The British game industry is revelling in the news that the UK will now receive game development tax breaks.
Tax breaks for UK games devs at last
The last Budget of the current Government will provide tax help for the UK games industry, Chancellor Alistair Darling has said.
Natal 2 in development
Microsoft’s Natal is still a good seven or eight months away from launch, but a research director for the platform holder has already confirmed that work has begun on the ...
