MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Hire will "ready the company for its next phase of significant growth"
Read More »Nequinox is ramping up to create AAA studio in North West
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Sony to increase Playstation 5 production to 10m units by 2021, say reports
Sony seems to be expecting a higher demand for the upcoming Playstation 5, having reportedly increas…
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“Hypnospace Outlaw is the game you tell people not to make” – How Hypnospace Outlaw captured the 90s internet aesthetic through creative self-sabotage
"Extremely skilled people intentionally breaking their work to make it better is an absurd design dy…
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Rising video games and console prices push up UK inflation as lockdown eases
Video games' contribution to the rising inflation rate likely a result of recent high-profile releas…
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Nifty Games opens first internal development studio
Mobile developer and publisher Nifty Games has opened its first internal development studio in Chica…
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New EU regulation strengthens hand of developers and publishers in dealings with storefronts
Regulation will provide the industry with greater transparency into the workings of the big mobile s…
Tencent now in driving seat to acquire Splash Damage and Digital Extremes
Bloomberg sources believe that Sony is in talks to acquire parent Leyou which includes Warframe's Digital Extremes
Read More »New Canadian studio, Beans, established by former Ubisoft developers
Two former Ubisoft developers, Gabriela Salvatore and Dean Evans, have founded a new games studio in Canada.
Read More »“This generation will be defined by player immersion through audio” – How audio will define the era of PlayStation 5
Many may have overlooked one of the key features being pushed by Sony for this generation: 3D Audio.
Read More »Read the July issue of MCV/DEVELOP online now! Featuring Electronic Arts, Beyond a Steel Sky, the Tonic Games Group and more
also EPOS, audio in a pandemic, Total War at 20 and Hypnospace Outlaw
Read More »VR Fitness Developer FitXR Secures $7.5 Million In Series A Venture Round Led by Hiro Capital
VR fitness company FitXR has announced that it has secured $6.3m in investment funding
Read More »Sony acquires a minority interest in Epic Games for $250 million
This investment cements an already close relationship between the two companies
Read More »97% of gamers say playing games benefits their mental health, according to survey
64 per cent said that connecting with others via online or multiplayer games had helped alleviate feelings of isolation.
Read More »Epic launches iOS app to provide live facial animation for Unreal
Capture facial animation at your desk straight into Unreal 4.25 with this new app
Read More »Microsoft introduces lockdown-friendly version of Project xCloud for developers
Microsoft has made changes to Project xCloud to accommodate developers who are still unable to return to their offices
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Beyond a Steel Sky – How Revolution went from a modem to the App Store and reimagined a 25-year old IP
One of the UK’s longest-running studios is bringing back a cult classic IP after a huge 25 year gap
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“We’re not looking for a particular number, or a particular genre of game. We’re interested in the best and boldest studios” – EA’s Originals Recipe
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“I wanted to get bits of British culture in the game that aren’t seen” – Can games help us understand what it means to be British?
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The Yorkshire Games Community – “Yorkshire has a friendliness to it unlike anywhere else I’ve been to”
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Mediatonic launches 300-strong Tonic Games Group – “It means that we can all be much more resilient and stand the test of time”
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“Hypnospace Outlaw is the game you tell people not to make” – How Hypnospace Outlaw captured the 90s internet aesthetic through creative self-sabotage
"Extremely skilled people intentionally breaking their work to make it better is an absurd design dynamic."
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Ins and Outs – July 2020’s industry hires roundup
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“Companies who are highly creative and authentic can catch the winds of trends in the attention economy and really succeed” – Roberta Lucca, Bossa Studios
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“Substance is a place to thrive and display your individuality” – Elisha Brown, Substance Global
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“I like the problem-solving aspect of my role; trying to figure out why we see certain patterns in the data” – MAG Interactive’s Lucy Hill
