How publishing label Good Shepherd hopes to make an impact with kindness
Good Shepherd is on the cusp of greatness. We talk to chief creative officer Mike Wilson to work out how the publishing label is hoping to make an impact with kindness
Julian Gollop: How Facebook is keeping the cash rolling in for Phoenix Point
The godfather of turn-based strategy Julian Gollop talks about funding, feature creep and the advantages of making Phoenix Point in Eastern Europe
Welcome to Ukie's Gamescom funfair
Ukie's CEO Jo Twist talks about the importance of Gamescom to reach international markets and what we can expect from the Ukie pavilion this year
PSVR has sold 3m units worldwide to date - but is it enough?
Sony also reveals total titles sold and Top 10 most-played titles
CD Projekt moves to mobile, via Spokko
Studio now part of CD Projekt Group; working on unannounced project
Steam.tv launches – first by accident, then officially
Valve’s updated streaming platform covers the International first; other titles to follow
Intel and Overwolf team for $7m apps and mods fund
Developers in PC gaming community can apply for a share of cash
Keywords Studios spends £26m on UK-based Studio Gobo
Brighton-based dev support studio is Keywords’ eighth acquisition of 2018
Futurlab’s Velocity follow-up has no publisher interest, despite millions of players
‘Bells and whistles’ sequel has been secretly worked on for years
New start-up toy store launches from founder of Gameseek
Toyseek aims to fill the gap left by closure of Toys R Us
When We Made... Hollow Knight
Team Cherry’s co-directors Ari Gibson and William Pellen explain how going for a hand-drawn, insect-themed title was a way to avoid some challenges and reveal their inspirations for Hollow Knight – and, no, Dark Souls is not one of them
Rami Ismail, Unity, We Happy Few and Good Shepherd headline MCV’s Gamescom issue
Also featuring Julian Gollop, Coatsink, Soedesco, Team Cherry, Ustwo and much more
Codemasters' Harry Semple: 'You’ll learn more in three months in the studio than in a year of university tuition'
Cherry picked advice to help you reach the next level in your career
Go Go Coatsink: VR developer talks about developing for Oculus Go
The Sunderland-based VR specialist, on its VR title: They Suspect Nothing
Unity on finding the 'magic bit in the middle' of movies and games
We talk to Cinemachine creator, and now Unity’s head of cinematics, Adam Myhill about CG, the benefits of real time for film production and finding “this magic bit in the middle” of movies and games
Selective memories: How We Happy Few's developers dealt with growing up in the spotlight
We Happy Few is about self-deception, but was its fanbase also guilty of only seeing what they wanted in the game? We talk to Compulsion Games' narrative director Alex Epstein about the game, its evolution in public and the studio’s acquisition by Microsoft
EGX 2018
EGX is coming back to Birmingham's NEC at the end of the September.
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
The V&A's Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition celebrates and explores groundbreaking design in video games since the mid-2000s
Gamescom 2018
Gamescom is returning to Koelnmesse this August, with trade visitors welcome from Tuesday 21st and the event then opening to all visitors from the 22nd to the 25th.
