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Comment: Evolution of games – Are you ready for what’s coming next?
The evolution of video games technology has continually foreshadowed evolution of mass media and we’re now on the cusp of another leap forward - except this time change will be driven by software and creators, rather than hardware…
Read More »Doing game research? GameIntel lets you search hundreds of thousands of games tagged with contextual metadata
GameIntel has tagged over 150k games with information like sub-genre, mechanics, aesthetics, and much more. All to help power your game research [created in association with GameAnalytics]
Read More »Is the 30% revenue cut history? – “It does in general feel like devs and publishers are becoming more and more annoyed by the 30 per cent take”
"I can understand people saying that 30 per cent is too much, but arguably, 12 per cent is just too little, and doesn’t even give the platform enough skin in the game to care about your sales.”
Read More »How Improbable Multiplayer Services gave Midwinter Entertainment greater creative freedom
Josh Holmes, CEO of Midwinter Entertainment, talks about the benefits of utilising Improbable Multiplayer Services [This content was created in association with Improbable]
Read More »“Could we finally be looking at the last generation of dedicated gaming consoles?” – Mike Rouse, Antstream Arcade
With console hardware becoming more of a loss leader than ever, and streaming becoming ever more viable as a medium for gaming, could we finally be looking at the last generation of dedicated gaming consoles?
Read More »Andrew Day retires as CEO of Keywords Studios
Keywords Studios CEO Andrew Day has announced his retirement, following a recent health scare that prompted a "reassessment" of his priorities.
Read More »Registration is now open for Develop:Brighton – with a 10% discount for MCV/DEVELOP readers!
Tandem Events has announced that passes are now on sale for this year's Develop:Brighton, and are offering a 10 per cent discount to MCV/DEVELOP readers.
Read More »Halo Infinite to rework the battle pass template – ‘We’re coming at this from a player-first mentality’
'It’s important to us that everyone understands how they unlock customisation content'
Read More »NPD charts for May – sales up and Resident Evil: Village takes top spot
NPD’s sales figures are in for the US in the month of May. And the industry continues to boom as next-gen console buzz managed to build on the huge gains from the pandemic and Switch in 2020. Total video game sales were up three per cent on last May, an …
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