Covers financing for games projects alongside info on tax relief, equity investment and crowdfunding
Read More »Security fixes affecting cloud service performance across multiple games
Fortnite developer apologises for resulting service issues
Read More »Monster Hunter World’s Meat Shack to provide FREE BBQ for fans
Capcom is pulling out all the stops for the lunch, sorry that should be launch, of Monster Hunter: World. Capcom’s UK team, working with PR agency Hope and Glory, is opening a free BBQ shack near London’s Southbank to mark the launch of the game – conveniently placing it just …
Read More »Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from everyone at Develop!
Today is the last day of news coverage at Develop for the year, and our last newsletter of the year
Read More »Ten million in Tamriel: The slow-build success story of Elder Scrolls Online
Tamriel’s running like a well-oiled machine. Every quarter brings a fresh batch of content for Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online, engaging more and more players each time.
Read More »COMMENT: Games and gambling – a lawyer’s view
Paul Gardner is a lawyer and early adopter of the Atari 2600. He specialises in commercial transactions and regulatory issues relating to the computer games industry. Many in the games industry will have heard it referred to as the ‘gaming industry’ – a term confusingly used by some betting firms. …
Read More »Funcom establishes joint venture with Cabinet Group
New company will hold IP for Robert E Howard pen and paper RPGs
Read More »Drop the deck: DropMix shows collectible cards aren’t just for gamers
Collectible card games have a long history, but whether its Magic or Pokémon, they’ve always been an all-consuming passion, rather than a casual drop-in. While DropMix is a game, and it does have collectible cards which are sold in packs, the similarities end there. Instead Hasbro and Harmonix have created …
Read More »Physical games sales rankings to date 2017 – week one, lifetime and ratios
We had a quick look through the sales data to date this year, and while we can’t reveal exact figures we can compile a couple of quick lists for you to see how the race is shaping up for the biggest selling new titles (sorry GTA) of 2017. First up …
Read More »Sega Europe chief departs after four months ‘by mutual agreement’
Sega today announced the departure of its top European-based executive Chris Bergstresser, who held the roles of President and COO. He only joined the company back in August, speaking of a roadmap that was planned as far as 2020, so his departure after just a few months looks to be …
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