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“I want to be clear: you are heard, and you are helping drive necessary change within the company”
Read More »Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot sends open letter regarding sexual harrassment: “Change Starts Today”
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Kwalee pivots to console with its first-ever Nintendo Switch release
Hyper-casual mobile publisher Kwalee is set to release its first ever console title, with TENS! hitt…
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Ukie reveals the results of its recent election, with the most diverse board in its history
Ukie has announced the results of its recent election, with eight new members joining the Ukie board…
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Ins and Outs – September 2020’s industry hires roundup
Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP's Sept…
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Read the September issue of MCV/DEVELOP online now! Featuring Frontier’s David Braben, Guildford regional spotlight, Silver Rain, Animal Farm and much more
Also Jagex partners with Flying Wild Hog, Descriptive Video Works, Modern Wolf and more …
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Analyst: PS5 to consistently outsell Xbox Series across next five years globally
"The PlayStation brand still resonates more strongly than Xbox outside of the US and UK markets." …
Can Xbox pull off bringing a major showfloor booth direct to living rooms?
Xbox's Summer Games Fest Demo Event could change the way we look at game events forever
Read More »Tencent to open new west coast studio to work on AAA next-gen console game
"We're ushering a new era of game culture by combining world-class development with a stress-free work environment"
Read More »Lord Grade takes to BBC Breakfast to call for loot box regulation – could it happen and when?
House of Lords Gambling Committee calls for urgent action on loot boxes
Read More »Shuhei Yoshida launches PlayStation Indies to take on ID@Xbox
Nine indie games also featured in announcement
Read More »Nintendo stops sales of digital download codes through European retailers
"After careful examination of the evolving European marketplace in recent years, Nintendo has decided to end the availability of download codes for its own-published software via retailers, effective 1st July 2020."
Read More »EGX 2020 is cancelled, with a digital show to replace it
"We’re sorry we won’t be able to see you in person at our show like we had hoped, but we are already planning for the epic return on EGX in 2021."
Read More »Gamers prefer to buy from brands with a purpose outside of profit, says Gameloft
Conversely however, gamers are more trusting of companies and brands
Read More »Games industry veterans launch new independent studio, Mountaintop Studios
A new independent, remote-first studio has launched, founded by four games industry veterans.
Read More »Ubisoft’s battle royale game has broken cover: Hyper Scale launches July 12th
New free-to-play shooter to tackle Warzone, Apex and Fortnite
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“Our eighth birthday is in two months. And in that span, only one person has ever left the studio” – KO_OP’s Saleem Dabbous on running a co-operative studio
What if employees had more power in the workplace? What if they had equal ownership of the company, able to help guide its future direction and profit from its success?
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“It democratises the ability to talk to press” – Is Press Engine the answer to discoverability?
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Mediatonic launches 300-strong Tonic Games Group – what the Fall Guys developer is planning next
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Live ops expertise meets all-action extravagance – Jagex partners with Flying Wild Hog for debut third-party title – heading to PC and console
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“Antstream Arcade is a friendly place to play the most iconic games ever created” – Streaming the past into the present with Antstream
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Ins and Outs – September 2020’s industry hires roundup
Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP's September issue.
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[ICYMI] “You get to see how it affects people and their relationships. That’s a benefit of the industry that we’re in” – Foam Sword on Knights and Bikes
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It’s the fifth anniversary of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime – we look back at how it was made
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“If we released this game now, everyone would assume it was about the quarantine” – Why Kind Words is the perfect lockdown game
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“Hypnospace Outlaw is the game you tell people not to make” – The unusual creative process behind Hypnospace Outlaw
