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Read More »Kate Edwards receives GDCA’s 2020 Ambassador Award
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Kixeye lays off 20 staff
"We have trimmed the organisation somewhat as a natural step after the split" …
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Pokémon Home has been installed 1.3 million times in just 7 days
"If the service continues to demonstrate financial viability, it may encourage publishers to conside…
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Blazing Griffin’s Naysun Alae-Carew: “At Blazing Griffin we’re storytellers first in the widest possible sense. Platform comes second”
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we talk t…
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Honest Public Relations is the Table Gift Partner for the MCV/DEVELOP Awards!
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“Your store page is your game’s best marketing tool” – Failbetter Games’ Hannah Flynn on how to manage your store page
Hannah Flynn is a multi-award-winning marketing and community professional who has worked with Failb…
Facebook acquires Madrid cloud gaming company, PlayGiga
"We're thrilled to welcome PlayGiga to the Facebook Gaming team"
Read More »Niantic’s player base collectively walked 16.3 billion kilometres and picked up 145 tons of rubbish in 2019
This work is "centred on encouraging positive impact through real-world interactions"
Read More »Start-up Edgegap secures $1m in seed financing to develop ‘an innovative gaming infrastructure’ designed to cut lag
"The technology permits lower latency by reducing the distance between servers and end users"
Read More »Streamlabs launches new platform to enable streamers to raise money for charities with no additional fees
"Special thanks to Streamlabs for helping us enable streamers to raise donations during the holiday season"
Read More »Brawl Stars racks up £322m gross revenue in its debut year
South Korea spent the most money, whilst Brazil has the game's biggest playerbase
Read More »Square Enix teams up with Omron to develop ‘AI that helps motivate humans’
"It is hoped that a new relationship between humans and machines will be made a reality"
Read More »Opera launches ‘world’s first gaming browser’ on Mac
"Mac remains a relevant gaming environment"
Read More »Microsoft simplifies brand of next generation of home consoles to just “Xbox”
The new console's generation starts with the Xbox Series X
Read More »Russian firm sues Twitch for £2.1bn following illegal streams of premier league football matches
"Our suit against Twitch is to defend our exclusive rights to broadcast English Premier League matches"
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“The most meaningful moment as a player of our game should never be reading about it on Twitter” – Bungie’s David ‘DeeJ’ Dague on the Destiny 2 community
"What we're really trying to inspire is this sense of belonging"
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“We’re making a fun game, something that people will enjoy for many, many years to come” – Wargaming UK on their live service ambitions
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“Nobody shoots like that. Everyone was out of their comfort zone” – Sam Barlow on the process behind making Telling Lies
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“The nice thing about Snap Games is that it was monetisable, right from the very beginning” – Why Snap Games might be a huge opportunity for your IP
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“This focus on output, not hours, has enabled us to eliminate crunch” – Roll7 on moving the benefits of remote working
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Blazing Griffin’s Naysun Alae-Carew: “At Blazing Griffin we’re storytellers first in the widest possible sense. Platform comes second”
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we talk to Blazin Griffin managing director, Naysun Alae-Carew
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“Your store page is your game’s best marketing tool” – Failbetter Games’ Hannah Flynn on how to manage your store page
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“A kiss and a good song: both are perfect, but the combination can bring tears into your eyes” – Remedy’s go-to composer Petri Alanko on composing for games
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“We’re doing something different, something new with a very well known medium” – Light Brick Studios on the development of Lego Builder’s Journey
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Ins and Outs – February 2020’s industry hires roundup
