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Games media site Kotaku UK will close on Wednesday this week.
Read More »Kotaku UK to close this week
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Games Careers Week launches March 26th to inspire diverse young people, parents and teachers to discover careers in games
26 March 2021 will see the launch of Games Careers Week, which will feature online events aimed at r…
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505 Games’ parent company, Digital Bros, acquires Infinity Plus Two as it expands its free to play business
Publisher 505 Games is expanding its its focus in the free-to-play market with the acquisition of Au…
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“We are heading down a positive path – one where more people get to play great games.” – James Butcher, Xbox UK and Ireland
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight This month we talk to …
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Barclays and NSE Announce the Games Innovation Challenge
Barclays and NSE (National Student Esports), the official body for university esports in the UK, hav…
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The Nintendo Switch sees its highest annual sales in history in Japan, with almost 6m units sold
2020 proved to be a bumper year for the Switch in Japan, as it recorded its highest annual sales in …
In-game ads removed from UFC 4 following backlash
EA has removed the in-game advertisements from UFC 4, following a backlash from players.
Read More »Epic Games asks court to reinstate Fortnite on iOS
Epic Games has filed for a preliminary injunction that would put Fortnite back on the App Store, and restore Epic's developer account.
Read More »Prior to its ban, PUBG Mobile had 32 million weekly active users in India
PUBG Mobile was twice as large as the next biggest game by time spent in India
Read More »Microsoft Store launches free digital game development workshop, Xbox Academy
“It's a real pleasure to work with the talented people of Playground Games and Microsoft Store in delivering these sessions"
Read More »You now have until Monday to enter the MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games Awards 2020!
Head over to www.womeningamesawards.com to enter either yourself or your colleagues.
Read More »Dolby Atmos hits the racetrack in F1® 2020
Formula One has the most recognisable ‘soundtrack’ in sport. And for 2020 the team at Codemasters utilised Atmos to rethink the game’s 3D soundscape
Read More »Wargaming UK rebrands as DPS Games
"Our games will be very different – and our players will be, too."
Read More »PC games to benefit from Xbox Series X SSD enhancements with DirectStorage
"NVMe is the storage technology of choice for DirectStorage and high-performance next generation gaming IO"
Read More »[ICYMI] OFCOM’s Online Nation – who plays what and how much – and what we need to change to cater to everyone
OFCOM’s Online Nation report is a deep dive into the UK’s gaming habits and how they’ve evolved since 2015, during the era of the live service game: popular genres, spending patterns and exposure to toxic behaviour. We take a look at the results.
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“Odyssey will transform the multiplayer experience in Elite” – Taking the next step for Elite Dangerous
We speak to the team at Frontier Developments about taking players out of the cockpit for the first time
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“The goal is survival, not elimination” – Behind the scenes of Midwinter Entertainment’s debut title, Scavengers
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PR Panel 2021: Eight PR experts look back on a hard year, plus the new consoles, preparing for the year ahead and the return of events
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“We think it’s a big risk to just ride one horse into battle. That’s why we have a whole cavalry!” – THQ Nordic’s Klemens Kreuzer on the company’s constant growth
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What next for Brexit? Ukie explains the impact on the games industry
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“We are heading down a positive path – one where more people get to play great games.” – James Butcher, Xbox UK and Ireland
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight This month we talk to James Butcher, Xbox UK and Ireland Category Director
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Ins and Outs – January 2021’s industry hires roundup
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“The games industry is always evolving, providing players with more realistic, larger and more advanced games to play” – Creative Assembly’s Yasmin Curren
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Heading off-road and into the next-gen with DIRT 5 and Dolby Atmos
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“Previous clients come back to us again and again, which I think is the ultimate telling point” – Aardvark Swift Studio Spotlight: Tag Games
