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Conversely however, gamers are more trusting of companies and brands
Read More »Gamers prefer to buy from brands with a purpose outside of profit, says Gameloft
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Read the July issue of MCV/DEVELOP online now! Featuring Electronic Arts, Beyond a Steel Sky, the Tonic Games Group and more
also EPOS, audio in a pandemic, Total War at 20 and Hypnospace Outlaw …
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VR Fitness Developer FitXR Secures $7.5 Million In Series A Venture Round Led by Hiro Capital
VR fitness company FitXR has announced that it has secured $6.3m in investment funding …
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Sony acquires a minority interest in Epic Games for $250 million
This investment cements an already close relationship between the two companies …
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97% of gamers say playing games benefits their mental health, according to survey
64 per cent said that connecting with others via online or multiplayer games had helped alleviate fe…
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Epic launches iOS app to provide live facial animation for Unreal
Capture facial animation at your desk straight into Unreal 4.25 with this new app …
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
Read More »Starbreeze to raise £21.8m to support further development of Payday 3
New share issue will allow continued development after publishing deal is delayed by pandemic
Read More »Switch hardware supply to return to normal during summer – software development currently unaffected
"Currently, we do not see any impact on software set to go on sale this year"
Read More »A Disco Elysium TV show is planned from Sonic the Hedgehog film producer
“’Disco Elysium’ is a phenomenal property with an expansive world and unlimited potential"
Read More »Lifetime spending in Roblox Mobile surpasses $1.5 billion
The mobile version of MMO sandbox title Roblox has seen players spending over $1.5 billion
Read More »Microsoft to close all of its physical retail locations
Microsoft is looking to repurpose some of its stores, and will open four "Microsoft Experience Centers"
Read More »Focus Home Interactive acquires Deck13 and reports record year
Focus Home Interactive have strengthened their already successful year with the acquisition of German studio Deck13 Interactive.
Read More »Keywords Studios acquires Unreal specialist Coconut Lizard
Deal valued at £2m with 29 staff joining the XDev giant in its first post-COVID acquisition
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“I wanted to get bits of British culture in the game that aren’t seen” – Can games help us understand what it means to be British?
We talk to the creators of Pendragon, Landlord’s Super and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture about their take on Britain and how they engage with our biggest issues
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The Yorkshire Games Community – “Yorkshire has a friendliness to it unlike anywhere else I’ve been to”
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Mediatonic launches 300-strong Tonic Games Group – “It means that we can all be much more resilient and stand the test of time”
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“It’s illegal to discriminate based on race. So why does it still happen in the games industry?” – POC in Play explains how to make real change.
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“As streaming platforms like Stadia reduce technical limitations, studios will be given new design possibilities” – ZeniMax Online talks The Elder Scrolls Online on Stadia
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Ins and Outs – July 2020’s industry hires roundup
Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP's July issue.
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“Companies who are highly creative and authentic can catch the winds of trends in the attention economy and really succeed” – Roberta Lucca, Bossa Studios
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“Substance is a place to thrive and display your individuality” – Elisha Brown, Substance Global
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“I like the problem-solving aspect of my role; trying to figure out why we see certain patterns in the data” – MAG Interactive’s Lucy Hill
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Sensor Tower: How the mobile games market is faring amid the global pandemic
