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"Today’s partnership with Tencent Cloud marks a major milestone for us in China"
Read More »Improbable partners with Tencent Cloud
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Kixeye lays off 20 staff
"We have trimmed the organisation somewhat as a natural step after the split" …
19 hours ago
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…
21 hours ago
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…
PlayStation’s head of global second-party games, Gio Corsi, leaves Sony
"Thanks for it all & long love the Vita!"
Read More »Blizzard insists controversial Hearthstone ban will remain in place despite public backlash
"The content was not the problem. It was the fact that it was not about the game in question"
Read More »“It’s a hard time to fight for eyeballs” – Night School Studio’s Sean Krankel on finding long-term success for Afterparty
As part of an upcoming retrospective on Oxenfree, MCV spoke to Night School Studio's Sean Krankel about the studio, Oxenfree and their latest title, Afterparty.
Read More »Unity Technologies acquires French virtual architecture company, Obvioos
"We're extremely excited about what's to come"
Read More »Blizzard CEO apologises for controversial Hearthstone ban but stops short at reversing its decision
"Blizzard had the opportunity to bring the world together in a tough Hearthstone esports moment a month ago, and we did not"
Read More »The Outer Worlds doesn’t have a colour-blind mode because Obsidian designed it ‘to be playable without colour information’
"Colour information is redundant with other indicators"
Read More »Here’s when The Witcher’s live-action TV show debuts on Netflix
"An epic tale of fate and family" launches next month
Read More »Ubisoft’s delayed triple-A games will now be released on current- and next-gen consoles
"They will take full advantage of all the new features that are coming with the machines"
Read More »Pokemon Go surpasses $3bn in lifetime gross revenue
"This year’s sales have been spurred on by updates of Team Rocket"
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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
