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“We saw all-time record engagement this quarter, with nearly 90 million active users of Xbox Live.”
Read More »Xbox Q3 sees Game Pass subscribers hit 10m with all-time record engagement – as results hint at coronavirus boom to come
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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." …
MY.GAMES launches publishing programme for hyper-casual games
"We are excited and ready to use that expertise and understanding of the market to partner with developers in the hyper-casual space, a market that generates billions of dollars every year."
Read More »ESL and DreamHack enter streaming deal with Twitch
The agreement will see some esports tournaments organised by ESL and DreamHack live streamed to the service exclusively on Twitch in 2021 and 2022.
Read More »Grads in Games: Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star winners revealed
Nine winners from 1,000 entrants in this year's student game development contest
Read More »UK Games industry launches Games for Carers to thank NHS workers during COVID-19 crisis
Workers with an NHS email address can claim a free game or game subscription from the Games for Carers website.
Read More »Runescape creator Jagex sold for $530m to mysterious new owner
The new owner is described in a statement as "global asset management company, Macarthur Fortune, as part of its Platinum Fortune LP fund."
Read More »COVID-19 is packing releases into H2 – alongside new console launches – making for a titanic fight for consumer attention post-lockdown
A lot of product and a lot of marketing spend, will try to find potentially elusive eyeballs, in a compressed period of time.
Read More »Gameye announces partnership with Tencent Cloud and launches first Industry Insights Digital Conference
Gameye's game hosting service is planned to be fully operational in China by Q2 2020.
Read More »War Child UK appoints new head of gaming partnerships
"As the coronavirus pandemic makes this work more difficult, everyone at War Child is committed to finding solutions that continue to put children’s needs first.”
Read More »No WWE 2K 2021 title as headline franchise is furloughed for a year – 2K posts apologetically-toned open letter to fans
"We are extending the production timeline and will not be releasing a WWE 2K simulation game in 2020"
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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
