MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Google Stadia is now available to anyone with a Gmail account in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland.
Read More »Google Stadia expands to eight new European countries
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US consumers spent $56.9 billion on gaming in 2020
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console of 2020, with annual dollar sales being the second …
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“No one’s has done this before. No one’s really tried to tell a story in this way.” – The ambitious story of Wallace and Gromit: The Big Fix Up’s transmedia approach
Wallace and Gromit: The Big Fix Up promises a transmedia narrative told over the course of 28 days. …
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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 …
[From the industry] Submissions for the 23rd iteration of the Independent Games Festival are now open
Informa Tech, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2021, are now accepting submissions for the 23rd annual iteration of the Independent Games Festival
Read More »Activision sues Netflix for “poaching” their former CFO
"Netflix has a demonstrated pattern of caring only about attracting and employing whoever Netflix wants, regardless of whether it violates the law along the way."
Read More »Assemble Entertainment announces strategic business partnership with Chinese Publisher WhisperGames
Assemble Entertainment and Chinese publisher WhisperGames have announced that they have entered a long-term business partnership, which will see the two companies co-publishing games within their respective portfolios globally.
Read More »The games industry spent $45M in ad spend in the first two weeks of November
The jump in ad spending coincides with the launch of the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and the data shows that Sony spent significantly more than Microsoft during this period.
Read More »Why companies need to do more than ‘ticking the box’ – Amiqus’ Liz Prince
Amiqus’ Liz Prince explains why you need to do more than ‘tick the box’ when it comes to diversity
Read More »Kalypso Media fully acquires Realmforge Studios, with Realmforge taking over the Tropico series
Publisher Kalypso Media has announced that it has fully acquired developer Realmforge Studios, and that the developer will take over the future development of the hugely popular Tropico series.
Read More »Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah have left Bioware
"I know that Dragon Age won’t just survive without me, it will thrive."
Read More »[From the industry] Epic Games Releases Unreal Engine 4.26
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4.26
Read More »[From the industry] Ubisoft announces the Black Games Pros Mixer – UK Edition
Ubisoft today announced the first UK Black Game Pros Mixer to be held on Friday, 11th December
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“No one’s has done this before. No one’s really tried to tell a story in this way.” – The ambitious story of Wallace and Gromit: The Big Fix Up’s transmedia approach
Wallace and Gromit: The Big Fix Up promises a transmedia narrative told over the course of 28 days.
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“Odyssey will transform the multiplayer experience in Elite” – Taking the next step for Elite Dangerous
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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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“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
