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Dontnod, the creator of the Life is Strange series, has announced that it is moving into third party publishing.
Read More »Life is Strange creator Dontnod moves into third party publishing
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Chaos Karts, the UK’s first live action video game, is coming to Shoreditch in August
Described as "the UK's first live action video game," Chaos Karts combines go-karting and augmented …
17 hours ago
IGN aid post row: 71 staff members sign open letter to leadership
Putting any other issues to one side, it looks like a clear case of interference in editorial indepe…
18 hours ago
Former BBC Studios managing director takes charge at Ubisoft studios in the UK
"I am thrilled to be joining Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington at such an exciting time for t…
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Rust finally comes to console: “Right from the start, we tried to keep the game as close to the PC version as possible. That’s why it took so long to develop”
On May 21st, Facepunch Studios’ astronomically popular survival game Rust is finally making its way …
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WarnerMedia to join Discovery – but fate of games businesses remains uncertain
“Some of the gaming arm will stay with AT&T and some will go with the new company.” …
Tencent’s Timi Studios is the world’s biggest developer – generating $10bn in 2020
Tencent's Timi Studios, developer of the enormously popular Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile, generated $10bn in revenue in 2020 – Making it the world's biggest developer.
Read More »Fitingo — rocking AppStore charts with the help of AdQuantum and GamesBoost42
When it comes to real success for apps, the old adage of “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is completely relevant.
Read More »E3 returns in 2021 as an all-digital event
E3 is back in 2021, running as an all-digital event running from June 12th to the 15th.
Read More »Nielsen to shut down SuperData
“Our focus going forward will be to deliver games-related services and insights as added features and capabilities to core Nielsen Sports products and services.”
Read More »The link between loot boxes and gambling has been “robustly verified,” claims UK charity
“This research is part of GambleAware’s continued commitment to protect children, adolescents and young people from gambling harms"
Read More »[From the industry] Keywords Studios opens new state-of-the-art recording studio in Paris
Keywords Studios has announced the opening of its new recording studio in Paris.
Read More »Read the April issue of MCV/DEVELOP online now! Featuring Oddworld Soulstorm, Scotland Spotlight, Inkle & Failbetter and more
also CCP's new London Studio Head, Warp Digital, Gang Beasts and more
Read More »Marrying the old with the new – Xbox and Xbox 360 titles come to cloud gaming
Rare, Bethesda and Epic's Gears of War titles star
Read More »Warner rebrands LEGO titles from Easter
Eleven Lego titles get cohesive, refreshed look
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Rust finally comes to console: “Right from the start, we tried to keep the game as close to the PC version as possible. That’s why it took so long to develop”
On May 21st, Facepunch Studios’ astronomically popular survival game Rust is finally making its way to PS4 and Xbox One, courtesy of Double Eleven.
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“The guiding light is to be the publisher that we would dream for us to have” – Behind the scenes at Playtonic Friends
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[ICYMI] The story of Oddworld: Soulstorm – ‘We’ve always felt that Oddworld was a tremendously undervalued IP’
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“$1.2 billion is a big number. But we think it’s a great opportunity to bring two great companies together” – The inside track on EA’s acquisition of Codemasters
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Uplift Games: Roblox’s 60m user smash-hit Adopt Me! has a new parent
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Rising Star: Bianca Sarafian, Fall Guys community manager at Mediatonic talks about how Fall Guys inspired her move into community management and her childhood dream come true
Bianca Sarafian, community manager (Fall Guys) at Mediatonic talks about how Fall Guys inspired her move into community management and her childhood dream come true
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Final Boss: “With work from home post COVID; I think we face a very real threat of creating a gig economy if we aren’t careful.” – Bulkhead Interactive’s Joe Brammer
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Ins and Outs – May 2021’s industry hires roundup
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Levelling Up: Media Molecule’s Liam de Valmency on the importance of communication and a flair for problem solving in programming
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DEVELOP JOBS – Your last chance to join Creative Assembly, Firesprite, Sharkmob and many more in our June hiring special!
