MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
An RPG designed exclusively for use on the Apple Watch is under development at Square Enix. Siliconera has a few shreds of information about the game, which is called Cosmos Rings. It seems tied to daily activity, with the number of steps taken by a user having some sort of …
Read More »Apple launching Planet of the Apps reality TV show, co-produced by Will.I.Am
Tech giant Apple is calling for developers to take part in a new reality TV show, Planet of the Apps. The show will be following app developers as they try to create the next big thing. It is being produced by musician Will.I.Am, as well as Ben Silverman, of The …
Read More »Billing better games: What App Store subscriptions mean for devs
Joost van Dreunen reflects on the impact of Apple’s plans to allow developers to introduce a paid subscription model to their games on the App Store
Read More »Apple to drop 16GB entry point with iPhone 7, report claims
There will be no 16GB version of Apple’s next iPhone, according to the latest rumours about Apple’s upcoming smartphone. The Wall Street Journal reports that 32GB will become the new entry point as of the iPhone 7. Such a move would be no surprise, as the size of many modern …
Read More »Developing for ‘all or nothing’ iOS ended up losing us money, says Jeff Minter
‘Despite excellent reviews and the sheer number of devices out there which you might think make it viable, we couldn’t in any way justify carrying on with it’
Read More »Lovable Hat Cult talks about sex and Apple
Denmark’s Lovable Hat Cult has always made experiences that deal with taboo subjects. The studio rose out of a group of local developers called Copenhagen Game Collective. The projects coming out of this initiative deal with risqu subject matter. One multiplayer title, Dark Room Sex Game, had no visuals. The …
Read More »Apple drops obligatory Siri Remote support for tvOS games
Developers working on titles for Apple TV now have the option to include MFi controller and Siri Remote compatibility as they see fit
Read More »New Apple Swift app will teach iPad users to code
Smart device giant wants to “revolutionise the way people learn to code”
Read More »Spotify says iOS subscriptions does not address ‘Apple tax’ problem
Apple’s announcement that it is to allow app subscriptions on the iOS App Store is nothing more than a ‘gesture’. The streaming music service remains critical of both the size of the slice Apple claims from App Store payments, and the inflexibility of Apple’s pricing model. "It’s a nice gesture, …
Read More »Apple to introduce subscription model for App Store games
Devs will see their share of revenue increase 15 per cent per each user that stays subscribed to an app for longer than a year
Read More »