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Morepeople are watching eSports, and for longer periods of time. Triple-A publishers are investing heavily in the space. And the prize pools are growing in size, with players competing for massive piles of cash. As these sums grow, so does the pressure and desire to win. To this end, we’ve …
Read More »EA’s mission to drive eSports into the mainstream
20minutes into our interview with Todd Sitrin, the senior VP of EA’s new Competitive Gaming Division, and we realise that he hasn’t used the word ‘eSports’ once. We purposely do not use the term,” he tells us. eSports is that shiny execution that is getting a lot of hype. We …
Read More »History Lesson: The story of Deus Ex
Before Deus Ex, there were games about stealth and titles about shooting but rarely did these styles cross over. This was a fact that made Deus Ex creator Warren Spector desire for a more open and realistic style of game – where the player had the option to burst in …
Read More »We Happy Few developer Compulsion on E3 hype, drugs and Early Access
Xbox showed off a lot of products during its E3 briefing this year. It announced not one, but two new consoles. It showed off some of its blockbuster first-party line-up, including new entries in the Gears of War and Forza franchises. But for five minutes, an indie game called We …
Read More »Gem Box: the micro-console that wants to be the ‘Netflix for games’
French company Emtec wants to succeed where nearly everybody else has failed. On August 18th, the firm will launch Gem Box in the US, UK and France, before releasing in other European territories later this year. This Android micro-console, which comes with its own controller, gives access to a large …
Read More »What we can learn from Fable Fortune’s Kickstarter
There were a few reasons for thinking that the Kickstarter campaign for Fable Fortune would do pretty well. For one, the free-to-play card game was associated with an iconic brand, Fable, and was being made by former Lionhead developers who, since the studio’s closure, have formed Flaming Fowl. Historically, this …
Read More »Capcom Europe on the future of Resident Evil
MCV has been a regular visitor to Capcom’s E3 booth down the years, and it’s not always been the most spectacular showcase. We vividly remember the time the publisher devoted its entire E3 presence to Monster Hunter and DuckTales. The reality is that Capcom is a successful company with many …
Read More »Capcom: ‘We should have better communicated what Street Fighter V was going to be’
Publisher Capcom has admitted it had failed to properly inform consumers exactly what they were getting with Street Fighter V. The firm says it has learned from its mistakes, and is now committed to making the fighting game the best in the series. Street Fighter V launched in February, but …
Read More »Playing to Learn: Wibbu’s journey from a frozen flat in the Cotswolds to a thriving edu-games studio
Co-founder Liam McGinley tells Develop about what we can expect from the studio's increasing ambitions, which is currently looking to hire
Read More »How Dying Light took Techland to the big leagues
Before its launch, you’d be forgiven for having muted expectations for Dying Light. The title, made by Polish studio Techland, was delayed, its PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 SKUs scrapped, while the boxed release was delayed until a month after its digital version. Yet the title was a surprise hit …
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