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The New Zealand games industry is on the rise, growing 18 per cent year-on-year in 2014. According to research commisioned by trade body IGEA, this is largely thanks to a 34 per cent jump in digital sales, which accounted for around 62 per cent of the market. Download sales increased …
Read More »IGDA’s Rosman wins MCV Pacific Woman of the Year prize
The leader of the Melbourne IGDA chapter Giselle Rosman took away the first MCV Pacific Woman of the Year prize. Rosman was among four winners at the event, presented by Xbox. Other winners from the night included GoodGame’s Janet Carr, who picked up the Ambassador prize, while Widget’s Leena van …
Read More »EA takes home Publisher of the Year prize from MCV Pacific Awards 2015
The third annual MCV Pacific Awards took place last week, with the publication honouring the best of the Pacific games industry has to offer. 227 members of the industry to honour the winners of the 16 categories over the night. EA took away the Publisher of the Year prize, while …
Read More »MCV Pacific unveils first ever Women in Games list for the region
The first ever Women in Games list for the Pacific region has been revealed byMCV Pacific. The list, which can be seen below, highlights the 75 most influential women, across all facets of the Australian and New Zealand Games Industries. These women are now eligible for the2015 MCV Pacific Women …
Read More »New Develop Pacific editor named as Harris departs
Joab Gilroy will now bring the latest developments from Australia and New Zealand
Read More »MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up
David Wildgoose joins MCV Pacific, we look back at the EB EXPO 2013, and musical chairs occur in Australian jobs. Here’s a roundup of the biggest news this week on MCVuk.com’s sister site MCV Pacific: David Wildgoose joins MCV Pacific as its first full time editorial employee, look after the …
Read More »IN PHOTOS: The MCV Pacific Awards 2013 Red Carpet
Well, the evening has come and gone, so now is the time to share some of the highlights with you through the new medium of photograph. We’ve had all our winners collect their awards at what was an amazing night (even if we do say so ourselves), and can’t wait …
Read More »The 5 stages of depression in game development
Flat Earth Games director Leigh Harris discusses the emotional roller coaster of creating a game
Read More »20% of Australian video games sold online
NPD Group is stating that during all-important December last year, one in five customers was going online for their purchase. This is up from one in ten (10%) for the same period in 2012. The majority of such online purchases were for items under AUD$50, with a significant drop-off occuring …
Read More »MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap Up
This week down under, MCV takes a look at what GTA V’s slip means for 2013, Game Jam voting is set to begin and Path of Exile enter beta. The GTA V slip is on everyone’s lips, so MCV took a closer look at what this might mean for the …
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