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Sony has announced that Twitter, Facebook and Flickr apps will be ready to download on Vita’s PSN Store on day one. All three apps will be free to download as soon as the Vita store goes live – which could be as early as tomorrow evening (Feb 21st). Sony adds …
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Using social media
Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: Harnessing Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook
Read More »Minecraft’s Notch offers to fund Psychonauts 2 development
Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is prepared to personally fund development of a sequel to Double Fine’s critically acclaimed title Psychonauts. Double Fine creative director Tim Schafer recently claimed the studio has been unable to secure a publishing contract for the Psychonauts 2 project, despite pitching to various companies. But …
Read More »Follow Friday: Ten game developers to chase on Twitter
Develop profiles some of the industry's most fascinating time wasters
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Havok on harnessing social media
Daily advice on job hunting from the industry's top companies. Today: tips from Havok on using social media to get a job
Read More »Twitter spoof Peter Molydeux will return
One of the industry’s favourite spoof Twitter feeds has been suspended – but its owner says that he very much hopes for its return. Called Peter Molydeux, the account parodied the famous outside the box” thinking of acclaimed developer Peter Molyneux, pushing his ides of in-game emotion and context to …
Read More »Your chance to grab a FREE MCV subscription
Intent Media has extended its offer of a free subscription to MCV magazine for all of its Twitter followers. MCV is not only the UK’s only weekly games trade mag – it’s also the only video games trade publication in the world to be released every seven days. If you …
Read More »Follow the Games Media Awards on Twitter and Facebook
With a little over two weeks to go until The Games Media Awards 2011, in association with Grainger Games, it’s time for us to remind you exactly how modern we are. We were going to communicate with you all by printing words on bits of paper. These were then going …
Read More »Meet More People
[#AltDevBlogADay] Keith Fuller, the founder of Fuller Game Production, explains why he need to get out more
Read More »Develop Awards tonight: Live coverage online
Tonight is the biggest night for games developers: over 550 industry execs will cram into the Brighton Hilton’s Ballroom to see who has won the Develop Industry Excellence Awards. But if you’re not there, don’t worry – we’ve got the event covered for you through comprehensive live coverage. The ceremony …
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