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Read More »Hiro Capital launches €100m capital fund to bridge current funding gap in industry
Curve Digital and Testronic acquired by Northedge Capital for £90m
"Our ambition is to build the next major UK owned games business to rival those based in other parts of the world"
Read More »Wired Production’s Leo Zullo: ‘We have access to some of the most vulnerable audiences – I think it is our responsibility to help improve their lives’
Every month a different industry leader answers our questions about their lives, their careers and your industry
Read More »Jagex: ‘Sanding the rough edges off your game isn’t always good. There is such a thing as good friction.’
Every month Jagex’s developers visit us from Runescape’s Gielinor to talk about their latest adventures
Read More »VGTR isn’t perfect but at present that £100m a year looks well spent
£4 per household is a significant sum of money and one that the industry should be very thankful that the UK tax payer is extending to us
Read More »Future Games Summit 2019’s first speakers announced: BBC, Fourth Floor Creative, Google and Team17
FGS19 is a two-day conference being held on November 25th and 26th for C-level, decision makers and leaders in the games industry
Read More »Why Autonauts is about peace and love: ‘I’ve worked on GTAs and Crackdowns and I guess I’m tired of all the violence in games’
Autonauts won the Ukie UK Game of the Show at Gamescom 2019. MCV talks to Denki’s Gary Penn, who worked on the original GTA, about the thinking behind this inspiring title that eschews violence for love, robots and farming
Read More »In an increasingly globalised market, Koch Media explains why it’s ‘committed to a strategy of local representation’
Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz talks to MCV about its new office opening in Poland, the acquisition of merchandise specialist Gaya Entertainment, working with Epic Game Store and the upcoming Shenmue III
Read More »How Wargaming is bridging the cultural divide with its biggest assault on western markets to date
In Guildford, Wargaming is making a game from the ground up by western developers for western audiences. CEO Victor Kislyi tells MCV about the masterplan and how even a studio-destroying fire was an opportunity in disguise
Read More »Ain’t no party like an Xbox party – Aaron Greenberg clarifies exclusivity stance and explains why the upcoming X019 is coming to London
With Gears 5 released on Steam, plus Ori and the Blind Forest coming to Switch, Aaron Greenberg, GM of games marketing, clarifies Xbox’s first-party strategy and fills us in on the thinking behind its upcoming London celebration, X019
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