MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Sony is seemingly responding to the popularity of Xbox Game Pass, and is planning a new subscription tier to take on their console rival.
Read More »Sony is restructuring PlayStation Plus in a bid to compete with Xbox Game Pass
5 days ago
The European Speedrunner Assembly raised £67,189 for Make-A-Wish International
The European Speedrunner Assembly held an esports event in Malmö, Sweden last week, where players pu…
2 weeks ago
Network N has acquired a majority share of Roucan Events
The games media group Network N has acquired a majority share of Roucan, the events company behind s…
2 weeks ago
MCV/DEVELOP Award nominations to close next month
There are just over three weeks left to get your award nominations to us! …
3 weeks ago
Final Boss: Snow Rui, President and CFO at Hooded Horse
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we speak …
3 weeks ago
When We Made… Mortal Kombat 1
Ed Boon, Chief Creative Officer at NetherRealm Studios and co-creator of Mortal Kombat, tells Vince …
Ukie and Jagex team up for virtual festive quiz to raise money for games charities
With the end of the year almost upon us, Ukie and Jagex will be wrapping up 2021 with the Ukie Big Christmas Quiz of the Year.
Read More »The Steam Deck won’t have exclusive titles, says Valve
According to Valve, having Steam Deck exclusives "doesn't make much sense to us. It's a PC and it should just play games like a PC."
Read More »ELAM opens student games lab in collaboration with Creative Assembly
“We are so happy to launch this new dedicated games education space and to welcome the trainees to learn and grow their skills there."
Read More »10th annual Jingle Jam raises over $1m within first 24 hours
The festive Yogscast streamathon is back, supporting 14 charities across the UK and beyond
Read More »Twitch launches Suspicious User Detection to combat harassment in chat
"Our work will never be finished and we’re continuing to develop more tools to prevent hate, harassment, and ban evasion on Twitch"
Read More »Unity acquires SyncSketch
"With this acquisition, we are doubling down on productivity tools for the Unity creator community."
Read More »[From the industry] New research highlights flexible working is key to employee retention
The games industry is gradually heading back to the studio or office, but after an extended period working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals are now looking for permanent flexibility in working conditions going forward.
Read More »Sony patents DualShock-style controller for mobile devices
Controller patent suggests Sony’s isn’t just porting its games to mobile, but wants to control them too.
Read More »CD Projekt announce refocus for GOG after $2.1m loss
It's been a bad year for Good Old Games
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Q&A: Stefano Petrullo and Torsten Oppermann on Renaissance PR joining the 1SP family, and what creating a ‘superagency’ actually means
Renaissance PR was acquired by 1SP Agency last week. We checked in with both companies to ask some questions about the acquisition, and what it’ll mean for them going forward
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Final Boss: Snow Rui, President and CFO at Hooded Horse
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When We Made… Mortal Kombat 1
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When We Made… Fae Farm
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Classyk Games on Liberation, and bringing the flavour of classic British sci-fi to indie space games
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Final Boss: Snow Rui, President and CFO at Hooded Horse
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we speak to Snow Rui, President and CFO at Hooded Horse
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When We Made… Mortal Kombat 1
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When We Made… Fae Farm
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Levelling Up – Newfangled Games’ Henry Hoffman
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Rising Star – Stuart Pentelow, programmer at d3t
