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This week’s MCV investigates the indieapocalypse and asks: Is the sector really in jeopardy? We also talk with EA about its efforts to fix its reputation amongst PC Gamers, while Ubisoft discusses the mammoth potential for its new IP: The Division. Elsewhere, Hewson Consultant’s CEO Rob Hewson explains why now …
Read More »Read our media special in this week’s MCV
The likes of Official PlayStation Magazine,Venatus Media,IGN and Twitch discuss the state of the games media in this week’s issue. OPM’s Matthew Pellett shares how the publication managed to see a ten per cent jump in print circulation, while IGN talks about moving to every platform possible in order to …
Read More »Read our VR special in this week’s MCV
Thisweek’s issueis all about virtual reality. We have spoken to some of the people behind the new hardware to get a handle on this innovative market. Then, the MCV and Develop teams tried the Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive, Playstation VR and Samsung’s Gear VR to give the pros and …
Read More »Read our full analysis of the state of the UK games market in this week’s MCV
Inthis week’s issue, MCV reveals the results of itsmarket valuation project, co-produced by games industry trade body UKIE. The UK games market hit a record in 2015 with4.2bn: it is the biggest year in UK games industry history, topping the 4bn generated in 2008. Digital, accessories and pre-owned have boosted …
Read More »Find out if you are paid enough in this week’s MCV
In this week’s issue, we unveil the results of our annual Salary Survey. This year over 1,000 people took part – including more than 650 from the UK – making it our most successful salary survey yet. The survey shows that UK games workers earn an average of 29.000 across …
Read More »Check out our PC gaming extravaganza in this week’s MCV
In this week’s MCV we take a lengthy and in-depth look at the lucrative PC games market. Creative Assembly’s brand director RobBartholomew shares his thoughts on the state of a vast and unpredictable market, we discuss how to build the ultimate VR games machine and find out the best performing …
Read More »Develop February: Reality check for VR, issue out now
Print and digital editions available now, also features 30 Under 30 and Salary Survey results
Read More »Meet the new Curve Digital in this week’s issue of MCV
In this week’s MCV we sit down with Curve’s new CEO, Dominic Wheatley and Chairman Stuart Dinsey to find out about the publisher’s merger with Kuju. Is this merger an act of noble ambition or is it a desperate move in an increasingly challenging indie games market? We also talk …
Read More »Find out how the UK games market performed last year in MCV’s first issue of 2016
As we start 2016, MCV looks back at the last twelve months to see just how the UK games market performed. In our first issue of the year, with the help of GfK Entertainment figures, we round up how much money the sector generated across hardware, software and accessories. We …
Read More »Read the jam-packed final MCV of 2015 here
What did UK games retail really think of 2015? Which companies helped them out the most, and what was their game of the year? Find all this out and more in MCV’s Annual Retail Survey in which we spoke to over 130 UK games stores. We also round up the …
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