We take a look behind the scenes at the development of Baba is You. Developer Arvi ‘Hempuli’ Teikari talks about how he built layers upon layers of complexities – and thought it better to leave it unexplained to the player
Read More »Regional spotlight – From free-to-play to the ‘epicenter of gaming’: How Hamburg ships games around the world
For our third regional spotlight, we take you to Germany. Destination: Hamburg. Following a successful transition from free-to-play browser games to much much more, the ‘epicenter of gaming in Germany’ has a lot to offer, from an excellent quality of life to the support of an incomparable cluster of games talent
Read More »Franchise potential, long-term vision and community-driven: Is your game what Sega Searchlight is looking for?
Following up on Sega’s acquisition of Two Point Studios, we have a chat with Bobby Wertheim, who works at Sega’s incubation programme Searchlight. He details why the firm wants to acquire indie studios, what we can expect from the publishing label and what the process is like when you sign up with Searchlight
Read More »Quality Control: Understanding your QA team can only improve your game
While it’s the programmers, artists and designers that receive most of the plaudits, the industry would be lost without it’s diligent and skilled QA teams. We talk to QA professionals from the UK and beyond to discuss how they deliver polished products
Read More »Creative Assembly and NetEase join forces to bring Total War to China
Creative Assembly also unveiled a brand new card game made for the Chinese audience, Total War: Elysium
Read More »Pole to Win’s CEO on building for the games of the future: ‘Better, faster, cheaper…’
Pole To Win’s ambitions are pleasingly simple but achieving them is still no easy task. We talk to CEO Deborah Kirkham and European president Andy Emery about running a company that enables a lot of the industry to go global
Read More »Pole to Win, Sega and Baba is You headline MCV’s Gamescom issue
Also featuring our regional spotlight on Hamburg and a big focus on QA
Read More »Report: Rockstar North has not paid corporation tax for 10 years, but has claimed £42m in tax relief
"It is outrageous that the UK taxpayer is being asked to shell out tens of millions of pounds in subsidy"
Read More »Epic Games Store enables limited cloud saving
"We have a bit more work to do before rolling it out more widely"
Read More »Unity Technologies’ worth doubles to $6bn
"We are pleased to provide the opportunity for some liquidity to our dedicated employees who have worked so hard to make Unity the company that it is today"
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