MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Toys-to-life, Sega’s PC ambitions and the arrival of Maximum Games in the UK headline today’s free issue of MCV. We discuss what the collapse of Disney Infinity means for the toys-to-life sector, while Sega’s John Clark talks PC, DLC and listening to its fans. Elsewhere, Maximum Games execs Christina Seelye …
Read More »Meet the women shaping the UK games industry in this week’s MCV
This week, MCV is all about women in games, ahead of the Women in Games Awards next Thursday (May 19th). Interactive Selection’s MD and WIGJ’s founder David Smith as well as Facebook’s head of EMEA gaming marketing Aoife Brodigan share their thoughts on what remains to be done for women …
Read More »Nominations for eSports Industry Awards extended until May 20th
The nomination period for the eSports Industry Awards – taking place on Monday, 21st November at the The Brewery, London – has been extended to May 20th, meaning you still have time to tell us who you think should win on the night. Hosted by games industry commentator and presenter …
Read More »BBC looking for games to sign at Interface
Publishing arm of broadcaster joins PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Curve, Soedesco, KISS, Green Man Gaming and Plug In Digital
Read More »The Chinese Room’s Dan Pinchbeck talks indie games and crunch on The MCV & Develop Podcast
Creative director of acclaimed studio The Chinese Room joins us ahead of his Interface talk this Thursday
Read More »Why you should come to Interface, the best event we’ve ever held
Christopher Dring, editor of Develop sister title MCV, on why this year's conference and networking event should be on the calendar of every studio
Read More »The Interface indie conference is really great and you should come along
We are probably setting ourselves up for a fall here, but we think the Interface conference might just be the best conference we’ve ever done. Interface – if you’ve never been – is an independent games development event. The main part of the show is a meeting system, where indie …
Read More »Peter Moore, Robbie Bach and Chris Lewis discuss the birth of Xbox 360 in this week’s free MCV
In today’s free MCV, we speak to the creators of Xbox 360 as Microsoft ceases production on the iconic console. In the meantime, we speak to Rovio’s CCO Alex Lambeek about the return of Angry Birds: with a new game, an animated movie and deals with brands such as LEGO …
Read More »Green Man Gaming, Curve and Soedesco want to sign your games at Interface next week
Digital publishers join Mike Bithell, The Chinese Room, Team17, Sega, Channel 4, Unity, Playtonic, KISS, Edge Case and more at indie-focused conference and pitching event
Read More »Is publishing the secret to GameStop’s survival? Find out in this week’s MCV
In this week’s issue, we speak to GameStop’s Mark Stanley about the retailer’s move into publishing. The exec shares whatthe firm’s ambition is within this space, what it offers developers and how it can compete in areas – like the UK – where it hasn’t got a physical retail presence. …
Read More »