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The latest issue of MCV is now available digitally, and it features interviews with Electronic Arts, UKIE and Borderlands developer Gearbox. That’s on top of the latest charts data from Chart-Track, the PlayStation Network, Steam, Apple and iOS. This week’s edition also asks what happens now PEGI is law and …
Read More »June NPD: Lego Batman 2, Xbox 360 on top; major decline year over year
June 2012 figures are in from the NPD Group, and they’re pretty ugly. YOY numbers across the board were down with the exception accessories. Most notably devastated was hardware which took a 45 per cent dive going from $364m to $201m. Overall sales were down from $989m in 2011 to …
Read More »Dishonoured wouldn’t exist without pre-production
Develop Conference: Art directors of upcoming adventure game say research was crucial
Read More »IN-DEPTH: New Ukie strategy targets game start-ups and studios
UK games industry trade body Ukie today talked MCV through the organisation’s new strategy for games developers. A new three-pronged approach spearheaded by new CEO Jo Twist sees Ukie ramp up what it can offer to studios and new firms as well as continue the political lobbying and market research …
Read More »REPORT: ‘What does Ukie do for developers?’
In its own words, the trade body runs through its offer to start-ups and studios
Read More »David Perry: Selling Shiny is my biggest regret
Develop Conference: 'I was very worried about the move to 3D', says Development Legend winner
Read More »Indies inspire Valve team structure
Develop Conference: 'These mod devs are able to iterate and ship straight away', if we can't do that we'll lose'
Read More »NPD: $3.4bn spent in US during Q1 2012, nearly half via digital
Telling signs of the consumer shift to digital in the US have arrived courtesy of NPD’s latest report. The report covers Q1 2012, with over $3.4bn spent on gaming for the period. Out of that total $1.38bn, just over 40 per cent, was linked to digital purchases across all platforms. …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Social mobile turf war
A war has erupted in the mobile games space, with two Japanese giants hoping to buy their way into the hearts of Western gamers. DeNA and GREE may not be household names in the US or Europe, but they are the two most lucrative firms in mobile games. The pair …
Read More »First UbiQ an ‘intense’ success
Parisian pan-disciplinary digital entertainment conference a resounding success, say organisers
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