MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
The first MCV/Xbox 360 Quiz of 2011 will take place on Thursday, June 23rd. Once again, the evening will pit retailers, suppliers and the media against each other in a friendly battle of wits. The quiz will be held at the newly refurbished Sway Bar in London. There are some …
Read More »MP Watson bid to improve R&D tax credits
Tiga calls for studios to pressure their MPs to back petition
Read More »Metacritic deal for Develop 100
Who are the world’s best games studios? You’ll get to find out next month when our sister magazine Develop publishes its list of the most successful developers, the Develop 100, next month. And this time out listing comes courtesy of none other than Metacritic. The must-read review score tracking site …
Read More »UKIE sponsoring Dare to be Digital
UK games trade body UKIE has been confirmed as the sponsor of this year’s Dare to be Digital video games design competition. Run by University of Abertay, Dundee, the competition received some high-profile backing earlier this year when it was endorsed by the Livingstone-Hope skills review. UKIE is delighted to …
Read More »IGN and 1UP merger likely
There’s no official confirmation as of yet, but it looks likely that an announcement is looming confirming that acquisition of media network UGO at the hands of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. This would mean the likely merger, at least behind the scenes, for two of gaming’s biggest websites – News …
Read More »Laura Fryer to keynote Develop
Warner Bros Seattle studio boss to head Brighton conference's business track
Read More »Mastertronic readies Heroes of M&M compilation
Mastertronic will release Heroes of Might & Magic Complete tomorrow. The title is a compilation of Ubisoft and 3DO’s strategy series that sees players commanding vast armies of fantasy characters. The collection includes five full titles and seven expansion packs. The Heroes of Might & Magic series has been around …
Read More »IGN Germany signs MediaXP deal
IGN Entertainment has announced a partnership with MediaXP to publish IGN Germany. The European games media group will take control of the day-to-day running for the site, mixing bespoke German-language editorial and video content with localised pieces from the IGN teams in the US, UK and Australia. MediaXP will also …
Read More »UKIE targets London-based digital agencies
Trade body UKIE hopes to attract digital creative firms by backing this year’s Digital Shoreditch Festival. The inaugural event takes place between Tuesday, May 3rd to Friday May 6th in the Shoreditch area, and will feature workshops, parties, projections and augmented reality games. UKIE is very happy to demonstrate its …
Read More »MTV launches dev unit
345 Games to operate as â??gaming armâ?? of Comedy Central and Spike TV
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