MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
This week’s issue of MCV is a PC gaming special, featuring interviews with a number of the biggest players in the sector. We examine the PC gaming sector, seeing what effect new technologies like VR, 4K and Steam Machines are going to have, as well as new areas of the …
Read More »Ad-free, subscription-based YouTube service incoming
A leaked letter sent to content creators has confirmed YouTube’s long-suspected plan to launch an ad-free subscription service for viewers. Your fans want choices,” the letter, obtained by Bloomberg, stated. We’re… taking another big step in favour of choice: offering fans an ad-free version of YouTube for a monthly fee. …
Read More »TIGA terminates Train2Game relationship
UK games development trade body TIGA has ended its long-standing relationship with distance-learning business Train2Game. TIGA had acted as an independent examination and awarding body for Train2Game since 2009, but says it will now no-longer award TIGA Diplomas, accredit any Train2Game courses, promote Train2Game or generally be involved with the …
Read More »Interface: 50 games firms signed up for May 14th event
Studios and publishers primed for new B2B pitching and content marketplace next month
Read More »UK studios want games tax relief raised to 30%
TIGA survey of 100 games businesses claims developers also want National Lottery funding available to them
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: Two weeks to go
There are just two weeks to go until the big night for the UK games business: the 2015 MCV Awards. Just a handful of spaces remain at the prestigious awards ceremony and gala dinner, which takes place at the Lancaster London Hotel on the evening of April 16th. Over 500 …
Read More »Reddit mods sign League of Legends NDA with Riot
It has emerged that most of the moderation team of the League of Legends subreddit have signed up to a non-disclosure agreement with developer Riot Games. The Daily Dot reports that while Reddit has told mods that signing the NDA is not mandatory, doing so will grant them direct access …
Read More »From game jam to E3 in six months – the story of Acid Nerve and Titan Souls
In December 2013, three developers gathered to take part in online game jam Ludum Dare. They were UK-based programmer and lead designer Mark Foster and music and sound designer David Fenn, and Andrew Gleeson, an artist from Australia. In time, they would take on the studio name Acid Nerve. The …
Read More »Report: YouTube launching game and eSports streaming service
Google said to be on the hunt for content and broadcasters
Read More »Who will go to Rock Band’s reunion tour?
There was a time when everyone was playing Rock Band and Guitar Hero. And then they stopped. All of them. At the same time. The billion-dollar plastic guitar industry vanished overnight. It was a painful time for everyone associated with that genre. But Harmonix, the studio that created both franchises, …
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