MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we talk to Tone Brennan, Studio Manager at MAG Interactive Brighton.
Read More »Final Boss: MAG Interactive’s Tone Brennan
The UK games industry’s contributions to the economy almost doubled in three years
The BFI has released its Screen Business report, showing that both the number of jobs in the UK games industry and its overall economic contribution have reached record highs.
Read More »It Takes Two wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards
Hazelight Studios’ co-operative title It Takes Two was awarded the Game of the Year award at last night’s The Game Awards. The game went home with three awards, winning in the Game of the Year, Best Family and Best Multiplayer categories. The awards took place last night, hosted as ever …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass for PC gets a rebrand
The admittedly clunky-sounding 'Xbox Game Pass' for PC has been rebranded, and now goes by the significantly more bearable 'PC Game Pass.'
Read More »Levelling Up: No More Robots’ Pip Hoskins
Pip Hoskins, marketing lead at No More Robots, talks about how passion and outlook can often mean more than having the right qualifications
Read More »The Diversity Framework: How EA is representing diverse voices in games.
Tülay McNally, director of inclusive design and product development at Electronic Arts, guides us through the work EA does to ensure its games remain accessible and representative of all its players. This article was created in collaboration with Electronic Arts.
Read More »Ubisoft announces Ubisoft Quartz, bringing NFTs to Ghost Recon
Ubisoft has joined the NFT craze, and has announced a beta test for Ubisoft Quartz, its new platform for acquiring NFTs.
Read More »Tencent announces new games publishing division Level Infinite
“Level Infinite’s launch represents the next stage in Tencent Games’ evolution as a global publisher and trusted brand."
Read More »Sociable Soccer makes its way to PC and consoles – “FIFA has been so dominant for so long now that you see many people reference it as if it were the ONLY football game in town.”
Tower Studios’ Jon Hare (Norwich fan) and Kiss Publishing’s Darryl Still (QPR) are teaming up to bring Sociable Soccer to the PC and console big league. Richie Shoemaker (Pompey) is in the dugout ahead of the inaugural title challenge.
Read More »Rising Star: Remote Control Productions’ Valerie Künst
Valerie Künst, executive assistant at remote control productions, talks about her start in games, adapting to life under COVID and her big ambitions for games
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