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 Hendrik Lesser, CEO of Remote Control Productions
Read More »Final Boss: Remote Control Productions’ Hendrik Lesser
Thunderful Games’ CEO Brjánn Sigurgeirsson and Agostino Simonetta on why the time is right for the indie supergroup to make itself known
“It’s the beginning of a great journey"
Read More »1,000 new jobs planned as Cloud Imperium expands into new Manchester studio
“Manchester is where I started my video game career, so it makes me very happy to announce that we have signed a long-term deal for our biggest office yet, in downtown Manchester."
Read More »Niantic is now licencing out the AR tech behind Pokémon GO
Niantic has announced that it is now licensing out The Niantic Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK), the AR tech behind their hit game Pokémon GO.
Read More »“Having direct support from Unity allowed us to make Outer Wilds a reality at the level of polish it was released at” – Developers discuss Unity support
Building a game in an off-the-shelf engine is par for the course for today’s developers. But such engines also now offer services that go way beyond the core technology. MCV/DEVELOP talks to three developers about the additional services which helped make their titles a success
Read More »The Orcish Patent: How do video game patents work, and should you be protecting your ideas?
The Nemesis system has prompted a debate about patenting video game mechanics. We talk to patent law experts to find out more about the practice.
Read More »Ubisoft employees call for public support with a petition pushing for change at the company
A Better Ubisoft, a group of current and former Ubisoft employees pushing for better working conditions at the company, have launched a public petition to help encourage change.
Read More »Konami temporarily pulls Metal Gear Solid titles from stores
"We are currently working on renewing the licenses for select historical archive footage used in-game, therefore, we have made the temporary decision to begin suspending the sale of METAL GEAR SOLID 2, METAL GEAR SOLID 3 and all products that include these games from digital storefronts globally starting from November 8th, 2021"
Read More »Annapurna names Nathan Gary as its new president
“Nathan has helped build Annapurna Interactive from the ground up, showing impressive leadership as well as the innate ability to identify and foster creative voices"
Read More »“Straight indie publishing, signing games, publishing them. It will end, it won’t make it over time.” – Zordix on the future of games publishing
Zordix has come out of Sweden in 2021 to acquire both the UK’s Merge Games and France’s Just For Games. Putting all three under its wizard’s hat. So what’s the strategy behind this latest Swedish force and where does it go next?
Read More »