Game industry business news

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion, right across our society, are finally getting the attention they deserve. But football, for better and worse, has been in the spotlight for such issues of late. We talk to EA about its efforts to make sure the beautiful game is for everyone

The upcoming handheld from Firewatch publisher Panic has been delayed until early next year.

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 

“It’s the beginning of a great journey"

“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."

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.

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

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.

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.

"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"