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Peter Molyneux has personally responded to the sudden backlash surroundings the failings of Godus. As reported yesterday, 22cans designer Konrad Naszynski admitted on the game’s forums to his doubts about 22cans’ ability to fulfil all the promises made about the game in its Kickstarter. Now Molyneux himself has apologised directly …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Holly Pickering
Indie developer Holly Pickering tells MCV about her time in games and why she founded LadyCADE, an organisation for women in the industry I started working in games when I was 20 as a junior character artist at Traveller’s Tales working on the LEGO games. I had not gone the …
Read More »Turkish minister orders investigation into Minecraft ‘violence’
Authorities in Turkey have turned their attention to family favourite Minecraft following allegations of violent content. The BBC reports that Turkey’s family and social policies minister Aysenur Islam has ordered an investigation to assess its suitability for children. Should it be deemed too violent the government could seek to ban …
Read More »Prime Minister visits Dovetail Games
Turns out David is a big fan of simulation games
Read More »Analysis: Mobile and online prop up the TV ad space in 2014
Henry Degnin, digital account manager at Generation Media, examines how mobile and online properties kept the TV advertising market afloat last year 2014 was a progressive year for the games and consoles TV advertising market with TV ad pressure rising 16 per cent (in terms of individual TV viewer ratings) …
Read More »New 3DS XL save transfer system draws criticism
Nintendo has outlined the steps needed to transfer save data from an old 3DS to a new 3DS XL – and the press has not been especially forgiving about the process. New 3DS XL system transfer is as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Helana Santos
Indie developer and UKIE board member Helana Santos tells MCV about her career, and what her biggest achievements have been to date. Tell us about your career in games. How did you get started? I have always been passionate about combining technology and creativity. When I was young I didn’t …
Read More »Investing in eSports: How to get involved in the pro-gaming sector
Many firms want to dive into the eSports sector – but very few know where to start. MCV talks to Nathan Lindberg, vice president of global sales at Curse, about the company’s experience “You should invest in the lucrative eSports sector.” It’s a sentiment those working in games are likely …
Read More »Atari revives Asteroid as open world multiplayer game
Arcade classic completely revamped for PC by developer Salty Games
Read More »Former Rare devs plan ‘spiritual successor’ to Banjo Kazooie
Ex-employees of veteran UK games studio Rare have come together to form a new developer, Playtonic Games. The new team is comprised of six artists, programmers and designers, all of who have worked on multiple classic Rare titles, such as the Donkey Kong Country and Banjo Kazooie franchises. "We’ve got …
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