MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP's May issue.
Read More »Ins and Outs – May 2021’s industry hires roundup
Entries are now open for The Develop:Star Awards 2021, taking place on October 27th
Entries are now open for this year's The Develop:Star Awards, taking place on Wednesday 27 October at the Hilton Brighton Metropole, during Develop:Brighton 2021.
Read More »Ubisoft to shift its focus onto producing free to play games
"We think it is now the time to come with high quality free-to-play games across all our biggest franchises across all platforms, but of course it will take time before proving it in a more assertive way."
Read More »“$1.2 billion is a big number. But we think it’s a great opportunity to bring two great companies together” – The inside track on EA’s acquisition of Codemasters
At $1.2bn, EA’s acquisition of Codemasters is the UK industry’s biggest deal to date. We talk to Frank Sagnier and EA’s Andrew Wilson to get the inside story.
Read More »HTC VIVE reveals the VIVE Pro 2, featuring a 5K resolution display, a 120 Hz refresh rate and a 120-degree field of view
For upgraders, the VIVE Pro 2 is available for pre-order from 6pm BST on 11 May.
Read More »Xbox survey highlights gaming subscription take-up across UK and Europe
Across Europe 68 per cent of respondents had a gaming subscription
Read More »Levelling Up: Media Molecule’s Liam de Valmency on the importance of communication and a flair for problem solving in programming
Liam de Valmency, senior principal programmer at Media Molecule, talks about the importance of communication and a flair for problem solving in programming
Read More »[From the Industry] Resident Evil Village ships over 3 Million units globally
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Franchise has shipped over 100m copies to date
Read More »Epic Games offered $200m for ports of PlayStation exclusives, according to leaked documents
Epic Games offered $200m to Sony for PlayStation ports to the Epic Games Store, according to a leaked document.
Read More »PlayStation 5 supply shortage to continue into next year, says Sony
“I don’t think demand is calming down this year and even if we secure a lot more devices and produce many more units of the PlayStation 5 next year, our supply wouldn’t be able to catch up with demand."
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