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There are a few seats left for the Pioneers in XR event being held next week, Thursday 6 June, at Salford’s Media City UK. Introduced by Dr. Maria Stukoff of the University of Salford, the free event will look the intersection of XR technology, personal performance and sports, and interactive …

Keywords Studios and Reactional Music form a collaboration to explore faster development of music and sound in games

We are very pleased to announce that PressEngine is helping us deliver this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards. The winner of 2022’s Newcomer of the Year award is naturally supporting the photo booth, because, of course, supporting media is what PressEngine is all about, thanks to it being an all-in-one platform (PressEngine …

Karta, an award-winning metaverse studio pioneering the world of in-game experiential marketing, announces new hires from Tommy Hilfiger, Epic Games and Emperia. The startup, which works across Fortnite, Roblox and Zepeto, has been growing its senior team significantly with prominent names from fashion, tech and gaming to meet the ever-increasing …

Larian Studios, the independent game developer behind critically acclaimed RPG and winner of over 200 Game of the Year awards Baldur’s Gate 3, is about to set up base in one of the greatest RPG development hubs in the world with the launch of a new studio in Warsaw, Poland. …

In celebration of the launch of its new Diva EU division in Amsterdam, headed up by industry veteran, Rick Sloof (formerly of Gearbox Publishing & Activision PR & Comms), and Luci Van Bokhorst (Gearbox Publishing and Plaion Global Influencer Manager), and to show its commitment to continuing to raise the bar …

GamesAid has announced that it has raised £150,000 for the causes it supported in 2023/2024. The total, which was announced at the conclusion of the Barclays Games Frenzy event, was raised by the charity across the year through events such as its Gala Dinner, its tombolas at events such as …

The Future Games Show returns on Saturday, June 8 at 12pm PT, 3pm ET and 8pm BST. The show will be broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, X, Facebook, TikTok, GamesRadar, BiliBili and more. It will be hosted by BAFTA Award nominee Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2) and …

Tandem Events have today announced the finalists for the Develop:Star Awards 2024, with the winners to be selected by an industry vote open to previous Develop:Brighton attendees. The vote is open now and closes on Friday 31 May. The winners will be unveiled at the Develop:Star Awards ceremony on the …

Every issue of MCV/DEVELOP magazine is wrapped up by an industry leader. For the April-May issue we spoke to Rachel Rakowski, global head of gaming at We Are Social  What is your greatest achievement? My greatest personal achievement is succeeding in my mission to become a leader in the gaming …