MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Hideo Kojima revealed at his GDC presentation earlier today that The Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes are the same game – Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Kojima arrived at his GDC presentation with his face bandaged up, revealing what we already knew – that The Phantom Pain was …
Read More »The puzzle is solved – Kojima reveals Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Konami’s cryptic PR campaign has finally been unravelled. Although do we know if the dude with the face was CGI or what? Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has confirmed that both Ground Zeroes, which was announced in August last year, and video curiosity The Phantom Pain are both one and …
Read More »Visceral and Criterion vets form triple-A studio
New Australia developer working on $1 million project
Read More »GDC 13: New toy venture for AT and Virtual World Licensing
AT New Media Virtual World Licensing to offer consultancy services to gaming, social and virtual brands
Read More »International Factfile: Romania
With only a handful of retailers and one major distributor, the Romanian games market is a small one. Its size hasn’t put off major developers settling down in the region.Ubisoft Romania is a division set up in 1992 that has gone on to house two studios and create the Tom …
Read More »GDC 13: InMobi unveils new app distribution portal
InMobi has developed a new platform for distributing Android apps
Read More »Doctor Who arrives on PlayStation Home
Fans of the BBC’s sci-fi flagship Doctor Who can now download content for PlayStation Home (remember that?) based on the hugely popular show. PS3 owners can now dress up their avatars in the Eleventh Doctor’s iconic tweed jacket and bow tie (bow ties, as we know, are cool) and wield …
Read More »Is ‘free’ the future of console games?
It seems inevitable that free-to-play will play a big part in the next generation of consoles. Last year Xbox launched Happy Wars, its first freemium game. And that game now boasts a player base of over 2m. PS4 allows for free-to-play titles and even Nintendo is eyeing micro-transactions for Wii …
Read More »New GTA5 screenshots: Skydiving, high-speed pursuits, and a Gatlin gun
Rockstar Games has quietly released ten new screenshots for Grand Theft Auto 5, and while there’s no press release accompanying them, the images themselves speak volumes. While one image shows a pier at night with lightening striking down from the sky, another features an urban skyline at dusk, showing off …
Read More »Loading comes to London this April
A new independent games caf will set up shop in London’s Soho in a matter of weeks. Loading, the Cornish indie known for providing games-themed cocktails at various industry and press events, is currently finalising the details on opening a London branch in Soho. The new bar – located at …
Read More »