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Most major games arrive in the UK with a bang: often a star-studded launch party, some form of high-profile PR stunt and a slew of midnight openings. But while such launches are often a much more muted affair in other territories, there are some publishers trying to bring the spectacle …
Read More »League of Legends ‘Player Behaviour & Justice Team’ includes a neuroscientist and behavioural psychologist
If you spend any sort of time on the internet you’ve probably suffered at the hands of a troll. MCV knows about this all too well. But even amongst these cesspools of morons, elements of the League of Legends community have a quite brutal reputation. Which is why the developers …
Read More »Ex-Naughty Dog, Sony and Ubi execs form Mojaro
Inaugural title KnightScape made using studio's mobile game platform
Read More »Bigpoint breaks through 300m user barrier
Online games maker Bigpoint has surpassed 300 million registered users. Bigpoint has created online hits, such as Battlestar Galactica Online, Drakensang Online, Farmerama, Pirate Storm and Dark Orbit, amassing communities across the world, connected by its global gaming site Bigpoint.com. In recent years, we’ve seen a rapid increase and unprecedented …
Read More »Retailers tell us what they really think in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it boasts our huge annual retail survey. The survey reveals who the High Street thinks was the best publisher, moment and distributor of 2012, amongst others. It also discusses its hopes for Christmas and what we can expect from 2013. …
Read More »Classic Tomb Raider titles now on Steam
The complete Tomb Raider collection is now available on Steam. Square Enix has just added the original Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider 2, Tomb Raider 3, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles and Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness to Valve’s digital service. Each of these games are available for …
Read More »Sega’s Creative Assembly lands Warhammer licence
Total War developer Creative Assembly has been handed the Warhammer licence by owner Sega. A new multi-title licensing agreement with IP owner Games Workshop has led to the formation of a new development team within the studio, with the first game scheduled to launch from beyond 2013”. Other video game …
Read More »Microsoft invites indies to training classes
Windows 8 primers to take place in shared office space
Read More »Guitar Hero 7 was in development, dubbed as a "disaster"
The once all-powerful Guitar Hero brand was killed in 2011. But a new report claims that development of a new game in the series was well underway by that point. Kotaku reports that that game was set to abandon the various bells and whistles – specifically the drum kit and …
Read More »Training Spotlight: Bournemouth University
Develop brings you industry courses on the British coast with an impressive record
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