MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Rising Star Games will release four titles for Nintendo 3DS in the run-up to Christmas. The UK publisher’s autumn 2012 line-up kicks off in September with cerebral platformer Shifting World, which features a striking black and white art style (pictured). This will be followed by Girls’ Fashion Shoot in October, …
Read More »The many faces of EA: Nick Earl, EAi
In the final part of our four interview with Electronic Arts bosses, EA Interactive VP Nick Earl discusses how mobile and social is shaping the future of the publisher Where does EA?Interactive fit in with the wider EA business?We’ve got six labels: EA Sports, EA Games, Bioware, Maxis, PopCap and …
Read More »Sony admits that Vita is failing to entice third parties
Eight months into latest portable gaming project, Sony has admitted to key struggles with the PlayStation Vita. The PlayStation legacy is built upon the still unrivalled third-party support successfully attracted to PS2, so it’s ironic that third parties are proving to be the Vita’s major stumbling block. Sony Worldwide Studios …
Read More »Report: Bioshock Infinite multiplayer canned
A pair of multiplayer modes may be out of Bioshock Infinite, following word yesterday that a handful of key staff had departed from the game’s development team. Kotaku reports that a pair of long-rumoured co-op modes have been completely axed from the game. The two modes included a tower-defense type …
Read More »July NPD: NCAA 13 and Xbox 360 on top; overall spending down again
The NPD Group has released its monthly US retail report for July, confirming a year over year decline in spending for the eighth month in a row. Total industry spending was down 20 per cent, coming in at $548.4m compared to $686.3m during July 2011. NPD, seemingly prepping us for …
Read More »Battle.net hacked, Blizzard urges users to change password
Bllizzard reports its online matchmaking and game data service Battle.net was hacked this past weekend, adding that certain account info has been compromised. The company states that all regions outside of China were affected, and that the hackers gained unauthorized access to a list of email addresses associated with Battle.net …
Read More »Yoshida: Vita struggling with third-party support
Sony boss admits attracting developers to handheld has been difficult
Read More »Impossible Studios making Infinity Blade: Dungeons
New Epic branch working on spin-off to hit iOS franchise
Read More »IN BRIEF: What’s Happened Today (August 9th 2012)
Booya for Ouya, bender on Slender and minger for Zynga. Which roughly translated means that it’s been a great day for Ouya, a bad day for the MCV journalist forced to play horrific indie title Slender and really not the best 24 hours for Zynga. This is the news. Codemasters …
Read More »Epic opens new dev house Impossible Studios
New Maryland-based office staffed by a number of former Big Huge Games employees
Read More »