MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
The Counter-Strike 1.6 India finals of the Asia e-Sports Cup will be held in Mumbai this weekend. After holding qualifiers in 14 Indian cities, 32 finalists teams will head down to Mumbai on 11th and 12th August to participate in the all-India finals. The Cup is organised and executed by …
Read More »Dare Blogs – Kind of a Big Deal
Dare to be Digital 2012 competitors Kind of a Big Deal talk exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title Starcrossed
Read More »Ouya Kickstarter closes on $8,596,475, attracts 12 $10k pledges
Having embarked on its Kickstarter journey with a lofty target of $950k, Ouya Kickstarter dream has reached a spectacular conclusion. Having gone live on July 10th, the project closed last night with total funding of $8,596,475 from 63,416 backers. In addition, Kickstarter has revealed that 12 backers pledged a total …
Read More »Are you ready for Gamescom?
There are just a few days to go before the world’s biggest games show. Gamescom veterans tell us how they are preparing Andy Robinson, Editor, CVGBefore the show, map out your appointments and figure out exactly where they are. The convention center in Cologne is a big old place if …
Read More »HMV posts £16m loss for financial year
HMV sales fell 12.1 per cent for the last financial year, with the retailer posting a loss of 16.2m. The loss is roughly in-line with what the entertainment retailer said it would lose back in May. In total HMV generated 923.2m last year. Video games sales plunged 17 per cent …
Read More »GMA 2012: The finalists in full
After weeks of intense lobbying, MCV can reveal the finalists of this year’s Games Media Awards – over 30 writers, plus more than 50 online and print publications, are in the running. The winners will be voted for by a 200-strong judging panel, comprising members of the media and industry …
Read More »Former Rockstar Leeds boss joins Activision Leeds
Gordon Hall to lead up mobile operations at recently christened The Blast Furnace
Read More »Konami scraps Silent Hill HD patch due to "tech and resource issues"
The issue of gamers’ consumer rights has once again hit the headlines after another publisher abandoned plans to patch a product that has already been sold to consumers. Konami has announced that despite releasing a patch for the PS3 version of Silent Hill HD Collection, it has abandoned plans to …
Read More »The many faces of EA: David DeMartini, EA Origin
In the second of our four interviews with various heads of EA’s businesses, we discuss retailing and Steam with EA Origin boss David DeMartini Origin has grown well in its first year. But what’s stopping rival publishers from launching their own service?This isn’t easy. We have tried a couple of …
Read More »After EA, Sony increases game prices in India
After EA announced that it was increasing prices for its upcoming console titles to Rs 2,999, Sony has now increased the prices for some of its older releases, including the Platinum range. While budget-priced Platinum titles such as God of War 3, Gran Turismo 5 and Infamous 2 have received …
Read More »