MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Organisers for the Ivor Novello Awards have abandoned its excellence in games audio prize The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA), which operates the event, said that after much consideration it has been decided not to present the Best Original Video Games Score category at the 2012 ceremony”. …
Read More »Rare hires Sega design chief
Former Sega design chief Simon Woodroffe has joined Microsoft-owned UK developer Rare as its new creative director. Woodroffe is a 20+ years veteran of the games industry whose credits include seminal titles such as Simon the Sorcerer and Call of Cthulhu. His more recent employers include Midway, where he worked …
Read More »Baldur’s Gate dev slams Nintendo
Beamdog, the owner of Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition developer Overhaul Games has launched a fierce attack on Nintendo. Speaking on Twitter, Beamdog founder and former BioWare man Trent Oster confirmed that Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition will not be coming to Wii U. What is more shocking was the ferocity of …
Read More »Fruit Ninja dev forms new mobile studio
Indie start-up Total ArKade to focus on 'innovative gameplay', says Tony Takoushi
Read More »The Konami Code gets political
Franois Bayrou is a man, a politician. And clearly one who recognises the power of the Gaming Vote. As spotted by The Telegraph, there’s a hidden treat to be found on his website as he builds toward his French presidential campaign. Want to take a look? OK, head over to …
Read More »Sony launching new networking device
A new content streaming device called Nasne is on the way from Sony. The small black box comes with 500GB of internal storage and, in Japan at least, both digital and satellite tuners. It will offer streaming and storage interoperability with other Sony devices such as PS3, PlayStation Vita, VAIO …
Read More »Bruno Senna backs System 3 racer
Veteran publisher System 3 is bringing new racer Absolute Supercars to retail with the help of Bruno Senna. The F1 driver and nephew of the late Ayrton Senna has helped hone the car handling in Absolute Supercars, which is due to arrive on PS3 at the end of May. The …
Read More »Rare snaps up Sega R&D boss as creative head
Simon Woodroffe to lead up design at Microsoft studio
Read More »EA reneges on Origin block policy
Users who have been banned from EA’s Origin network will now be able to access the single player content of any games on their account. That’s after EA decided to review the terms and conditions of its Origin user agreement. Previously any ban from origin resulted in account holders being …
Read More »US authorities to track suspects using games consoles
Big Brother is watching. Specifically, he’s watching what you’re doing on your consoles. Gamasutra reports that the US Navy and the Department of Homeland Security have employed the services of forensics company Obscure Technologies to discover a way to track data exchanged through modern console networks. The aim is to …
Read More »