MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
2010 will be remembered as a tough but successful year for the video game industry. It was the year that saw casual and online games played through social networks emerge from boxed products’ still large shadow as key forms of interactive entertainment. It seemed everyone was playing Angry Birds at …
Read More »Game Maker â??coming to Androidâ??
Popular drag-and-drop game creation tool continues platform expansion
Read More »Can London drive growth in the UK games industry?
New Develop feature explores the cityâ??s growth prospects
Read More »Sony: 3D uptake will be faster than HD
Consumers will snap up 3DTVs faster than when they upgraded to HD. That’s the message from SCEE president Andrew House who was responding to questions on when the tipping point will be for 3D in the home. He says that 2011 will be a major year for 3D games, although …
Read More »2010 Review April-June
At a time when Britain prepared for what would be an historic general election, the industry was still trying to assess the potential implications of The Digital Economy Bill. Meanwhile, the BBC rocked established games models by announcing four free Doctor Who games while Gizmodo got into all sorts of …
Read More »3DS to be 2011s landmark hardware hit
Big things are expected for Nintendo’s highly-anticipated 3DS handheld when it arrives in March. The format-holder has told MCV it reckons the device will represent another one of its ‘landmark’ hardware releases, thanks to innovative new features and 3D content. 3DS was first announced in March this year and officially …
Read More »SCEE never doubted 2010 GT5 release
With two delays in 2010 alone and a release finally arriving at the end of November, long-awaited racer Gran Turismo 5 was cutting it fine all the way until it eventually hit shelves on November 24th. But SCEE UK president Andrew House has told MCV he never doubted it would …
Read More »Develop celebrates its 10th birthday
Develop, Europe’s leading resource for games developers, has hit its tenth birthday. MCV’s sister title is ten years old today, with the December/January issue now with subscribers – a decade after the first issue, cover date January 2001, arrived for the increasingly sophisticated development sector. You can read the anniversary …
Read More »Develop is 10 â?? read the special issue now
Develop looks back at a decade covering the industry as we celebrate 10 years in print
Read More »Nintendo dominates pre-Xmas week sales
So in our chart analysis of games sales during the last big spending week before Christmas has shown Black Ops at No.1, with Wii Fit Plus and Just Dance claiming No.1s of their own. We’ve seen PS3 score a huge chunk of the top ten sales – in the face …
Read More »