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Ndemic opens new Bristol studio, Kiss appoints new head of finance and Ephraim departs SIE. Gilman joins Ndemic Creations Former editor of Future Publishing’s GamesMaster and Official Xbox Magazine Matt Gilman has joined Plague Inc. developer Ndemic Creations as the studio’s new project and community manager. The role will see him tackle …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass, Yooka-Laylee and Square Enix Collective headline this week’s MCV
This week, we talk to Microsoft about Xbox Game Pass, investigate why publishers are so reluctant to discuss the new upcoming service and ask SuperData’s Joost van Dreunen and IHS Markit’s Piers Harding-Rolls for their analysis on the topic. In this week’s issue, we also discuss Koei Tecmo’s strategy with …
Read More »MeetToMatch opens for Quo Vadis 2017 bookings
Online meeting platform MeetToMatch is now able to schedule meetings for next month’s German games conference Quo Vadis 2017. Companies in attendance include Crytek, Gameforge, GREE, InnoGames, London Venture partners, Microsoft, Nintendo, RTL Interactive, Sproing, Ubisoft and Wargaming. The MeetToMatch system allows visitors to schedule face-to-face meetings and automate their …
Read More »Tequila Works: not all indie games are a good fit for retail
Tequila Works, whose upcoming title Rime is coming to retail on PS4 and Xbox One on May 26th, has told MCV that a boxed release isn’t necessarily the best fit for indie games, saying instead that the money used on bringing a title to shop shelves could potentially be better …
Read More »Indies sing praises of Microsoft’s ID@Xbox programme
Independent developers have called Microsoft’s ID@Xbox programme hugely important” to the games industry, and have singled it out as one of the easiest digital publishing platforms to work on across all platform holders. Speaking to MCV at an ID@Xbox preview event this week, several developers were very warm in their …
Read More »Outlast 2 greenlit for Australian release
The Australian Classification Board has seemingly reversed its decision to ban Outland 2. It was revealed last week that the game had been barred from release, with authorities citing what was perceived to be the inclusion of sexual violence in the game as the cause. As such, its content could …
Read More »JonTron cameo yanked from Yooka-Laylee
Developer Playtonic has announced that shamed YouTuber JonTron will no longer star in upcoming platformer Yooka-Laylee. JonTron, whose real name is Jon Jafari, found himself at the centre of controversy earlier this month after an interview in which he espoused a string of heavily racist views. As a result the …
Read More »Top 25 global games companies see revenues rise 17% in 2016
The combined revenue of the world’s largest 25 video games companies hit $70.4bn in 2016, representing a year-on-year increase of 17 per cent. Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report reveals that the largest of these was Tencent, whose $10.2bn revenues accounted for 10 per cent of this total. That would actually …
Read More »New 3DS XL up 138% in Japan thanks to Monster Hunter XX’s 1m sales
Capcom’s Monster Hunter XX has already smashed the 1m mark in Japan, according to the latest data from Famitsu, prompting a 138 per cent rise in New Nintendo 3DS LL sales compared to the previous week. Nintendo’s 2DS and New 3DS also saw a sales lift last week, growing 36 …
Read More »Ukie and CWLEP team up for new report on games industry in Coventry and Warwickshire
report highlights the cultural and economic contributions that the region makes to the UK games industry
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