MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
As the countdown begins to this year's event, we run through the hopeful studios and the games that could earn them our coveted awards
Read More »Chris Smith and Paul Andrews step down from Retro Computers
Two of the directors of Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega Plus firm Retro Computers have resigned. Chris Smith (pictured far right) and Paul Andrews (pictured right) have stepped down from the firm due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ between them and the last remaining director, David Levy. A statement released on Smith and …
Read More »TinyBuild says G2A’s ‘fraud economy’ has cost it $450k
Indie developer TinyBuild has revealed that it lost nearly half a million dollars in sales for its games to key selling website G2A. Detailing the Punch Club, SpeedRunners and Party Hard creator’s dealings with the grey code marketplace on itsblog, TinyBuild’s Alex Nichiporchik posted figures based on numbers released by …
Read More »Women in Games new CEO on how she intends to improve diversity in the industry
As the new CEO of Women in Games, Marie-Claire Isaaman hopes to be part of the movement leading to gender equality in the games industry. But actually she has already done her fair share of work to improve diversity, as a researcher and education consultant in games at the Norwich …
Read More »Integrate gesture controls into your next app
Intel Developer Blog: How RealSense helps VR devs track hand movements
Read More »All of Hearthstone’s ‘Wow’ emotes ranked
In the world of Hearthstone, meta doesn’t just refer to the cards and decklists—the emotes have a ranking all of their own. So, as part of our aim to bring you the most crucial Hearthstone coverage on the internet, a few months ago we ranked all the emotes currently in …
Read More »Owners of professional video game teams in a battle of their own
Months after Susan Tully and friends bought a pair of professional video game teams for an estimated $1 million, her four-man Call of Duty” squad finished its season in 11th out of 12 places. A loss in a post-season gunfight would relegate Tully’s H2K squad to the second-tier league. There, …
Read More »Huni: ‘When I played League at first, I was bronze’
When I sat down with Immortals’ top laner Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon for a post-game interview, it started like any other. The charismatic import from Korea talked about his team’s victory over the rookie upstarts from Team Envy, saying how "crazy" game two of the series was. After a number of …
Read More »The Thorin Treatment – 17 Years and Counting
17 years ago to the day the first beta of Counter-Strike (CS) was released. What could have just been another mod among many quickly eclipsed the game it was modifying and became a cultural phenomenon in gaming on a scale never before witnessed. Read more on Gamurs >>>
Read More »Condition Zero: Why Smash 4’s top dog isn’t out just yet
Champion. God. Undefeatable. Throughout the duration of Smash 4’s lifespan, Gonzalo ZeRo” Barrios has been referred to as all of these and more. With 55 consecutive tournament-win victories, he’s been the game’s top dog for the longest amount of time. Read more on Splyce >>>
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