Publishing

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai has said that developers should focus their activity around the PS3 when making multi-platform games. Hirai was speaking about the trend for companies to develop games for multiple platforms in an interview with Japanese website ITMedia +D Games. Translated by MCV sister publication Develop, …

German developer gets distribution deal for DS title

On the back of the news that it is to re-enter the video games publishing market , Warner’s VP of worldwide sales and distribution Ron Scott has told MCV that his firm is looking to recruit a number of stand-out individuals from the UK games industry. It is particularly important …

Midway has announced that upcoming release Stranglehold has gone gold for the Xbox 360. However, Eurogamer reports that the title’s release on the format has been held back a week to September 14th, with the PS3 and PC versions following in September. Stranglehold was created by acclaimed action filmmaker John …

MCV is aware that you’ve already started poaching a few experienced, high-level industry sales and marketing execs. What’s the plan for this recruitment drive? It is particularly important to have games-specific expertise in sales, marketing and PR. We are going out in the marketplace now and we have been working …

The finest minds in the business will gather at London’s AKA bar next week for the second Xbox 360/MCV Industry Pub Quiz to see who can dethrone Konami as the Brains of Games. The event takes place on Wednesday evening and is already sold out. Headline sponsor Microsoft will present …

Independent Games Festival to award those working in the handheld space

Microsoft has announced that much-anticipated RPG Mass Effect will be released on Xbox 360 on November 20th in America – and will be out in Europe three days later. The title has been developed by Bioware, who were responsible for both Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Jade …

Industry veteran Al King, alongside founder and creator Eddie Gill, Lloyd Sharp, Lizzie Wilding and Sam Bennett has launched Kwari, a new multiplayer online gaming service which has taken its lead from poker sites to introduce the concept of playing an FPS for money. To ensure a fair game, players …

Following the news that 2K Games’ atmospheric FPS stormed in at number one in the UK to become the second fastest-selling 360 game – alongside similar success in the US – BioShock has followed suit in Australia as the 360 version debuts at number one in the All Format charts. …