The trade body's CEO Dr Jo Twist discusses her team's greatest accomplishments and why the UK can lead the way in eSports
Read More »Monument Valley lead designer forms new studio Mountains
Melbourne-based developer focusing on ‘small, beautiful games’
Read More »Applications open for Greenshoots incubator
Microsoft and Creative England offering up to £50,000 in funding
Read More »The Best of Brighton: This year’s must-see talks and sessions at Develop
We round up the essential sessions, keynotes and more at Tandem Events’ annual conference
Read More »Retailers to offer Xbox One Scorpio trade-in programs
Original Xbox One owners will be able to trade-in their old console for the new Project Scorpio one when it launches. Speaking to The Daily Star, head of Xbox operations Dave McCarthy confirmed that Microsoft is in talks with retailers to offer trade-in programs. "Some of our retail partners today …
Read More »Life begins at 30 – Ubisoft’s biggest ever year
Ubisoft really doesn’t want Vivendi to buy it. CEO Yves Guillemot has no desire to give up the business he has spent 30 years building. But more than that, he can’t face losing it to a large media conglomerate that is unlikely to honour what makes the firm so unique. …
Read More »Pokémon Go outperforming Game of War, Clash of Clans and Candy Crush in US iPhone charts
At long last, mobile game Pokmon Go is out in some regions and the title appears to be doing rather well for itself. The title has shot straight to the top of both the free and top grossing charts on iOS in America. This is particularly impressive as typically a …
Read More »Activision denies Sierra closure
Activision has denied speculation that it has closed its Sierra indie publishing label. Multiple development sources told MCV last week that the Activision division – responsible for King’s Quest, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved, Shiftlings and Velocity 2K – no longer existed, with just one title still in production. Activision …
Read More »Nintendo merges developer programmes into single portal to attract indies
Creators of all sizes and at all levels of experience welcome to register for a Developer ID, platform holder insists
Read More »The UK games industry responds to Brexit in this week’s MCV
After the UK has voted to leave the EU, we have spoken to members of the UK games industry to see what happens next. After two weeks of uncertainty, leading venture capitalists insist that Brexit will be ‘totally irrelevant’ when it comes to UK games investment. UKIE boss Dr Jo …
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