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Read More »KISS wants to sign indie games at Interface 2016
KISS has signed up as a meeting host for the third iteration of Interface, a joint venture between MCV and Develop. The publisher will be taking part in a series of prearranged one-to-one meetings, where developers can pitch their games face-to-face in the hopes of securing that all-important publishing deal, …
Read More »Sonic Team head returns to US to establish development ‘hub’ for franchise
Producer Takashi Iizuka originally helped found Sega Studio USA in 1999
Read More »‘We should be charging more for indie games’
The games industry is undervaluing indie games, say leading publishers. The majority of indie games are sold for 10 or less, but this year a number of high profile titles have broken that barrier, including Jonathan Blow’s The Witness (30, pictured) and Camp Santo’s Firewatch (15), which has sparked online …
Read More »Dwarf Fortress dev: Moving from donations to Patreon doubled our income
‘Even a few steps is enough to drive everyone away,’ Tarn Adams says of previous method of funding ambitious simulation title
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Justin Towell departs GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+’s reviews editor is now self-employed, EA names Laura Miele as EVP of global publishing and IO poaches Ubisoft director Ryan Barnard. Justin Towell departs GamesRadar+ Justin Towellhas just departed GamesRadar+ after ten years at Future to become self-employed. He joined the company in 2006, rising from editorial assistant to …
Read More »Unreal 4.11 brings Paragon tech, DirectX 12 on Xbox One, physics-based shading
Threading architecture improvements, cloth simulation, quicker garbage collection and animation tweaks among optimisations on show in upcoming PC and PS4 MOBA
Read More »Every Xbox One can now be used as a developer kit
A major feature of the Xbox One touted before the console’s launch in 2013 has come to fruition. Before Microsoft’s console was released, the company revealed that every retail machine would double as a dev kit, opening the doors for budding game creators to build for the platform. However, the …
Read More »Sword Coast Legends studio N-Space closes after 21 years
Veteran console and PC studio N-Space has shut its doors after 21 years in the development business. The American developer was founded in 1994 by Erick S Dyke, Dan O’Leary, and Sean Purcell, and went on to create GameCube shooter Geist, as well as multiple Call of Duty adaptations for …
Read More »Three games, a movie, an anime TV show, Sean Bean, Audi, and Florence and the Machine… Square Enix sets up major Final Fantasy relaunch
Square Enix last night revealed ambitious plans to rejuvenate its ageing Final Fantasy series with its next game. Final Fantasy XV will debut on consoles on September 30th this year, the company announced during a star-studded conference last night. And the event was a significant statement of intent for the …
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