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Upcoming Assassin’s Creed Unity DLC Dead Kings will launch next Tuesday, Ubisoft has revealed. The publisher announced back in November that Dead Kings would be offered for free to owners of the game, due to its well documented launch woes. The premium content was originally set to be packaged in …
Read More »Mobile game usage growth slowed in 2014 – report
Time spent gaming on smartphones and tablets continued its upward trend last year, but at a significantly slower rate compared to 2013. Research from mobile analytics firm Flurry claims 2014 mobile game usage grew 30 per cent from 2013’s total. Not bad in a vacuum, but relatively weak when stacked …
Read More »Microsoft recruiting for ‘secret’ games project
The Xbox division at Microsoft is currently hiring for a senior software engineer, but what they will be working on remains "top secret". "You may not know what your new project is until you’ve accepted an offer," thejob listingreads. The only clue as to what this team will be working …
Read More »Develop Quiz: Are you the God of Guildford?
All-knowing? All-powerful? Prove it at the first Develop Quiz of 2015
Read More »Microsoft recruiting for mysterious ‘top secret’ project
Senior software engineer needed to "push the envelope of today's and tomorrow's technology'
Read More »$1,000 pledged to Kickstarter projects per minute in 2014
What's the secret to crowdfunding success? Make sure you're appeal is live by Wednesday lunchtime
Read More »New Year, New Job: Kick start your career in the games industry
MCV is kicking off 2015 with a month of coverage on how to get a new job in the games industry, or climb further up the ladder. This January is MCV’s New Year, New Job month and we will be featuring regular interviews and job tips, both online and in …
Read More »PS4 was the UK’s best-selling console in 2014
Sony has added to its global PS4 sales info by confirming the console’s UK success in 2014. The platform holder says GfK Chart-Track data shows that PS4 was the UK’s best-selling console in 2014 and also the best-selling machine on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday in November. It was …
Read More »Kickstarter reveals 2014 totals, nearly 2,000 games funded
Kickstarter has released its annual report for 2014, showing that nearly 2,000 games were successfully funded during the period. According to the report, 2014 Kickstarter projects raised a total of $529m – beating out the $480m pledged in 2013 by considerable length. Music – Kickstarter’s most successfully funded category – …
Read More »Devs handed even more Xbox One processing power, report claims
A further chunk of the Xbox One’s internal processing power has been handed over to developers, leaked information claims. Eurogamer reports that details obtained by a hacker group say that the console’s latest development SDK allow for game creators to access another of the console’s CPU cores. Previously only six …
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