Publishing

The Strider franchise is being lined up for a return in 2014 publisher Capcom has announced as Comic-Con in San Diego. It’s being developed by Xbox One Killer Instinct studio Double Helix Games, whose previous titles include Battleship, MX vs ATV Reflex, Front Mission Evolved and Silent Hill Homecoming. Polygon …

Ubisoft has reported its quarterly results for the three-month period ending on June 30th, revealing a steep drop in sales ahead of what figures to be a much more bountiful quarter. The publisher earned $99.5m during the quarter, down 42 per cent from the $171.5m brought in during the same …

Ubisoft’s stealth blockbuster will be in GAME stores after trading hours next weekend – but gamers won’t need their night-vision goggles to get their hands on it. Instead, GAME will be welcoming customers with open doors as 10 stores around the UK host the latest in the retailer’s series of …

Rumour-mongers say we should expect another shock stock market float from a UK games firm. In the last seven days, developer Frontier and localisation outfit Keywords have floated on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternate Investment Market. Yet nose-tappers reckon these are just a warm up for the biggest games industry …

Former Sega product manager among four new hires at the German games firm

Viacom has been ordered to pay a $299 million to Harmonix shareholders in a court battle that is now in its third year. The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld two previous judgments claiming that Viacom avoided paying out hundreds of millions in bonuses to stockholders. Under the terms of the …

Ubisoft’s development legend Michel Ancel has said that only the next-generation consoles could handle his ideas for Beyond Good & Evil 2. The sequel to the acclaimed 2003 title has been teased for years now, and it was confirmed in 2011 that the game would not be coming out on …

Develop looks at the charity's support for smaller studios and its new contest for Welsh indies

Alison Simpson explains how she went from player to community manager at a German studio

He built arcade classic Marble Madness. He produced Sonic 2. He brought Crash and Spyro to market. Oh, and his PS4 design reignited passions for Sony. MCV meets Mark Cerny These days Mark Cerny doesn’t get booed. Whether he is unveiling Sony’s next-gen console in New York, or recounting his …