Publishing

The Settlers will return to PC in 2020 after a decade hiatus. MCV@gamescom talks to MD Benedikt Grindel about how Ubisoft Blue Byte wants to duplicate Anno’s success with the franchise thanks to the opportunities presented by Asian markets

Every month Jagex’s developers visit us from Runescape’s Gielinor to talk about their latest adventures. This month Nicholas Beliaeff, SVP game development, provides an overarching way to think about making games

"The ratio of projects getting funded is at its highest ever"

Koch Media’s new office, dedicated to the Central Eastern Europe market, will open in October

“Why are brands missing the obvious? Stop annoying your audience! While targeted ads serve a purpose, they are intrinsically unwanted, and exceptionally ignorable”

While it’s the programmers, artists and designers that receive most of the plaudits, the industry would be lost without it’s diligent and skilled QA teams. We talk to QA professionals from the UK and beyond to discuss how they deliver polished products

Creative Assembly also unveiled a brand new card game made for the Chinese audience, Total War: Elysium

Playdigious is to publish four titles on PC and consoles in the coming months, including Amplitude Studios' Dungeon of the Endless on PS4 and Switch

"Interior Night is a really talented studio but Sega decided not to continue with that project"

Google today revealed that over 4,000 games companies had applied for access to Stadia via its Stadia.dev site. Sam Corcoran, a technical account manager for Stadia, noted the figure in a broad talk on the progress of its fledgling Stadia platform at the Develop:Brighton conference. With all those games companies …