Publishing

Capcom aiming for more releases, smaller teams

Capcom has revealed plans for its growth strategy moving forward. In its annual report, the publisher outlines big changes coming to the development cycle. It also makes clear that we’re to expect smaller teams working on more games in the future. "Teams developing major titles will be limited to 100 …

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Old School vs New School in new Freddie Wong YouTube hit

The thing to remember is that this stuff is made by an amateur! You wouldn’t know it, though. Freddie Wong is already well known to online games fans for his fantastic video game themed shorts, but this new video is really something else. Called Old School vs New School, the …

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UPDATE: Microsoft insists that Xbox Live won’t be down for long

Xbox Live has been down most of this morning. And gamers are not at all happy. It doesn’t help, of course, that today’s the day that the second piece of DLC for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, called Hearthfire, is out now. But despite no sign of a reprieve Microsoft tells …

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Early Resident Evil 6 sales in Poland sourced from stolen stock

It’s true – Resident Evil 6 WAS on sale this weekend. Reports emerged online claiming that some Polish consumers were able to get their hands on the game on a store in Polish city Poznan, though many doubted the authenticity seeing as it’s so far ahead of the game’s official …

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MCV Jobs Weekly: Key execs depart, top vacancies

In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, major execs from Zynga, Cave and OnLive move on to other ventures and we look at the best job opportunities. KEY EXECS EXIT AMBITIOUS GAMES FIRMS It’s been a week of departures as leading players at notable games …

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