Game development news

The BBC’s commercial arm has a new name and a new outlook to games. Seth Barton meets industry veteran Bradley Crooks at Television Centre to find out what it's looking for from developers and partners

"It will be easier than ever for developers [...] to scale their game ideas seamlessly across multiple servers"

Unite LA keynote shows incredible new capabilities of game engine and editor

YoYo Games wants to enable a new generation of game creators, both through GameMaker Studio 2’s new features and with the launch of its publishing division. We sit down with the firm’s exec team

We take a look behind the scenes at the development of Starlink: Battle for Atlas and how Ubisoft game jammed its way to 2018’s most unusual release and straight into Nintendo’s open arms

Xbox games streamed directly to any device – public trials to start next year

Slow Bros’ co-founder Onat Hekimoglu explains the eight-year development process of upcoming stop motion game Harold Halibut, why building everything was initially meant to make things easier, and details its inspirations, from conceptual architecture to Pixar films

Work-for-hire giant Sumo has acquired indie darling The Chinese Room, Seth Barton talks to them both about what appears an unlikely pairing

As voting opens on this year's Golden Joysticks, MCV talks to the industry and organisers about the event's ongoing impact and reach

New branding and ‘GamesAid Minute’ initiative launched as well