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MCV has spoken to over 170 indie and big-chain games retailers about the year’s ups and downs. These included GAME, Amazon, The Hut Group, GamesNation, GameSeek, Sholing Video, Discover, The Game Collection, Games Centre, Eclipse Home Entertainment, Barkman Computers, Console Magic, Chips, Playtime Video Games, Shogun Games, Insane Games, Game …
Read More »Magic Leap’s VP of PR leaves company a week after damning article
Second high-profile departure in six weeks
Read More »The five best practices for mobile game monetisation
Johannes Heinze, managing director for international at AppLovin, tells Develop the best ways to monetise your mobile game
Read More »Google reveals the 10 most searched games of 2016
On Google, that is
Read More »The Big Question: Games for Good
It’s the season of Goodwill, so recruitment agency Amiqus spoke to studios about the opportunities there are in developing games for more than entertainment.
Read More »The White House hosts 20 gamemakers for Girls Make Games workshop
First time a Girls Make Games workshop has been hosted in the building
Read More »MCV’s Review of the Year – Part 3: Events of 2016
Here’s our take on the big events in the games industry this year. Big themes in 2016 included the fallout of Brexit (or lack of), the rise of eSports as a commercial force to be reckoned with, the tarnishing of a few reputations on YouTube, and much, much more. Hope …
Read More »Former Crytek artist is crowdfunding a lawsuit
One of the workers left out of pocket by the recent troubles at developer Crytek has turned to GoFundMe to try and take the studio to court. FX artist Ludvig Lindqvist claims to have not been paid by Crytek Frankfurt for two months, leading to his resignation last week. Ever …
Read More »Pokemon Go was Google’s most searched term in 2016
It was the year of Donald Trump and Brexit and Bowie and Prince and political lies and mainstream racism, but it was Pokemon Go that got internet users hottest under the collar in 2016. Google has revealed that Pokemon Go was the most searched term on its site last year. …
Read More »MLG Las Vegas to be streamed on YouTube and MLGTV, no sign of Twitch
MLG has announced that it has partnered with YouTube to broadcast the MLG Las Vegas Call of Duty and Overwatch tournament this weekend. Matches, news, and analysis from the event will be shown on the MLG YouTube channel throughout the weekend, along with a stream on the MLG EVE player …
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