MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry

$5m set aside for virtual reality inverstments, another $5m for Android publishing under Ouya label

Sunless Sea writer brought in to pen potential new Dragon Age game

Workers of colour underrepresented in senior management roles, pay gaps detailed

A new cut-price offer is being made available to those hoping to get started in the world of Hearthstone. Blizzard’s tremendously successful card battler is free to play, and can certainly be played for free, with players working their way through some early challenges to unlock a basic but decent …

Final update to Marmalade Game Platform scheduled for March 2017

US PlayStation VR buyers will have far more to sink their teeth into when they get home than their European counterparts. It was revealed last week that the UK version of PSVR will come with eight game demos in the box. In the US, however, the bundled disc will include …

The much-touted HDR technology will be rolled out to all existing PS4s today. HDR has overnight become one of the big buzzwords of the industry, and was one of the main features with which Microsoft chose to push the Xbox One S. A lot of time was also spent bigging …

Recruitment expert Amiqus consults devs and media about the most efficient audio middleware on the market

Customers who have obtained a game by redeeming a key as opposed to buying directly through Steam will no longer be able to attribute a score to their reviews. The move is designed to quash the danger of developers artificially inflating their review scores by handing out keys to players …

CryEngine firm optimistic about new incremental console cycle