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

The idea of a PC specifically designed to be lugged about on your back may seem a bit daft, but when paired with VR the notion suddenly starts to make more sense. MSI has announced the Backpack PC. The idea is that it will allow gamers to tether their VR …

Disney Infinity 3.0. Crackdown 3. LittleBigPlanet 3. Forza Horizon 2. F1 2011. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Dead Island 2. Xbox Fitness. Dead Space Ignition. And that’s not even the half of it. That’s as diverse a line-up as you’re ever likely to see, and it all comes from one …

Ubisoft’s racing outing The Crew continues to expand its audience, even well over a year after its release. The game has now hit 5m registered players (which is not quite the same as sales). The publisher has said that everyone who logs in on May 28th will be handed 50,000 …

Spanish event moves venue to Barcelona’s Hesperia Tower Hotel

Precision Position Tracking system will support up to 10 users in a 50x50m space, and is compatible with any Unreal Engine 4 or Unity 5 device

Troubled MMO developer Funcom has been bailed out of negative equity by an injection of investment money. The LEGO Minifigures Online, Age of Conan and The Secret World creator had previously been sat at –$10m, which has now been reversed to +$4m thanks to $6.3m in private placement investment. The …

VR platform holder HTC is making its debut as a games developer with new VR title Front Defence. The title will be shown off at Taiwan’s Computex trade show next week, VentureBeat reports. The title is a tower defence game with players holding out against increasingly difficult waves of enemies. …

Miguel Caron joins Shadowgun developer

‘It is no secret that the company has had a strained financial situation in recent years,’ admits CEO Rui Casais. ‘This investment is a major turning point’

Internal 'Creative' team working on Front Defense, as well as non-game experiences