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

With hundreds of sessions crammed into the week, it’s easy to miss the best of GDC. Develop is on hand to help with our pick of the best talks from this year’s show

An ad seemingly posted on IGN by mistake seems to have revealed the release date for Blizzard’s Overwatch. Reddit spotted an ad for the upcoming multiplayer shooter that carried a release date of May 24th for the title. However, perhaps more interesting is the date it had listed for the …

‘Our aim is to help legal license owners distribute games based on MAME, and to make MAME become a learning tool for developers working on development boards,’ said engineer Miodrag Milanovic

Industry awards ceremony celebrating the talent in the meteoric international eSports scene to land later this year

Technology joins cloud-powered modular Game Development Suite platform

An Australian retailer has taken steps to reduce the appeal of games designed for those aged 18 and above. In much the same way as some territories have enforced the use of plain packaging for cigarettes, Attack of the Fanboy reports that Target is now displaying games with an R18+ …

Tranzfuser initiative aims to provide games graduates with up to £30,000 to form a team and bring a title to market

The latest entry in Ubisoft’s Far Cry series holds fast at No.1 in the UK this week. The Stone Age survival game saw a 64 per cent drop in sales as a PC version launched alongside its PS4 and Xbox One brethren. The title holds off competition from Nintendo’s re-release …

Sega Networks division also sheds staff in response to the ‘hyper-competitive’ market

A new version of last year’s Project CARS is coming to stores in the coming months. Imaginatively called Project CARS: Game of the Year Edition, the SKU will launch with both the core game and all of its DLC. This brings the total car count up to 125, over 60 …