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LightSpeed Studios announced as sponsor of the Player’s Choice Award – NOW OPEN TO VOTE!
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MCV/DEVELOP Awards – Player’s Choice voting now open
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Develop Quiz returns to London next week
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Read More »DriveClub server upgrade paves road for PS Plus Edition launch
Developer Evolution has said that the PlayStation plus version of DriveClub IS on the way and that upcoming upgrades to the game are a further step in making it possible. On Monday June 1st there will be a significant server upgrade and Game Update 1.16 will be available at the …
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Read More »Ubisoft’s Frag Dolls disband
All-girl professional gaming group Frag Dolls have called it a day after 11 years on the scene. The professional gaming team has throughout that time included 22 separate members as it strove to combat the idea that games are only for boys – an idea that has over the course …
Read More »Witcher 3 holds top spot as Splatoon debuts in second place
The Witcher 3 is once again No.1 in the UK All Formats Top 40. It manages this in spite of a 69 per cent decline in sales this week, but outsold this week’s No.2, Nintendo’s Splatoon, by a large degree. Splatoon in fact had the biggest ever launch of a …
Read More »Sony agrees to review its PSN fraud allegation process
The way in which Sony handles victims of account fraud on PSN could be about to change. The BBC’s consumer show Watchdog last week highlighted two problems with Sony’s fraud response measures. The first is that it has been refusing to refund content that has been purchased by third parties …
Read More »The future state: Everything has changed
VMC’s Kirstin Whittle discusses an ongoing shift that affects the role services like QA play in games development
Read More »Rumours suggest Nintendo NX will use Android OS
Google Android could be the operating system that Nintendo chooses to power its in-development NX console, reports from Japan suggest. Analyst Dr Serkan Toto said of a report in Nikkei: It says that this is not confirmed but that the source says it’s a possibility driven by Nintendo’s need to …
Read More »IGDA’s Rosman wins MCV Pacific Woman of the Year prize
The leader of the Melbourne IGDA chapter Giselle Rosman took away the first MCV Pacific Woman of the Year prize. Rosman was among four winners at the event, presented by Xbox. Other winners from the night included GoodGame’s Janet Carr, who picked up the Ambassador prize, while Widget’s Leena van …
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[Industry news] XDS 2026 Insights Report is now live
The 2026 XDS Insights Report examines how external development partnerships are evolving as they become a core part of modern production pipelines. Based on input from 250+ industry professionals, the report shows an ecosystem moving beyond delivery risk and into a new phase shaped by coordination, governance, and long-term collaboration.
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Games industry veteran Matt Broughton announced as new Editor of MCV/DEVELOP
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