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

Both free and paid updates will continue to be delivered to online shooter Payday 2 for a further two years. That’s as a result of the recent deal that saw 505 Games parent Digital Bros acquire a stake in Payday developer Starbreeze, part of which saw around $15m invested directly …

2K Games title Borderlands 2 has now sold over 12m units since its release in September 2012. It was announced in February of last year that the game had sold 8.5m units, making it 2K’s best ever selling title. The number was confirmed by the boss of its developer Gearbox, …

The commoditisation of consumers has been perfectly illustrated by disturbing news concerning the bankruptcy of RadioShack in the US. Bloomberg reports that up for auction are a number of the company’s assets – one of which is the names, emails, phone numbers, addresses and shopping habits of some 117m former …

Batman: Arkham Knight will be a digital-only release on PC, retailer ShopTo has said. The editor of ShopTo’s editorial side claims that the company has been told by a supplier that the game is no longer scheduled for a physical release on the format. It’s not known, if true, whether …

Last week’s Japanese retail charts resembled a bygone era, as the latest Final Fantasy and Resident Evil instalments topped the rankings. According to the latest data from Famitsu, the remastered PS4 edition of Final Fantasy Type-0, which was originally released on PSP exclusively in Japan back in 2011, was crowned …

Google said to be on the hunt for content and broadcasters

Sony will roll out its 2.50 PS4 firmware update tomorrow (March 26th) ahead of Friday’s release of exclusive From Software title Bloodborne. Chief among the new features is the ability to suspend and resume games immediately on power-up, without the need to reload the title between game sessions. SharePlay and …

Aardvark Swift offers the latest info from its annual talent competition

Studios can now decide how much money goes back to Itch.io from game sales

Until recently every character in Early Access hit Rust was white. Now, they come in an assortment of colours, but the mixed race implementation has upset parts of the game’s user base. Kotaku reports that a recent update to the title means that a user’s character is randomised at the …