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

Two of the more recent Alien games to be released on PC have been delisted from Valve’s Steam service. Eurogamer reports that both Rebellion’s 2010 shooter Aliens vs Predator and Gearbox’s lamented 2013 outing Aliens: Colonial Marines are no longer available to download. Lapsed licenses are unlikely to blame, particularly …

Take part in survey to help define how different personalities help or hinder studio staff

Rich Geldreich on the bad side of an open studio setup

Sega curio Seaman could be in line for a resurrection from indie publisher Devolver Digital. Devolver CEO Fork Parker took to Twitter to tell Sega that it wanted to make a new game in the series before directly approaching its creator Yoot Saito. Saito replied to ask about formats, suggesting …

Ubisoft Montreal details how markerless mocap helped them quickly pre-visualise cinematics in best-selling shooter

No, not the Xbox, the Obox. Chinese games publisher Snail Games has taken to CES to announce a Western release for its Android console the Obox. As far as Android consoles go, the specs are pretty beefy. The unit offers a Tegra K1 processor, 4GB of RAM and an optional …

Got something to say about industry pay and working conditions? Now's the time

Three of 2014’s biggest games have held their UK retail podium positions as we kick off the New Year. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare kept its place as the UK’s biggest-selling game for last week, despite sales more than halving. This means Activision’s shooter has now achieved six weeks at …

Crowdfunding record-breaker Star Citizen represents a change not only to how games are funded but also how they are handled post-release. That’s according to RSI boss Chris Roberts who, in his latest update, has said that there will not be a date on which the game will be released and …

Square Enix’s latest financial report reveals the publisher has yet to reach a total of 1m paying subscribers across Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and Dragon Quest X. The company indicates in its report (via Polygon) that the size of the respective MMO communities aren’t a …