CEO Naoto Hiraoka speaks exclusively to MCV about bringing Japanese sensibility to the West, pairing with Sega, sticking with Vita and remaining unpredictable Best known in the West for the role-playing franchise Megami Tensei, which spawned the highly popular Shin Megami Tensei: Persona subseries, and surgical-simulation visual novel series Trauma …
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[Event News] VIVA! Games Marketing returns to tackle the biggest challenges facing games marketers
What does AI mean for games discoverability? Do creator marketing strategies still work? How can dev…
[Guest Post] GTA VI : The Tipping Point For A New Normal
Cormac Moylan, CMO at Loaded, argues that GTA VI could become the release that finally makes gaming’…
MCV/DEVELOP’s 30 Under 30 – 2026
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 MCV/DEVELOP "30 Under 30", which will be given the s…
[Guest post] What Japan’s gamers can teach the rest of the games industry
By Berkley Egenes, Chief Marketing & Growth Officer at Xsolla, and Faisal Kazim, Games Commissioner …
[Industry news] The Games Forum Roma: Bringing Together Video Games, Academia, Culture & Industry
Two days this autumn will be dedicated to bringing together communities that too often discuss the f…
WoW: Warlords of Draenor suffers DDoS attack as servers struggle with demand
What’s that, an online game is suffering technical problems? No way! Hot on the heels of troubled online launches such as Driveclub and Halo: Master Chief Collection (and offline launches such as Assassin’s Creed: Unity), Blizzard’s World of Warcraft expansion Warlords of Draenor has become the latest title suffering some …
Read More »That Dragon, Cancer abandons Ouya exclusivity, turns to Kickstarter
The developers behind That Dragon, Cancer have launched a Kickstarter appeal to raise the funds required to finish work on the game. That Dragon, Cancer is the work of Ryan Green and his co-developer Josh Larson, and tells the true story of Green’s family dealing with their son Joel’s fight …
Read More »Chrome sweet Chrome: Marmalade’s Chromecast extension
Marmalade enables devs to quickly and easily add casting functionality to their mobile games
Read More »BitHeads releases BrainCloud backend solution
Firm aims to give small to medium-sized devs similar technology to larger mobile games firms
Read More »Creative Assembly hosts memorial game jam for team member
Charity event will honour senior programmer Simon Franco and raise money for local hospital
Read More »343 removes some Halo: Master Chief Collection playlists as it fights to get game working
The online woes of Halo: Master Chief Collection continue. In what is becoming a depressingly familiar scenario for online launches, the game is still days on from launch struggling to function online. As a result, developer 343 has temporarily removed the Team Hardcore, Rumble Pit, Halo 4 and SWAT (rotational) …
Read More »DeltaDNA makes analytics services free to academia
Abertay University first to use unlimited, non-commercial licence
Read More »Marmalade hosting free indie dev day next month
#include will take place at UKIE's London HQ on Thursday, December 4th
Read More »UPDATED: FIFA 15 becomes latest title to block SharePlay on PS4
EA has blocked PS4’s SharePlay feature for those playing PS4. GameSpot reports that those trying to stream the game from a friend’s console are greeted by a message reading "viewing the game screen that the host is currently playing is not allowed due to content restrictions in your country or …
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[Industry news] Music+Sound Awards Reveal 2026’s Finalists
The Music+Sound Awards have announced the finalists for 2026, globally celebrating the composers, sound designers and wider creative talent whose work is shaping music and sound in gaming.
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[Guest post] Beyond the Disc: Why the Format Debate is Really About Consumer Choice
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[Industry news] Fireshine Games Expands Its Successful Portfolio with the Acquisition of Danish Developer Fair Games and Their Multimillion-Selling Game Necesse
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[Guest post] Keep Game Concept Motion Separate from Gameplay Footage
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[Guest Post] GTA VI : The Tipping Point For A New Normal
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MCV/DEVELOP’s 30 Under 30 – 2026
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 MCV/DEVELOP "30 Under 30", which will be given the spotlight as part of MCV/DEVELOP #1012, appearing Jan 2027.
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Finalists announced for the Women In Games Awards 2026
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[Event news] Electric Square announced as sponsor of Outstanding Achievement Award category at Women in Games Awards 2026
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[Event news] Screen Burn to sponsor the Development Impact Award at the MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games Awards
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[Event news] Fenris Creations announced as sponsor of Rising Star category at Women in Games Awards 2026

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