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The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console of 2020, with annual dollar sales being the second highest for an individual platform in a single calendar year in U.S. history
Read More »US consumers spent $56.9 billion on gaming in 2020
“No one’s has done this before. No one’s really tried to tell a story in this way.” – The ambitious story of Wallace and Gromit: The Big Fix Up’s transmedia approach
Wallace and Gromit: The Big Fix Up promises a transmedia narrative told over the course of 28 days.
Read More »Games Careers Week launches March 26th to inspire diverse young people, parents and teachers to discover careers in games
26 March 2021 will see the launch of Games Careers Week, which will feature online events aimed at reaching millions of parents, learners, teachers and job-seekers.
Read More »505 Games’ parent company, Digital Bros, acquires Infinity Plus Two as it expands its free to play business
Publisher 505 Games is expanding its its focus in the free-to-play market with the acquisition of Australian developer Plus Two, creators of the Puzzle Quest series and successful F2P puzzle RPG Gems of War.
Read More »“We are heading down a positive path – one where more people get to play great games.” – James Butcher, Xbox UK and Ireland
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight This month we talk to James Butcher, Xbox UK and Ireland Category Director
Read More »Barclays and NSE Announce the Games Innovation Challenge
Barclays and NSE (National Student Esports), the official body for university esports in the UK, have announced the first Games Innovation Challenge, a games development competition for students across the UK to test their skills and creativity.
Read More »The Nintendo Switch sees its highest annual sales in history in Japan, with almost 6m units sold
2020 proved to be a bumper year for the Switch in Japan, as it recorded its highest annual sales in its four-year history.
Read More »US environmental group criticises Xbox for default ‘Instant On’ setting outside Europe
Latest generation of consoles not well suited to efficient media playback either
Read More »CD Projekt Red’s Iwinski apologises and gives limited insight into Cyberpunk 2077 launch issues
Streaming in data for the dense open world city is the key culprit
Read More »“Odyssey will transform the multiplayer experience in Elite” – Taking the next step for Elite Dangerous
We speak to the team at Frontier Developments about taking players out of the cockpit for the first time
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