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Mike Bithell’s story is inspiring for any aspiring developer. His game, Thomas Was Alone, has gone from being Flash title made during a game jam to being one of the better-known indie releases in recent memory. It made Bithell a star. He even appeared on stage during PlayStation’s Gamescom press …

Creative England's head of games and digital media Jaspal Sohal reflects on recent discussions about diversity in the games industry

EA COO Peter Moore says the industry needs to explore new ways to help players discover new games. The firm announced EA Access in July. For 4 a month, consumers have access to a ‘Vault’ of EA titles. To begin with, that Vault will include FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, …

Ella Romanos looks at different approaches to development and why a mixture of methodologies could be right for you

The preamble before any interview tends to last only a few seconds. We normally ask a basic question. Such as: How have you found the show? They give a brief response, and the interview begins. As MCV sat down with EA COO Peter Moore at White Hart Lane – the …

Steve Robb ponders the recent history of a once ubiquitous coding language

A failure in iCloud’s security system was not to blame for this week’s celebrity photo leak, Apple has claimed. It has confirmed that the photos of people such as Jennifer Lawrence were obtained from their iCloud accounts. However, this occurred due to their passwords being compromised and not as a …

King of YouTube Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has permanently disabled comments on his YouTube channel. This is a big deal for someone such as PewDiePie, whose whole success is based on his popularity with his ‘bros’, much of which is built up via his interactions with them. "I’m going to turn …

N-Fusion’s art director Carissa Isolano reveals the Unity plugins and features that helped create Space Noir

Smash-hit indie title Minecraft is to make its next-gen debut this week. A listing for the game on PSN seems to suggest that the game will at last be released on PS4 when the store is updated in Europe tomorrow. A Vita release is expected to follow shortly, too. Microsoft …