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

A new specialist games industry business development agency has been launched by industry veteran Chris Buckley. Hub and Spoke Games will offer expert experience, knowledge, services, and sales within the external development (exdev/outsourcing/WFH), cinematics, QA, localisation, audio, game scouting, publishing, PR/marketing, B2B events and advertising industries. The agency is focused …

Today we announce the another supporter for the 26th of September, UKIE #RaiseTheGame are on board to support the Games Campaigner Award. You can see the finalists for this award here. The awards are being held at the America Square Conference Centre and attendees are made up of sponsors, finalists …

Another sponsor has signed up to support the MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games Awards, with two more to be announced this week. We are so thrilled to have so many fantastic organisations supporting the event this year to rally behind & celebrate women in the Games Industry. We caught up with …

Another fantastic organisation has been added to the list of supporters for this years MCV/Develop Women in Games Awards. Supermassive Games are sponsoring the Creative Impact Award on the 26th September, you can see the finalists for the category here. We caught up with Becky, Head of HR & Recruitment …

This year we welcome Rebecca Burford as our host for the MCV/Develop Women in Games Awards! Rebecca is Partner, Head of Tech Venture Capital (UK) at Gowling WLP, specialising in venture capital, early stage and growth capital investments, private equity and management buyouts (MBOs), M&A and general corporate matters, with a …

Fresh from showing off the rubber-keyed wonder behind closed doors at this year’s gamescom, Plaion and Retro Games Ltd has announced the November launch of The Spectrum, a near-as-damnit recreation of the original Sinclair home computer from 1982 that arguably did more than any other piece of hardware to kickstart …

We are delighted to announce our newest sponsor for the MCV/Develop Women in Games Awards 2024. Dlala Studios has spent the past decade focused on creativity, technical knowledge and producing high-quality, passion-driven work. If you haven’t checked out the finalists for the event yet, you can do so here.  We …

devcom Developer Conference 2024, held from August 18–20 at the new Koelnmesse Confex conference center, has ended with record-breaking attendance, session, and speaker numbers. More than 5,000 unique participants registered for the conference, an increase of 45% compared to 2023, consolidating devcom’s position as the largest industry conference in Europe and the second largest …

Ukie in partnership with Tencent Games is today announcing that the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is joining the 2024 Video Games Growth Programme as a key partner, highlighting the government’s commitment to supporting growth for British Business. The premier business programme designed to support the UK’s video games …

On the eve of this year’s event, Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus – respectively the directors of gamescom at Kolenmesse (the venue) and game (Germany’s industry trade body) – took the time to answer our questions, on everything from organising gamescom 2024 to what it’s legacy might be. What are …