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

Microsoft’s decision to drop Kinect from the new 349 Xbox One SKU will actually increase the number of Kinect units sold. That’s according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who told Polygon: "This might seem backwards, but I believe the decision we made to allow people to buy Xbox One without …

Thousands of former employees at collapsed retailer have been awarded damages by an employment tribunal. Over 2,000 ex-Comet staff filed a suit against Comet and administrators Deloitte alleging that they were not properly consulted prior to its closure in 2012. In total it was ruled that 6,889 workers were mistreated, …

Ubisoft won’t be bringing its latest Assassin’s Creed entry to PS3 and Xbox 360. In an interview with GameSpot, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft Tony Key said the publisher wouldn’t be able to launch a previous-gen edition of Unity. It’s built for next-gen; it can’t be …

Programmer roles at studios across the globe

Galactic MMO Elite: Dangerous has emerged from E3 with a new trailer. Frontier Developments showcased the new trailer, which offers a detailed look at the gameplay in Elite: Dangerous. The footage shows off the open-world gameplay of Elite: Dangerous as players board their spacecraft and head out into the vast …

Research suggests that 31 per cent of PS4 owners had an Xbox 360 or Wii but not a PS3 in the last hardware generation. That’s according to PlayStation’s American VP of marketing John Koller, who told Kotaku that the same research also suggested that 17 per cent of current PS4 …

AMD has announced that it will combine its previously separate business, global operations and sales arms to create a singular organisation The move comes as part of the company’s previously announced multi-year strategic transformation. The new unified organisation will become responsible for all aspects of product strategy, product execution, sales …

The THQ brand is to make a return. The publishing label disappeared last year as part of a process that saw Nordic swoop for a host of THQ IP such as Darksiders, Red Faction, Stuntman, MX vs ATV and Destroy All Humans. Now Polygon reports that Nordic has also acquired …

Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma has said that he is aware of the demand for a remake of Majora’s Mask. The Zelda bosssaid in an interview with Kotaku that he has heard to fans demanding he revist the title. Not only this – he admits to toying with fans by including Majora’s …

Julian Gollop tells Develop about his journey from working with big publishers to going back to his roots