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Former boss of Microprose and Hasbro Interactive teams up with Scottish mo-cap firm

A new Crackdown announcement will be made at Xbox’s E3 Press Conference, it has been claimed Develop’s source suggests the open world series will be return during tonight’s event, although the nature of the announcement is not quite clear. While it’s most likely to be a brand new (and long …

Develop source points to revival of Realtime Worlds' action sandbox series

Notch’s first commercial release since Minecraft is… a title where gamers play as a horse. On some hills. Cliffhorse is currently available for free as an ‘early access’ release, though those who feel like contributing to the title’s development can do so by donating Dogecoins. The title is only available …

Whoops. Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain E3 trailer is available to watch online right now. Although likely not for long. The publisher has already begun trawling the internet and removing them, but for the time being there seems to be one source still hosting the short –which …

France base houses 171 employees

Develop travelled to Paris to discover how the MMO giant is maturing

If a headset and motion treadmill weren’t enough, now gamers can add gloves to their VR shopping list. Control VR is an Oculus Rift-ready device, which is designed to incorporate the hand movements of its users accurately in-game. The equipment consists of a chest harness, two gloves and sensors around …

Animation and modelling tool now available for $30 per month