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

PlayStation confirms development is still on track for much-delayed racer, despite redundancies at Evolution Studios

Microsoft’s new policy of competing with the High Street is continuing with some new Xbox One deals on Xbox Live. Both Thief and Tomb Raider are to have their prices cut by 50 per cent on the service, meaning they will be available for 25 a piece. In addition, 33 …

Steam Greenlight will be abolished within the next year, according to Curve Studios design director Jonathan Biddle. The developer claimed onTwitterhe had spoken to Valve at GDC, which told him the community voting service would be "gone within 12 months". Valve boss Gabe Newell has previously said Greenlight would be …

Kellee Santiago admits free element had proven restrictive for some developers

While there is some money to be made from virtual reality, Sony is wasting its time on the technology. That’s according to US analyst Michael Pachter, who has described the company’s recent reveal of Project Morpheus as a bad idea”. I think it’s a bad idea for multiple participants to …

PC hardware giants Nvidia and Asus have joined forces to launch five specialised gaming PCs in the Indian market. The Battle Box range consists of desktop gaming PCs powered by Nvidia’s Geforce GTX 700 series graphics technology and Asus components. The PCs range from Rs 43,950 to Rs 1,60,450 in …

'End goal is user-curated pages,' says Curve Studios dev

Early bird discounts for next month's conference end tomorrow

Thomas Was Alone and Volume developer Mike Bithell has said that getting his games released on consoles has made a big difference to his success. It’s really interesting, the credibility consoles still have. I think because PC is ‘the open platform’ and anyone can release a PC game,” he told …

The rise in popularity of indie games has threatened the very viability of triple-A development – but don’t expect it to last. That’s the message from Peter Molyneux who told CVG at GDC that indies should enjoy it all while it lasts. "These things go in cycles," he said. "What …