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

Tax breaks for UK games studios will be announced this week, says The Evening Standard. The newspaper’s report follows our own article last week, which revealed the tax breaks have been given the go-ahead despite not receiving an announcement at the Budget. The only news in the Budget about tax …

The Apple App Store now offers an ‘Indie Game Showcase’ page, highlighting noteworthy iOS titles developed by indie studios. Shacknews points to the new App Store landing, which currently features Device 6 – along with developer Simogo’s other titles, such as Beat Sneak Bandit, and a few of the dev’s …

Microsoft is working to develop a "renewed focus on Windows and PC gaming," according to MS Studios head Phil Spencer. Polygon reports from a Q&A last week during GDC, where Spencer revealed PC gaming is on the company’s priority list in 2014. "I think Valve’s an incredible company," he said. …

DayZ is back on top of this week’s best sellers chart on Steam. The early access hit beat out Payday 2 (on discount) and previous winner South Park: The Stick of Truth in sales over the past seven days. Bioshock Infinite also reemerged in seventh, thanks to a 75 per …

GDC 2014: Open-world title coming to PC and consoles in late 2015

GDC 2014: A further 17 titles already approved and will be released in next two months

GDC 2014: Computing firm plots summer PC gaming announcements

GDC 2014: Orth openly discusses how he bounced back both personally and professionally from death threats and losing his job

GDC 2014: The BioWare designer makes an empassioned speech on how developers should engender change for the better

GDC 2014: Missing Worlds Media upgrades from UE3 following official engine release