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

Valve’s ex-director of business Jason Holtman has joined Microsoft, Holtman himself has confirmed. Speaking with Games Industry, Holtman explained his focus will be on improving the company’s Windows platform. "Yes, I have joined Microsoft where I will be focusing on making Windows a great platform for gaming and interactive entertainment," …

Sony has permanently dropped prices on three first-party titles in India to Rs 999. The games – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Gran Turismo 5, and Sports Champions 2 – drop down from their earlier prices of anywhere from Rs 1,599 to Rs 1,999. It’s unclear whether the three games are …

Today is India’s 67th Independence Day, and several online games retailers are offering discounts in celebration. We’ve listed them all out below: Humble Origin Bundle The biggest deal of them all is not exactly an Independence Day offer, but it coincides with the date, so it’s fair game. As with …

Microsoft has tonight confirmed that the Xbox One roll-out in Europe will now be staggered across the end of 2013 and start of 2014. UK is still getting the next-gen console in November – but Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerlandhave to wait until 2014. At E3 …

Valve's former head of Steam assumes Windows gaming and entertainment role

Warner Bros has just released the first two instalments of the Mad Max motion comics, which delve into the back story of Avalanche’s upcoming open-world game. The first two parts of the motion comic detail how Max meets his faithful engineer and sidekick, Chumbucket. We had a chance to watch …

The must-attend battle of the game brains is back for September. Who will you send?

JRPG all-stars project Project Phoenix has got off to an amazing start on Kickstarter. The project launched yesterday with a target of $100,000. Having hit that within nine hours, it closed the day with funding having already surpassed $300,000. The game brings together some of the biggest names in the …

Creations from Media Molecule, Mind Candy and TT Games chosen for global campaign

Game about childhood cancer committed to Android console after investment from company