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

InMCV’s weekly roundup of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Green Man Gaming hires Square’s Bateman and we look at the best vacanices. Ben Bateman joins Green Man Gaming’s Playfire team Online games retailer Green Man Gaming has appointed Ben Bateman as its new community development manager for …

A club designed to make the life of Premier League footballers that little bit easier is now reaching out to execs in the games industry. The Integrity Club performs a variety of tasks for footballers, from booking holidays and travel, to collecting mail, organising calendars, getting them into VIP parties …

With less than a week to go until the big night, we give you the rundown of this year's nominees

Remember when 3D looked as if it could be a key battleground for the console gaming sector? Seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? And the BBC’s decision to put its 3D programming plans on hold for three years from the end of 2013 looks to have dealt a …

Developer looking at adding in-game purchases in certain regions

The visual fidelity of tablet and mobile gaming is going to increase far more rapidly than is being seen in the traditional games space. That’s according to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau who told IGN that the next wave” of games for mobile devices could rival current gen consoles in …

Tools firm making tech native to OS to cater for 'rapidly growing community of developers'

Wii U won't sell many consoles without FIFA, Battlefield and Call of Duty, says analyst

There are less than 800 specialist games stores on the UK High Street, according to MCV research. While GAME has maintained its store count of just over 320, HMV and Blockbuster saw their retail footprints decimated when the two High Street chains fell into administration earlier this year. Blockbuster lost …

We get the lowdown on the new HTML5 development environment