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The finalists are ready. The trophies are engraved. Most importantly, the bubbly is cold! With only 48 hours to go, time is running out to book your tickets! Not only does this year’s awards coincide with England’s Euro 2024 group match with Denmark, but also with the summer solstice, the …

Organised by The National Videogame Museum (NVM), Games Careers Week (24th – 30th June 2024) will bring together a range of organisations to showcase and explore the varied pathways available into the games and creative industries. Highlighting the importance of transferable skills and preparing students to be job ready, the …

If you’ve been holding off securing a table for this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards, it’s time to hold off no longer. Table supply is running out and so is time! If you need some last minute encouragement, we do have one more announcement for you: Liquid Crimson is proudly sponsoring the …

Event organisers Tandem Events have today announced the ten finalists for the Develop:Brighton 2024 Indie Showcase Competition, kindly sponsored by Team Junkfish, celebrating the best unsigned games from indie developers across the UK and Europe. Each of the ten shortlisted games will be available to play at the Develop:Brighton 2024 …

You may have noticed that we went big on the issue of accessibility in the latest edition of the the magazine, with a 14-page feature discussing some of the recent wins and future issues that accessibility professionals and gamers are celebrating and facing. ÜberStrategist is also big on accessibility, so …

Yasmeen Abbas, product manager at Sandsoft, tells us about being brave, jumping in to learn, and then specialising later How did you break into games? It’s a lovely coincidence! In 2015 I was riding a bus through an area with lots of offices, and a guy who happened to work …

Silja Bernecker, Team Lead for Talent Acquisition Management at InnoGames, talks about the benefits of open information sharing, and how it is an essential part of what they do. What differentiates your studio from other developers? Unsurprisingly, it’s a combination of factors that makes us different. Firstly, we foster open …

Tyler ‘Bynine’ McMaster, indie artist and game developer, tells Vince Pavey all about the work that went into making his retro platformer dreams into a reality  Indie games have paid tribute to classic video game adventures for a long time, although outside of a growing fondness for the boomer shooter, …

Jake Kulkowski, founder of Guillotine, tells us about setting up an influencer relations agency, and why being in the content trenches is rewarding, rather than just cut throat What is your job role and how would you describe your typical day at work? I’m the founder of Guillotine, a small …

Jingle Jam has announced the eight partner charities that will benefit from money raised during Jingle Jam 2024.  Building on last year’s success, Jingle Jam 2024 will unite the world’s best games, creators, and their communities for a fortnight of entertainment to raise millions of pounds to help make the …