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

The next entry in our Indie Retail Month look at the UK’s top indie innovators is video game stall Retrobution. Dave James-Turvey tells MCV how he has created a portable version of his popular video games stall. How has the stall developed since arriving on the High Street?It opened on …

The first screenshots of Ashes Cricket 2013 have been released, featuring England and Australia doing battle at Lords. This is the first bit of in-game media that has been released for the game, which is scheduled for release next month. They’re cutting it pretty close. Ashes Cricket 2013 will feature …

As our Indie Retail Month continues, we turn our attention to some of the most inventive indies on the scene that aim to bring consumers something a little different from the rest. First up is Game On. Owner Emma Mills tells MCV how Magic the Gathering card events have done …

Kristian Segerstrale on why developers should concentrate their efforts on a single platform

The latest game from Reliance’s Borderwar franchise is out now on Android, Blackberry and Java platforms. Borderwar Defence Patrol is a tower defence game set in a futuristic World War 3 setting. Gameplay sees the player in-charge of a turret to hold off enemy offences. Enemies include ground units such …

Significant update to cross-platform SDK introduces native support for Android platforms running Intel chipsets

Puzzle & Dragons maker's stock market value rose above console maker twice this month

The final entry into our look at the UK’s top online-only indies is the 2013 MCV Award winner, Simply Games. Owner Neil Muspratt tells MCV why the site is deliberately remaining a games-only business Simply Games is one of the biggest success stories in online indie retail. The 2013 MCV …

Localisation firm expands operations in South America

Nvidia has today released the long-rumoured GTX 770 PC graphics card. It will retail for just 329 and is based on the company’s Keplar architecture, which also powers the likes of the GTX 650, 660, 670, 680 and 690. It comes with either 2GB or 4GB or DDR5 RAM that …