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

This week we look over a quintet of vacancies in top positions across the UK

Reliance Games is currently working on a mobile game that will tie into the release of the Will Smith-starring film, After Earth. The running game will feature two modes – a story mode, and an endless running challenge mode. We are thrilled to work with Reliance Games to bring a …

Japanese publisher Sega Sammy has reported an 18.7 per cent drop in net sales for the year ending March 31st 2013. In total the numbers fell from 395,502m to 321,407m. Operating income dropped 67.3 per cent to 19,073m. However, a number of factors including sales of investment securities, employee pension …

Ken Kutaragi to assist with Japanese publisher's business fortunes

The long-awaited Radeon 8000 series will be released this year, AMD has confirmed. It has also revealed the name the graphics card architecture will be known by – ‘Volcanic Islands’. The Sea Islands codename encompasses the PS4 chip, as well as the new mobile chips announced at CES, and the …

Studio down to a handful of employees as its future remains unclear

Former Guitar Hero exec now leading Warner's digital business

Denis Dyack’s Silicon Knights may effectively be no more, according to new reports. Polygon believes that the studio is down to just a few employees, has closed its office and has sold off office equipment and game assets”. The studio is continuing to fight a legal battle with Epic Games. …

We look at what a ready-built workstation can offer in contrast to a custom setup

Nicholas Lister offers his thoughts on how architectural practices can help give new meaning to games