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

This week’s MCV– which isnow available to view online– looks at the impact of the latest jobs cuts on HMV’s games team. With the video games division cut from ten people to two, publishers are concerned the retailer’s games offering may suffer – download now to read the full story. …

First there was Skylanders, thenDisney Infinity was announced- and now Hasbro has entered the new ‘toys to life’ category. The new B-Daman line from Hasbro, under licence from D-rights and with manufacturing assistance from TakaraTomy, has been unveiled at the 2013 American International Toy Fair in New York. Characters and …

Nintendo has announced three new titles for the 3DS – Mario & Luigi RPG, Donkey Kong Country 3D and Mario Golf. Revealed by Satoru Iwata himself – complete with a flattering green Luigi cap – Mario & Luigi RPG takes place in Luigi’s dreams. Mario Golf, meanwhile, is being developed …

South Korean giant to use Epic's dev platform build 'top tier games of a massive scale'

Supreme Commander developer back from the brink after failed Wildman Kickstarter

Global games retailer GameStop has been lobbying platform holder Microsoft to try and persuade it to abandon its rumoured plans to block pre-owned software on the Next Xbox. "Sony has said publicly that they don’t intend to block used games on their next console. Microsoft has not commented on the …

MMO developer and publisher Wargaming has acquired Supreme Commander creator Gas Powered Games. Wargaming will as part of the deal assume full ownership of the studio, bringing key staff members such as founder Chris Taylor on board. "Gas Powered Games’ heritage and development pedigree shows us just how valuable an …

Sony has kicked off a new sale on PSN featuring price drops on several AAA games; some temporary, others permanent. Headlining the sale is Dishonored, which has nearly halved in price for a limited time from Rs 2,499 to Rs 1,299, with a further 10% off for PlayStation Plus subscribers. …

Industry experts weigh in with advice on how to land a job in game dev

New tool based on open source components including Cocos2d-x and Box2D