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

In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Lewis Digby departs Nintendo’s UK team and we look at the best job opportunities. Nintendo PR manager heads to GameloftLewis Digby has left Nintendo UK to join French software company Gameloft as marketing and PR manager. I’ve had …

The Indian national team, which recently beat Cameroon to lift the Nehru Cup, has surprisingly been included in in the list of national teams in FIFA 13, as revealed by a list on the FIFA Soccer Blog. It’s unclear if the Indian team has been licensed or if it will …

Some would have you believe journalists and publishers are constantly at war. MCV gives PRs a chance to have their say on working with the media Dominic Carey UK Xbox PR, MicrosoftI personally feel like the relationship between journalists and PRs is in a good place. In my experience, honesty …

Amazon adds another major publisher to the list on the heels of Fire HD reveal

It may sound like an obvious statement, but Activision has been forced to clarify that it is indeed the publisher of Vita shooter Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified. "Activision is the publisher, but we also have a partnership with Sony to bundle Declassified with the PlayStation Vita," was the …

PlayStation certified device to support Google Play apps

The US arm of retailer GameStop has confirmed its intention to stock upcoming gaming tablet PC Wikipad. The device includes an attachable console-style controller housing that includes two analogue sticks, d-pad and four face buttons that sit either side of its 10.1” screen. Inside is a quad-core processor, while memory …

The new issue of Develop looks at the studios making London tick, and the industry giants moving in on the UK capital

It’s one of Japan’s biggest gaming exports and has sold over 100 million units worldwide. In January 2007, it was listed as the third best-selling video game franchise in the industry. It’s branched from role-playing games to tactics, action, MMORPG, third-person shooter, fighting and rhythm genres. And it’s just about …

Our month-long Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, once again turns its attention to careers in the UK games media. We’ve already looked at what you can expect if you become a staff writer, but now we explore what you can look forward to should you rise to …