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

Last year’s best selling toy line, LEGO Minifigures, are to be turned into an MMO developed by Norwegian studio Funcom. The studio has scored the licence to the range of collectible figures released in quarterly waves and sold for pocket money prices, inspired by LEGO’s iconic characters. In 2011, the …

Google has finally gone live with details about its first official tablet PC – the Nexus 7. The device will come in two SKUs – a 159/$199 8GB version and a 199/$249 16GB version, putting it squarely up against Amazon’s Kindle Fire in the market. It houses Nvidia’s quad core …

Valve has announced the beta release of its own movie creation tool to the general public. The Source Filmmaker has been used by the company to create in-house films such as Team Fortress 2’s ‘Meet the Team’ series. The Source Filmmaker can make a movie out of any game running …

In the casual games market word of mouth trumps reviews, so says Rovio. Speaking at Gamelab in Barcelona, Rovio’s VP of mergers and acquisitions Teemu Huuhtanen stated that while coverage of casual titles is important, most successful titles benefit in a far greater way from word of mouth. Huuhtanen explained …

BioWare has made it loud and clear Mass Effect 3’s Extended Cut will not be the last piece of DLC for the title, not by a longshot. Mass Effect 3 producer Mike Gamble utilized his twitteraccount to tease what’s in store for the game concerning add-ons in the future. "Would …

Religious organisation calls for the removal of faith's gods from SMITE

Movie editor used to make Team Fortress 'meet the team' videos

Mobile games giant GREE will make its Gamescom debut when the games show returns in August. GREE will showcase its latest titles as one of many new exhibitors for the show, which will once again be held in Cologne’s Koelnmesse. "Gamescom is significant for all types of gaming, particularly the …

BAFTA has appealed for nominations for the Video Game category in this year’s 2012 British Academy Children’s Awards. Former winners in the category include LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (2011), Rabbids Go Home (2010) and LittleBigPlanet (2009). Other categories include Animation, Channel of the Year, Feature Film, Independent Production Company …

Scottish event confirms next round of speakers