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Super Mario Run passes $60m revenue mark

Mobile

Game launched in September 2016

Valve working on new ‘more accurate’ tools to replace Steam Spy

Business News

Valve’s head of business development Jan-Peter Ewert said developers need “something better than Steam Spy”

Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.1m (£1.61m) for Doctors Without Borders

Business News

Gotta go fast

Nintendo Switch design is justified by 50/50 usage pattern

Consoles

Balanced usage pattern proves Nintendo got it right with Switch

Fallout 76 will not support cross-platform play because ‘Sony is not as helpful as everyone would like’

Consoles

Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard would “really love” to add cross-play to Fallout 76, but Sony is blocking the way

Shawn Layden on the balancing act of PlayStation: ‘We’re not here to create games that steal market share from other publishers’

Consoles

shawn layden and mark cerny Shawn Layden on the balancing act of PlayStation: 'We’re not here to create games that steal market share from other publishers'

How the platform is succeeding in supporting both first- and third-party development

Crash Bandicoot N.Sane trilogy takes No.1 after release on Xbox, Switch, PC

Business News

N.Sanely successful

Xbox Design Lab: How to sell Xbox custom controllers? Give creators a cut

Business News

'Fanchise Model' campaign boost custom controller sales by 350 per cent

Epic announces latest $1m round of Unreal Dev Grants

Development News

37 teams become recipients of awards worth up to $50,000

Niantic acquires London-based AR outfit Matrix Mill

Business News

Niantic catches 'em all

[Guest post] Among Us on Windows: what the social deduction boom looks like from the desktop

Social deduction has always been a party-room genre first and a software genre second. Werewolf and Mafia needed a table, a moderator and a group willing to lie to each other for an hour. The digital versions that stuck tend to keep that structure intact and add the one thing tabletop versions can't: anonymity, plus a reason to move around.

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

[Industry news] Sasha Volkohon appointed Head of Commercial at game events GmbH

game events GmbH, the organiser of gamescom dev, has appointed Sasha Volkohon as Head of Commercial,…

[Event News] VIVA! Games Marketing #4 brings the games industry’s marketing leaders together in London this November

The games marketing community will come together in London on Wednesday 18th November for VIVA! Game…

[Industry news] TIGA responds to the Autumn Budget statement

This is a press release posted alongside our usual editorial content. TIGA, the trade association re…

[Industry news] Rocky Horror Show Steps into Roblox

Pop culture meets code as Rocky Horror Show enters the world of Roblox. Digital culture platform Coo…

[Industry news] Russ Harding joins Rhino Rock Studios as Partner and Director

Rhino Rock Studios has announced that games and interactive entertainment veteran Russ Harding has j…

Super Mario Run passes $60m revenue mark

Valve working on new ‘more accurate’ tools to replace Steam Spy

Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.1m (£1.61m) for Doctors Without Borders

Nintendo Switch design is justified by 50/50 usage pattern

Fallout 76 will not support cross-platform play because ‘Sony is not as helpful as everyone would like’

Shawn Layden on the balancing act of PlayStation: ‘We’re not here to create games that steal market share from other publishers’

Crash Bandicoot N.Sane trilogy takes No.1 after release on Xbox, Switch, PC

Xbox Design Lab: How to sell Xbox custom controllers? Give creators a cut

Epic announces latest $1m round of Unreal Dev Grants

Niantic acquires London-based AR outfit Matrix Mill

In-Depth

[Guest post] Among Us on Windows: what the social deduction boom looks like from the desktop

[Industry news] Studio Atelico Launches the First AI Engine Built to Run On-Device Inside Games

[Industry news] TIGA responds to the Autumn Budget statement

[Industry news] EFAN.gg Launches Public Beta

[Industry news] Music+Sound Awards Reveal 2026’s Finalists

Regulars

MCV/DEVELOP’s 30 Under 30 – 2026

Finalists announced for the Women In Games Awards 2026

[Event news] Electric Square announced as sponsor of Outstanding Achievement Award category at Women in Games Awards 2026

[Event news] Screen Burn to sponsor the Development Impact Award at the MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games Awards

[Event news] Fenris Creations announced as sponsor of Rising Star category at Women in Games Awards 2026

Events

XDS 2026

gamescom 2026

Develop:Brighton 2026