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Ukie: UK games market was worth £5.11bn in 2017

Business News

12.4 per cent up on 2016 with gains for physical, digital and hardware

Announcing MCV’s partnership with the Italian Video Game Awards

Event News

We’ll be at the awards ceremony to cover Italy’s best and brightest development talents

Is It Love for Ubisoft and 1492 Studio?

Business News

Publisher growing its mobile presence by acquiring successful French developer with a lovely IP

Splash Damage’s Wedgwood: From making mods to making $160m

Business News

“Networking, gaming and public speaking were a great foundation for being a games CEO,” says Wedgwood

David Jaffe closes The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency

Development News

San Diego developer closes following cancelled project

Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli steps down

Business News

Co-founders Avni Yerli and Faruk Yerli have been appointed as joint CEOs

Toys R Us enters administration, Moorfields Advisory appointed administrators

Retail

All stores are to continue trading until further notice

Are the ESRB’s in-game purchase stickers just a sticking plaster approach?

Consoles

US ratings board takes blanket approach to warn parents

How Creative Assembly wants to inspire the next generation of game devs… and their parents

Development News

Creative Assembly's Emma Smith looks back at the success of the firm's Legacy Project and how it aims at "inspiring the talent of tomorrow."

MCV investigates the growing issue of discoverability on digital storefronts

Business News

How important are digital storefronts like Steam, the PSN Store and Nintendo eShop when it comes to discovering new games, and how can they keep up with an exponentially increasing software library? MCV investigates

[Industry news] XDS 2026 Insights Report is now live

The 2026 XDS Insights Report examines how external development partnerships are evolving as they become a core part of modern production pipelines. Based on input from 250+ industry professionals, the report shows an ecosystem moving beyond delivery risk and into a new phase shaped by coordination, governance, and long-term collaboration.