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Max Scott-Slade has over ten years experience within the games industry, during which he has launched a number of successful game IPs. In 2013, he co-founded award-winning London-based studio Glitchers, where he currently resides as game design director. Yes, it’s a bold statement but one that I stand by – …

Marketing tool allows for better relationships between developers and Steam curators

Iain Simons is the CEO of the National Videogame Foundation. It runs the National Videogame Arcade, GameCity Festival and lots of other brilliant work that you can check on www.thenva.com The last month at the National Videogame Arcade has been confusing and I’m knackered. I’ve spoken at a national cinema …

After speaking to Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda it looks unlikely that the Japanese-based publisher will follow the likes of Take-Two or EA in a broad strategic push towards games-as-a-service titles with microtransactions. Having been asked about the different models of mobile and console games, Matsuda replied: "The way that …

Jem Alexander speaks to Ubisoft Milan’s Dario Migliavacca and Davide Soliani about the role of passion in development and working with Nintendo on Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Free game development education site now accepting new students through December for a January start

It’s the last issue of MCV of the year, and the last issue of MCV in its current form as well. From January next week NewBay will be merging MCV, Develop and Esports Pro under the MCV brand to create a single brand that will better serve the entire UK …

Esports Pro was a judge for The Game Awards. We’re not trying to throw shade. Last night, or very early in the morning if you’re a bleary-eyed London dweller, Overwatch snatched a win at The Game Awards for Best Esports Game. Back in November, it also grabbed a Golden Joysticks …

Zelda takes the big prize, but Hellblade and Cuphead snag 3 awards apiece

Jagex is looking to become the home of living games, an evolution of the live games as a service phenomenon that is enveloping the industry. Jem Alexander speaks to Phil Mansell, studio CEO, to discuss.