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

The organisers of GDC Europe have announced a string of lectures and talks for its 2010 event in Cologne. Rare’s Nick Burton and Blitz’s Andrew Oliver will deliver a lecture on Microsoft’s Kinect entitled: ‘Kinecting with a new audience’, while BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk will deliver a …

Ubisoft has delayed Driver: San Francisco until early 2011. The title has been pushed back to the first quarter of next year – the fourth quarter of the publisher’s financial year – to avoid the crowded seasonal selling period. In a trading statement, Ubisoft said: Due to the competitive market …

Industry sympathiser set to discuss the move at Develop Conference

BioWare to discuss Baldurâ??s Gate and Rare to talk about Kinect at Cologne-base conference

Labour MP Tom Watson has publicly backed the newly announced ‘tax break partnership‘ between trade groups TIGA and ELSPA. Speaking to Develop, Watson said the move will give coherence and strength to the argument” for developers to receive tax breaks on games production in the UK. He added that the …

Britain’s two pivotal game trade associations are to team up in a bid to breathe new life into the campaign for game tax breaks. Both TIGA and ELSPA have formed a Steering Committee – purpose built for the UK tax relief campaign. An official statement read: The committee will address …

Ubisoft expects its sales for the Q2 2010 to come in at around 160 million Euros. The publisher reports that this estimated figure exceeds the original guidance of 145 million Euros for the three months ended June 30, 2010. It is also an increase of 93 per cent when compared …

Past and present employees of troubled developer Infinity Ward have banded together to sue Activision Blizzard over the publisher’s demands for a third Modern Warfare 2. Nearly 40 people have filed suit against the firm for $500m, alleging breach of contract and unpaid royalties, according to Kotaku. According to the …

Record turn-out expected for Develop Awards and impressive conference

Tesco has increased the size of its games buying team from six to nine over the past year, with a tenth member to follow. The news comes as the supermarket doubled its market share in software and hardware year-on-year. Tesco senior buying manager for games John Stanhope told MCV: While …