A high-profile member of the original Xbox executive team is quitting Microsoft under acrimonious circumstances, a news report claims. J Allard has in recent years been synonymous with the Xbox 360 brand, fronting his unique corporate persona in interviews and press conferences as Microsoft launched its flagship home console. Recently, …
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This year’s Indielab Games UK-wide Accelerator programme kicked-off to a flying start with a cohort …
RSM sponsoring Ongoing Innovation at this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards
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Tickets still available for Pioneers in XR event in Salford next week
There are a few seats left for the Pioneers in XR event being held next week, Thursday 6 June, at Sa…
Xbox 360 tops Red Dead sales
Having ridden into town, hitched its horse, strolled into the local saloon and shot all other chart contenders in the face to claim no.1 in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 today, Red Dead Redemption has also given Microsoft plenty to cheer about. Xbox 360 accounted for over …
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Despite reports of widespread shortages and a few niggling issues with some major stockists, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption has claimed no.1 in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 in its first week of release. It’s one of four new games to swoop into the Top Ten this week, …
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Read More »Red Dead Redemption wowing pundits
The latest free-roaming epic to emerge from the house of Grand Theft Auto has received a rapturous reception from the gaming press and looks to be on target to become one of the highest reviewed titles of all time. Red Dead Redemption is currently averaging 95 per cent on Metacritic. …
Read More »Google celebrates Pac-Man’s 30th
Though there’s been no noise so far to celebrate it, today marks the 30th birthday of one of gaming’s most important icons – and internet search giant Google is paying special tribute. 30 years ago today Namco launched the very first Pac-Man arcade cabinets in Japan. At a time when …
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Final Boss: Susan Burns, Head of Studio at Skyhook Games
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we …
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Redefining success in the remote work era, by Joy Cicman Liuzzo, VP of Product Marketing at Stack Overflow
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Q&A: Stefano Petrullo and Torsten Oppermann on Renaissance PR joining the 1SP family, and what creating a ‘superagency’ actually means
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Final Boss: Snow Rui, President and CFO at Hooded Horse
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When We Made… Mortal Kombat 1
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Final Boss: Rachel Rakowski, Global Head of Gaming at We Are Social
Every issue of MCV/DEVELOP magazine is wrapped up by an industry leader. For the April-May …
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Final Boss: Susan Burns, Head of Studio at Skyhook Games
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Final Boss: Snow Rui, President and CFO at Hooded Horse
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When We Made… Mortal Kombat 1
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When We Made… Fae Farm