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

Everybody’s Golf was the best-selling title in Japan in September, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, beating Destiny 2 and PES 2018 to the top of the monthly charts. Splatoon 2 put in another good performance last month despite a 48 per cent decline in sales month-on-month, rising one …

As expected, FIFA is holding up to No.1 for its second week in the charts.  Sales for EA’s football behemoth were down 69 per cent week-on-week, which is actually stronger than FIFA 17’s second week. Last year, Take-Two’s Mafia III released on FIFA 17’s Week Two, pulling sales away from …

Make sure you get your submissions in by 11.59pm for the opportunity to join in with the outbound trade mission to the Helsinki technology event

Young publisher PlayStack intends to bring indie developers the money, guidance and marketing nous to make the most of their dream games. Jem Alexander speaks to CEO Harvey Elliott about the company's philosophy and how developers can get involved

Project Nova and Project Aurora will bring fresh experiences set in the EVE universe

Bandai Namco will also have special experimental projects including a HoloLens version of Pac-Man

The Unreal Engine game jam will kick off on November 2nd for seven days

Nihon Falcom’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III has gone straight in at No1. in the Japanese weekly chart, according to the latest numbers from Famitsu, out-performing both FIFA 18 and Fire Emblem Warriors. Trails of Cold Steel III sold over 104,000 copies in just four days …

Carolyn Pepper and Roch Glowacki from Reed Smith talk about DMCA and what developers should consider before issuing a takedown notice

Technology innovation centre Digital Catapult has opened its second Immersive Lab in Brighton, the firm has announced. Following on from the success of its London-based Immersive Lab that launched earlier this year, Digital Catapult now hopes to broaden its services by providing VR, AR and MR support to an even …