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

Former president of LucasArts Jim Ward is running for US congress to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District. As reported by Kotaku, Ward is running as a republican and is looking to unseat two-term Democrat Harry Mitchell. Ward last hit the headlines in February last year, when he quit LucasArts for …

Up-and-coming publisher Nordic Games will be unveiling new Wii title We Sing at Gamescom. The game is the first in the singing genre to feature four microphones simultaneously, and will be shown to trade and press for the first time at the Cologne games event. We Sing will be Nordic …

Some of the UK’s largest retailers face a potentially damaging Government crackdown on the sale of VAT-free entertainment goods shipped through the Channel Islands. Online divisions of HMV, Tesco, WH Smith, Asda, Argos, Amazon, Play.com and Woolworths.co.uk currently dodge millions of pounds of tax on CDs, DVDs and games that …

Microsoft has revealed its mammoth marketing plans for upcoming Xbox 360 blockbuster, Halo 3: ODST. The Bungie-developed FPS is due to hit shelves on September 22nd and – as Microsoft’s biggest release of the year – the platform holder plans to support the title right up until Christmas and throughout …

Crytek UK MD says the group has â??really excitingâ?? project concepts underway

As Crytek UK announces the studio is providing â??criticalâ?? elements to the Crysis 2 project

Not in Cologne this week? Get the news as it happens from Develop's Twitter feed

Whilst it’s unlikely to quell the price cut rumours running rife in the build-up to next week’s Gamescom, UK retailer Argos has told MCV that a listing on its site claiming that the Xbox 360 Pro SKU had been discontinued was a mistake. We are aware of the administrative error …

Asda announced exciting new plans for games at its annual entertainment conference last month. Christopher Dring sat down with head of games buying Duncan Cross and category director Fergal Gara… Tell us about the new store concept at Asda.DC: We started opening the ‘future concept’ stores in June last year. …

Users of discontinued engine eligible for up to 50 per cent discount on Unity licences