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

Nintendo’s Wii Fit has returned to the top of the UK’s All Formats games chart following a 32 per cent jump in sales. The title jumps back up the official ChartTrack/ELSPA Top 40, overtaking last week’s No.1, LucasArt’s LEGO Indiana Jones. THQ’s movie tie-in Wall-E climbs 12 per cent over …

PlayStation 3 is set to take up the mainstream appeal of its predecessor – with its ‘positioning’ and marketing changing to appeal to a broader audience. That’s according to the global boss of PlayStation, Kaz Hirai, who told MCV in the second part of our exclusive interview that the system …

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai believes that PS3’s unrivalled” first-party product and Blu-Ray capabilities mean the console enjoys better exclusive content than either of its competitors’ machines. Addressing the issue of Microsoft’s investment in ‘exclusive’ downloadable content for titles such as GTA IV – and speaking after the much-publicised …

Capcom and Sony Pictures have confirmed that the latest in the Resident Evil Movie series, dubbed Degeneration, will be released this year. The duo showed off sneak previews of the fully CG-animated title at last week Comic Con in San Diego, US. The title will have its theatrical debut in …

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has admitted that the company put too much focus on PS3 and 360 at the beginning of the current console cycle – and largely ignored the potential of Wii. However, Speaking to the San Jose Mercury News, Riccitiello said that his company had since become …

Facebook is in hot water with anti-knife crime campaigners over a new game that allows user to ‘stab’ each other. The application allows members to send a knife icon to friends, with accompanying text that informs them they have been ‘shanked’ – a street slang term for ‘knifed’. For the …

To offer StemCell engine at fraction of cost for prototyping purposes

Or at least it could do with new ambient 'smell effect' technology

EA will report a loss of $111m for its fiscal Q2 in 2008-2009 tomorrow. That’s according to top analysts, reports Forbes, who believe that for the three months ended June 30th, will report a total loss of 33 cents per share. However, that compares favourably with a loss of $132 …

id chief still wants to make 'exclusive graphical tour de force', though