And ready to spend more than its budgeted $500m on development as it powers up games strategy, says MTV Networks president
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[Event news] Indie Showcase submissions open
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MCV/DEVELOP #1007 is HERE!
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Microsoft: Downloads will trump Blu-Ray
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Read More »Ian Livingstone pays tribute to Gary Gygax
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Read More »INTERVIEW – MTV
Would you like to see more synergy between music, video and games? How is this achievable? We don’t think of it as synergy, we just think of our audience, what they want to do and how we deliver it to them. We deliver both music and games to them. We …
Read More »Call of Duty rules on PS3
And to celebrate, the publisher plans to celebrate with a high profile consumer event. Alongside a renewed marketing push that will include online promotions with The Sun, SkySports, FHM, Kerrang and the MSN network, Activision will be inviting gamers to a special Boot Camp event where they can play for …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Publishing next for MTV?
Entertainment media behemoth MTV is keeping a close eye on the current culture of consolidation at the top level in games – and refused to rule out a move to swoop for a publisher. In an exclusive interview with MCV, conglomerate MTV Newtorks also discusses the ‘definite possibility’ of a …
Read More »Gem, Enta and John Lewis win big at PC trade awards
Over 300 dealers, distributors and suppliers celebrated the first ever trade awards dedicated to the computer retail channel last night, as part of MCV sister magazine PC Retail’s Awards ceremony. Gem was the star of the show, picking up the prestigious Grand Prix prize in recognition of the distributor’s outstanding …
Read More »COMMENT: Convergence is back
Mainly because it is 20 years’ time now, and we’re still no nearer to popping pills for dinner or living absurdly decedant lives. Unless you’re Kate Moss, I suppose. And it is particularly difficult to decipher what will happen to the games industry once the entertainment giants have moved in. …
Read More »Develop Awards: Lobbying begins
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Read More »Never Say Die
Havok's Jeff Yates says you can breathe life into interactive game characters with the company's new Behaviour tool...
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.
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