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

nDreams, the development studio and digital publisher formed by former SCi and Eidos face Patrick O’Luanaigh, has appointed the current head of planning at advertising giant M&C Saatchi Matt Willifer as non executive director. Willifer will play a part in the formation and expansion of new nDreams division Brandplay, which …

Newly rebranded studioâ??s first titles based on â??Ology books

A survey conducted by the Data Center of the China Internet and the Internet Society of China has predicted that the total number of online gamers in the country will top 60 million this year. Chinaview.cn reports that the news follows a year-long survey carried out by the two organisations, …

Late last year MCV broke the news that Rockstar is planning to release possibly the biggest next-gen game to date, Grand Theft Auto IV, on April 25th – and now further evidence has emerged to back the claims. UK consumer site Spong highlights information on US stock website Tradingmarkets that …

Sales-based and public-voted categories to feature at inaugral celebration

Having only been available in Japan so far, a number of newly announced filings on the US Federal Communications Commission’s website show that the white version of Sony’s PS3 is on the way to the US. And although there’s no word yet, it’s hopeful that the machine will also make …

The ever-popular Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has knocked Bungie’s Halo 3 off the top spot in the Xbox Live most played table for the week ending January 21st, according to information posted on Major Nelson’s Microsoft blog . The stats track the number of unique users logged in …

Development handled by Game Arts; project draws over 700 contributors

Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 has to date enjoyed a heady mix of tremendous commercial success and mixed critical musings, but the upcoming Wii version of the game looks to offer something genuinely different. And to top off the exciting prospect of its Wii debut, CVG claims that the game …

Speaking to Bloomberg , Sony’s games president Kaz Hirai has revealed that the firm sold 1.2 million PS3 consoles in Europe in the last five weeks of 2007. He also refused to concede that Sony is unlikely to hit the 11 million sales target, that it had previously set itself, …