Take 2 is just one of a number of companies whose stock price has risen amid the mounting speculation of further mergers and takeovers in the light of the Activision-Blizzard deal – and now CEO Ben Feder has stated that further industry consolidation is as near as certain. Speaking to …
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[From the industry] Games Careers Week returns: Exploring pathways into the creative industries
Organised by The National Videogame Museum (NVM), Games Careers Week (24th – 30th June 2024) w…
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One week to go until the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2024 kick off!
If you’ve been holding off securing a table for this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards, it’…
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ÜberStrategist is sponsoring Accessibility Innovation at this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards
You may have noticed that we went big on the issue of accessibility in the latest edition of the the…
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When We Made… Cavern of Dreams
Tyler ‘Bynine’ McMaster, indie artist and game developer, tells Vince Pavey all about the work that …
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[From the industry] Jingle Jam announces charity partners for 2024
Jingle Jam has announced the eight partner charities that will benefit from money raised during Jing…
Lyon GDC: The method behind the madness of Rayman Ravin Rabbids
Ubisoft Montpellier and Paris execs discuss the making of Wii-focused 'party comedy' title
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Organiser discusses future plans
Read More »ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: Bring em on, says bullish EA
Electronic Arts has fired out a warning shot to new publishing goliath Activision Blizzard – warn the Vivendi-owned giant that it will not give up its dominance of the market without a fight. Vivendi and Activision announced its new ‘merger’ on Sunday, which sees the French publisher take 52 per …
Read More »Xbox Live video on demand confirmed for UK
The signs had pointed to a pre-Christmas arrival for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Video Marketplace, but only now has the official confirmation arrived that UK Xbox 360 owners will finally get access to the service – and launch day is December 11th. Movies for rent on the service will include 300, …
Read More »ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: EA may be forced into action
The emergence of a new super-publisher that is similar in stature to former industry-daddy EA might force the US giant to re-evaluate its operations, an analyst from Soleil-Hudson Square Research claims. The Dow Jones Newswires quote Daniel Ernst as stating: "EA is currently not performing at its best. Though it …
Read More »Kynapse adds Wii support
Kynogon's AI tool gets tech for Nintendo platforms
Read More »UK CHARTS: Need for Speed gains momentum
There were some who thought that Need for Speed: Pro Street’s weaker than normal arrival in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 last week meant it could be time for a change in the annual Christmas battle – but such folk will be eating their words this week as EA’s …
Read More »Games business network for East England launches
LOTR and Heavenly Sword mocap actor Andy Serkis to launch Games Eden
Read More »Riccitiello: Console transition is over
John Riccitiello, the increasingly talkative CEO of the now second biggest games publisher in the world EA, has said that he believes the huge sales enjoyed by all three next-gen games consoles in the US through Thanksgiving proves that the transition to the next generation of consoles is now over. …
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When We Made… Cavern of Dreams
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Final Boss: Susan Burns, Head of Studio at Skyhook Games
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Redefining success in the remote work era, by Joy Cicman Liuzzo, VP of Product Marketing at Stack Overflow
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London Connecting – 10 years of Pocket Gamer Connects
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Q&A: Stefano Petrullo and Torsten Oppermann on Renaissance PR joining the 1SP family, and what creating a ‘superagency’ actually means
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Rising Star – Yasmeen Abbas, product manager at Sandsoft
Yasmeen Abbas, product manager at Sandsoft, tells us about being brave, jumping in to learn, …
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Recruiter Hotseat – Silja Bernecker, Team Lead for Talent Acquisition Management at InnoGames
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When We Made… Cavern of Dreams
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Levelling Up – Guillotine’s Jake Kulkowski
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Issue 996 of MCV/DEVELOP is out now