Silicon Knights head reiterates his theory behind 'single format future' prediction
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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…
Nintendo takes first step into homebrew DS market
Though both the DS and PSP have become firm favourites in the homebrew content scene owing to the ease in which hackers have been able to crack the systems, products such as the R4 are beginning to worry publishers – and now Nintendo seems set to make an official move …
Read More »Lyon GDC: Crystal Dynamics on sharing design skills across teams
Eidos-owned team explains implementation and usefulness of internal 'Shared Design Group'
Read More »ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: Vivendi to increase stake in Activision
French entertainment giant Vivendi is set to increase its stake in Activision from 52 per cent to 68 per cent within five days of the initial deal closing. The news comes following yesterday’s announcement about the ‘merger’ of Vivendi and Activision to create new games giant Activision Blizzard. In a …
Read More »ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: What it all means
Vivendi will also purchase 63 million shares of Activision common stock for $1.7 billion, leaving the company with around 685 million fully-diluted shares outstanding. The new company (Activision Blizzard) will then tender $4 billion for up to 146.5 million outstanding common shares at $27.50 per share. Vivendi has agreed to …
Read More »Konami looks for sales manager
KONAMI * Sales Manager * Chiswick, West London Konami is looking for an experienced Sales Manager to join our UK team. This is a key role with responsibility for Konami’s sales of computer and video game software in UK and Ireland. This will suit a professional with several years experience …
Read More »Lyon GDC: How to succeed in casual games
Casual Games Association head Jessica Tams reveals inner workings of fast-growing industry category
Read More »Games Marketing Forum
Selling more games. That, you would imagine, would be the main thrust of the recent Games Marketing Forum at the Cumberland Hotel. But it was about a lot more than that. Gaming’s cultural resonance, legal advice on prize promotions, how to make an emotional impact, proximity marketing, working out a …
Read More »ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: Vivendi shares rise after merger news
Vivendi’s share price has this morning rose by 3.22 per cent following the news of its merger with Activision – and the surprise move seems to have set tongues wagging in the city, Reuters reports. Alongside Vivendi’s rise, fellow French publishers Ubisoft and Atari-owning Infogames also saw stock gains of …
Read More »360 Autumn Update detailed in full
As well as the previously touted retro download offering Xbox Originals that will arrive alongside Microsoft’s Autumn Xbox 360 Dashboard Update tomorrow, the platform holder has now outlined a near complete line-up of new features that will be available to console owners from tomorrow. The biggest announcement is the arrival …
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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