Onslaught eSports has announced its acquisition of esports organisation Roanoke Reign, formerly known as Virtue Gaming. The acquisition comes with many senior figures at Roanoke Reign, with Onslaught taking on several parts of the senior management team: Reign CEO and Founder Brent J. Beckner and chief operating officer Dawn Lozner …
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MCV/DEVELOP Awards Finalists announced
MCV/DEVELOP has announced the category finalists for the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026. The MCV/DEVELOP Aw…
The Story Mob announced as sponsor of the Indie Studio of the Year award at MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026
MCV/DEVELOP has announced The Story Mob as sponsors of the Indie Studio of the Year award at the MCV…
[Event news] Leading Games Industry Entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl CBE Joins the Games Growth Summit
Chris van der Kuyl CBE has been announced as the latest speaker to join the Games Growth Summit, bri…
Code Wizards announced as key sponsor of MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026
MCV/DEVELOP has announced Code Wizards as a key sponsor at the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026. …
[Event news] Games Aid Charity Poker Tournament at Develop: Brighton 2026
Come and join 70 of your industry peers for some good old-fashioned Texas Hold 'Em fun. Bask in the …
Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium Studios to restructure with management buy-out
MCV has been informed that Imaginarium studios is in financial trouble. The creative studio was co-founded by Andy Serkis and has contributed performance capture to some of the biggest movies of recent years, includingRise of the Planet of the Apes, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. …
Read More »Activision says Call of Duty negativity ‘has virtually evaporated’
The storm of gloom that engulfed last year’s Call of Duty appears to have well and truly lifted. This time last year the reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was attracting a record number of dislikes on YouTube. Adding fuel to the fire, the trailer for EA’s Battlefield …
Read More »SK Gaming takes the CS:GO title at IEM Sydney
Brazilian esports outfit SK Gaming has won the inaugural Counter-Strike: Global Offensive IEM Sydney title. This win is their second win in three weeks after the team also snagged the win at cs_summit, with the double providing the first titles for the team since they rounded off a Major double …
Read More »Mario Kart 8 Deluxe wins UK April Chart race
Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the comfortable winner of the UK Charts in April. The Switch racer pipped Ubisoft’s also very successful Ghost Recon: Wildlands to first place. The ongoing success that is Grand Theft Auto V, which first released way back in 2013 on the now last-gen PS3 …
Read More »Mario Kart 8 Deluxe fends off Prey in UK Charts
Nintendo’s Switch racer Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is spending a second week at the top of the UK All Formats Top 40. It retains the crown despite a 71 per cent drop in sales and just marginally manages to outsell Bethesda’s Prey, which debuts in No.2 in its first week …
Read More »Global games market to hit $108.9bn in 2017 – Newzoo
The global games market will reach $108.9bn (84bn) in 2017, according to Newzoo’s latest quarterly update, showing a growth of 7.8 per cent year-on-year. The vast majority of that figure will come from digital game revenues, says Newzoo, reaching $94.4bn (72.8bn), or 87 per cent of the global market. This …
Read More »GameMaker Studio 2: Changing the GameMaker
As we look forward to the upcoming release of GameMaker Studio 2, Sean Cleaver speaks to the team at YoYo Games about improvements to the engine and its benefits to education
Read More »Konami’s PES League is an esport for people who don’t dig esports
I haven’t followed football in years, but there’s something electric about being in Anfield, the home of Liverpool Football Club. It’s hard not to get swept up in the scale and spectacle of the place. We’re gathered here for the second European qualifier for the Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) League …
Read More »NaturalMotion founder Torsten Reil leaves company
Personal reasons cited for departure with David Byrne becoming interim COO.
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[Industry news] Games Industry Shows Signs of Rebalancing as Workforce and Studios Adapt to Changing Market Conditions, Skillsearch Report Finds
The global games and immersive technology industry is moving into a new phase of adjustment, as professionals and studios respond to the lasting impact of recent market changes while adapting to new technologies and evolving expectations.
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Code Wizards announced as key sponsor of MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026
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[Event News] Games Growth Summit adds to speaker line-up with two more veterans
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
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[Industry news] XDS 2026 Insights Report is now live
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Code Wizards announced as key sponsor of MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026
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MCV/DEVELOP #1007 is HERE!
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Games Growth Summit Announces First Speakers for 6th Annual Event – 4th June
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Games industry veteran Matt Broughton announced as new Editor of MCV/DEVELOP
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