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

Print and digital editions out now, new issue focuses on human issues

JP Kellams leaves Platinum Games after just a few months shy of a decade at the company

Sean Cleaver spoke to Creative Assembly’s Alistair Hope about Halo Wars 2’s new game modes and the reasoning behind keeping the original game’s control scheme

Partnership with Develop celebrates the industry's best and brightest

Twitch has announced that the Curse desktop app will be rebranded to the Twitch desktop app and a ton of new features are being added.  The app, which will go into beta on March 16th, will make communication between Twitch users incredible easy, with voice and video calls and text …

Zelda games are always popular in the speed running community, but Breath of the Wild has taken the scene by storm, with hundreds of runners trying to get the best time.  Currently that best time is held by American gymnast86, who finished the game in 58 minutes and one second. …

Bethesda has revealed that they are testing out Quake Champions with top eSports players to try and gauge the game’s chance of succeeding as an eSport.  id software studio director Tim Willits said at PAX this weekend that the studio is currently focusing on the 1 vs 1 duel mode …

NRG eSports has announced a new sponsorship deal with a company called Events DC.  Events DC is what’s known as a quasi-public company. According to Dot eSports this means that it receives taxpayer money, and its board is appointed by the mayor of Washington DC, but technically operates independently from …

Team NP, a North American Dota 2 team, have announced a new sponsor in the form of online insurance company, Netsurance.  The Canadian company has taken its first step into the world of eSports by sponsoring the team. The company name and logo will now appear on Team NP apparel …