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

The US digital console market grew 16 per cent year-on-year in December 2016, compared with a 16 per cent drop year-on-year at US retail during the same period. That’s according to the latest report from data research firm SuperData. December was the worst month in two decades for the US console …

Square Enix and Marvel have announced a new multi-game partnership that will kick off with a project surrounding The Avengers. Both companies announced the partnership on social media this afternoon, releasing a teaser trailer (below) along with the hash-tag #Reassemble. The multi-year, multi-game licensing agreement will see games being developed …

Looking to train 500,000 people to be cloud computer experts in the UK by 2020.

Dirt 4 is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 9th, Codemasters and Koch Media have confirmed. Building on the success of last year’s Dirt Rally, Codemasters says Dirt 4 will take its off-road racer to the next level this summer. White knuckle truck and buggy racing …

"It’s a great team and a proven platform that will add to King’s analytical and technology capabilities."

Hideo Kojima’s upcoming game Death Stranding will be unlike anything the developer’s made before, according to BBC Newsbeat. "We want this game to be something that people can get into easily but after an hour or two they’ll start to notice something a little different," Kojima told BBC Newsbeat via …

Mobile giant King has acquired San Francisco-based data and analytics platform Omniata. The Candy Crush creator didn’t announce it publicly but confirmed the information to VentureBeat. We can confirm we have acquired Omniata.It’s a great team and a proven platform that will add to King’s analytical and technology capabilities,” a …

Blizzard has announced the return of Heroes of the Dorm for its third year and revealed that the competition will be streamed exclusively on Facebook Live.  US university students are invited to take part in the competition, with the winning team receiving a grant towards their college tuition fees. In …

Goodgame Studios, the company behind free-to-play titles such as Goodgame Empire and Big Farm, has confirmed it will be restructuring its business, resulting in the lay-off of around 200 employees across all its corporate departments. Rumblings of the job losses began yesterday whenan anonymous email was sent to Gamasutra stating …

Dutch studio Vertigo Games claims that its virtual reality title Arizona Sunshine is the fastest selling non-bundled PC VR title to date.” In a statement shared with Upload VR, Vertigo and co-developer Jaywalkers Interactive announced that their Oculus Rift and HTC Vive shooter made $1.4m (1.1m) in sales between its …