MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Fight Night Round 4 has suffered a KO after two weeks at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, but it’s not all bad news for EA, with fellow sports sim Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 taking the fighter’s place. Tiger Woods increases its standing by one …
Read More »EA opens new iPhone studio
Electronic Arts has unveiled its 8lb Gorilla; the newest addition to its fleet of development studios. 8lb Gorilla will strengthen EA’s push into the ever-growing iPhone and App Store scene, though the studio’s production schema – to release unique, unadulterated and particularly cheap titles on a monthly basis – will …
Read More »Nokia closes N-Gage studio
Nokia has shut down its Vancouver-based game studio, affecting some 100 jobs in the process, Develop understands. Nokia’s N-Gage Design Studio in Vancouver had developed a significant number of titles for the first and second generation N-Gage systems, as well as for mobile phones. The group worked on franchises such …
Read More »IDEF sets up Southern Europe for record Q4
Even its unexpectedly close proximity to a resurgent E3 didn’t stop IDEF making more progress amongst international buyers and distributors last week. The strictly trade-only event was again dominated by French and Italians, but overall numbers were up and the market’s mood was overwhelmingly positive. Held in its popular Cannes …
Read More ȣ5m games academy coming to Liverpool
Plans are afoot to spent 5m on building a ‘computer games academy’ in Liverpool, UK. According to a report in The Liverpool Daily Post, a National Games Academy in the city would be built to help it become ‘breeding ground for the finest computer minds in the country’. Students at …
Read More »Vitality Sensor not understood
Outspoken Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that the muted reception to Nintendo’s Vitality Sensor reveal at last month’s E3 is down to the fact that it’s not yet understood. It’s true potential, he argues, will not be realised until the first software to sue the device is …
Read More »Hysteria Hospital looks to deliver
Publisher Oxygen is preparing a marketing blitz for its upcoming Hysteria Hospital, as the game continues to rise up the pre-order charts. The DS, Wii and PC title currently sits amongst the most anticipated games on Amazon, Play and GAME’s websites, and Oxygen is expecting anticipation to grow further with …
Read More »UK games retail joins Twitter revolution
Top UK retailers have taken to social networking service Twitter to promote their latest games offers and communicate with customers. High Street and online giants including GAME, Gamestation, HMV, Amazon and Play are already using the service, with many working the social networking website to gather feedback from its customer …
Read More »Exclusive TV shows heading to Xbox 360?
Microsoft believes that securing exclusive televised content can be the next step in Xbox 360’s growing domination of UK living rooms. The firm signed a partnership deal with Pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus in France last week – in a similar agreement to that reached with BSkyB last month in the …
Read More »Arkane named fourth BioShock 2 dev
The BioShock 2 project will now see four studios working simultaneously to develop the game. Principal developer 2K Marin is already partnering with 2K Australia for development of the game’s singleplayer, while Canadian dev Digital Extremes is stepping in to provide the game’s multiplayer component. Now the trio will be …
Read More »