MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Call of Duty: Black Ops II is here at last, and thousand of store workers and gamers took to the streets last night to welcome it. The official launch took place at HMV’s Oxford Street store and was attended by a number of celebrities. Blockbuster also saw a fantastic turnout …
Read More »Disney’s games division drags down financials
The Interactive business was notable in Disney’s recent financials for being the company’s only unit to fail to post a profit. GameSpot reports that Disney Interactive, home to amongst other things its video games operations, was the only one to post a loss for both Disney’s most recent quarter and …
Read More »IHS Screen Digest questions Wii U potential as US launch nears
The Wii U arrives in the US this weekend, but one leading analyst has claimed Nintendo will need to up its game if it wants the new console to replicate the success of its predecessor. IHS Screen Digest analyst Piers Harding-Rolls does, however, believe that Wii U will have a …
Read More »Charity games art auction begins
UKIE has put its entire London Games Festival Art Exhibition collection up for auction for games charity Special Effect. The 100-piece strong collection with be posted for auction in four batches, with the first now live. Additional collections will be added each Monday. Highlights from the first offering include three …
Read More »Russia ponders violent games clampdown after Moscow shooting
Violent games could be facing a potential clampdown in Russia after authorities linked them to a recent shooting. Last week Russian office worker Dmitry Vinogradov shot dead five former colleagues with two more admitted to hospital, one of whom was a former girlfriend of Vinogradov. However, as is sadly too …
Read More »THQ defaults on $50m Wells Fargo credit
Things don’t look to be improving for struggling publisher THQ, with more financial bad news appearing this morning. THQ has revealed that it has defaulted on a $50 million credit facility with lender Wells Fargo, stating that "loan availability on the Credit Facility was less than 12.5 per cent of …
Read More »Next iteration of DirectX is exclusive to Windows 8
Microsoft has confirmed that DirectX 11.1 will be exclusive to Windows 8. DirectX 11.1 is the next release of the 3D graphics API and adds, amongst other things, native stereoscopic 3D support, meaning games developed for it will have to include 3D compatibility. DirectX 11.1 is part of Windows 8, …
Read More »Asda selling Black Ops II at midnight in 250 stores
Supermarket chain Asda has announced its midnight opening plans for Call of Duty: Black Ops II tonight. 250 stores will sell the game from midnight tonight. In total 479 of its outlets will be carrying the game, as well as 114 of its local Supermarket stores making it very accessible …
Read More »Simply Games slams "inaccurate" reporting over Black Ops II sales… but ships game regardless
Online retailer Simply Games has criticised the media for its coverage of its decision to sell Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 early. On Friday the retailer received stock of the game and told its customers that if they ordered before 4:30pm they were likely” to receive it the following …
Read More »OPINION: Should we be criticising Peter Molyneux more?
I am a huge admirer of Peter Molyneux. He’s ferociously intelligent, inspiringly ambitious and, perhaps most importantly, a really lovely guy who is great to spend time with. There are two reasons for opening this piece with that statement. One, for the sake of transparency. And two, because if it …
Read More »