MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
UK daily broadsheet The Guardian has chosen to stick up for the games industry following an article in yesterday’s NME magazine that attacked titles like Rock Band and Guitar Hero for deterring kids from playing real musical instruments. The NME piece quoted Q Radio presenter David Quantick as stating: Games …
Read More »Neutron now Android-compatible
Exit Gamesâ?? online multiplayer SDK now works with Googleâ??s mobile platform
Read More »US: Evangelists draw up Xmas games buying guide
Self titled ‘conservative Christian’ Florida-based investment firm The Timothy Plan has published a Christmas shopping guide for parents that is designed to alert them to potentially offensive content in many games currently on the market. Whilst the appearance of titles such as Grand Theft Auto IV, Silent Hill: Homecoming, No …
Read More »Michael Phelps game in development
In a recent airing of the long running American television news magazine 60 Seconds, Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Michael Phelps was profiled, revealing the news that he is to be the subject of a video game. While no other details of the title have been revealed, Phelps, who smashed …
Read More »Sequels dominate 2008 global sales charts
The age old struggle of the new IP in the games market has been highlighted once again with news that only one original title has been able to make it into the 2008 global top eight sellers list. The stats, which come from US financial site MoneyMorning, claim that Activision-Blizzard’s …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Denki
Develop chats to MD Colin Anderson and internal development manager Gary Penn
Read More »Asda eyes gaming in festive price campaign
UK supermarket chain Asda has implemented its planned range of festive discounts across over 4000 of its in-store products this week, and has highlighted its game offering in the process. In addition, the chain has pledged to pass on the full benefit of the government’s recent VAT decrease to its …
Read More »GameStop says trade-ins are vital to games market
CEO claims that global games retailer will give out $800 million worth of trade-in credit notes this year
Read More »GameStop: Pre-owned games are vital to new game sales
The CEO of leading North American and global games retailer GameStop has insisted that the pre-owned sector is a vital element in the market for new games, and that moves from publishers to limit the ‘transferability’ of titles are a ‘bone of contention’ for consumers. Speaking to Gamasutra, CEO Dan …
Read More »Online dev mag arrives from Intel
Leading component and software vendor Intel has launched a brand new digital magazine targeting the games development sector. Entitled Intel Visual Adrenaline, the mag is free to those who sign up to the Intel Software Dispatch news service. The digital publication covers the use of multi-threading and code optimisation in …
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