MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
A guide to next weekâ??s Nottingham video game festival
Read More »Grainger "could open three stores a week"
Grainger Games will open up to five more stores this year after unveiling its 40th outlet three months early. The retailer has launched 17 stores in the past six months, and the firm’s sales director Phil Moore says Grainger’s operations team has the capability to open three shops a week. …
Read More »Minecraft creator banks $350k a day
PC, Linux and Mac hit making huge sums for Swedish indie developer Markus Persson
Read More »Kotick: Bungie is the last great indie
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick wants the world to know his firm is embarking on an exclusive ten-year partnership with Bungie, and in typical fashion he is doing so by way of cavalier and comical sound bites. Speaking at a recent investor meeting, the CEO of the world’s biggest third-party game …
Read More »TIGA: Majority of UK indies self-publish
National games development report finds self-publishing a popular trend in indie British studios
Read More »Home becomes indie games platform
PlayStation Home looks set to get a huge boost – thanks to a deal that will see a number of indie games hits republished in the virtual world. Working with Codename, an independent publisher formed by the team that curates the IndieCade events run at E3 and GameCity in Nottingham, …
Read More »Activision wants its $500k indie contest in Europe
Studio boss suggests that the talent hunt will tie into a new digital strategy
Read More »Activision clarifies â??contest IP theftâ?? rumours
Publisher assures that finalists will retain game rights, and clears up confusion over the contest
Read More »BigWorld’s trio of new products targets indies
Students and MMO devs also set to gain from tech releases
Read More »Independent studios form Indie Fund
Famed indies establish new body to aid next wave of renegade studios
Read More »