MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
In MCV’s weekly round-up of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Xbox’s former PR returns to video games and we look at the best positions available. Cutland returns to games as Ubi UK PRLydia Cutland has joined the publisher as senior UK PR manager. She joins a reorganised …
Read More »New Moshi Monsters game Katsuma Unleashed coming to retail this October
Mind Candy has announced another boxed outing for its worldwide kids hit, Moshi Monsters. Following the success of DS and 3DS titles Moshi Monsters: Moshlings Zoo and Moshi Monsters: Moshlings Theme Park, the firm is once again targeting handheld gamers with Katsuma Unleashed. The new game will once again be …
Read More »Another 300,000 gamers abandon World of Warcraft
The number of monthly subscribers still enjoying Blizzard’s MMO phenomenon World of Warcraft has dropped to 7.7m. It was last reported at 8m back in April, having dropped by 1.3m since February. The game’s population has been gradually dropping since it peaked at 12m subscribers in October 2010. This is …
Read More »27% of Ouya owners have purchased games
Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman has revealed that more than a quarter of gamers that bought the Android console have also purchased games. The crowd-funded device was launched in June and has been positioned as a free-to-play platform, but Uhrman was keen to highlight how many users are paying for content. …
Read More »Shadow of the Eternals returns to Kickstarter
Precursor Games aiming for $750,000 on crowdfunding platform
Read More »Sony Gamescom press conference confirmed
Sony will be showing off more about PS4 at Gamescom this year, starting with a press conference before the world’s biggest games show. The platform holder will once again host its conference on the Tuesday before the show (August 20th), returning to the Saatenhaus am Rheinpark in Cologne. The conference …
Read More »F1 2013 dated for October
Codemasters has announced the release date for this year’s Formula One video game. F1 2013 will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 4th in the UK, a little later than the series’ usual September launch. As previously reported, Codemasters is releasing two versions of this year’s …
Read More »Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter relaunched, now for PS4
Precursor Games is once again attempting to crowd-fund Shadow of the Eternals, the spiritual successor to GameCube horror title Eternal Darkness. The developer previously said it planned to launch another Kickstarter campaign after pulling the plug on the first one, which only raised $128,000 of its $1.35m target. The new …
Read More »Neil Gaiman is creating a video game
Author, graphic novelist, Doctor Who writer – and now video games developer; It seems Neil Gaiman wants to sample every form of creative medium. The author of Stardust and Amercian Gods has lifted the lid on his first video game project, a puzzle game entitled Wayward Manor. Gaiman will work …
Read More »Call of Duty leads Activision’s six-strong Wii U line-up
Third party support for Nintendo’s new console has been erratic at best, but Activision has confirmed it will support Wii U with six titles this autumn, including Call of Duty: Ghosts. The publisher has already said that it will be bringing its next blockbuster shooter to Wii U, but has …
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