Alain Corre, Ubisoft’s EMEA executive director, tells MCV@gamescom about the firm’s ambitions, with a particular focus on family-friendly new IPs, and the lessons the publisher has learnt from Starlink’s overambitious launch
Read More »Good Shepherd: ‘The reality is that a lot of investors don’t understand games’
Good Shepherd’s marketing director, Vernon Vrolijk, talks to MCV@gamescom about the firm’s ambition of being a mediator between investors and developers, in a world where the rise in games talent has not necessarily been followed by an explosion in investment
Read More »Borderlands 3’s Paul Sage: ‘Shorter cycles are something I really love as a developer’
Gearbox’s creative director Paul Sage tells MCV@gamescom about the benefits of not waiting too long between your reveal and your release, and talks about the opportunities brought by the likes of Stadia and Epic Games Store
Read More »CD Projekt Red on living up to expectations with Cyberpunk 2077: ‘We are feeling under pressure’
Cyberpunk 2077’s producer Richard Borzymowski talks to MCV@gamescom about CD Projekt Red’s approach to dealing with players’ anticipation and how developers should remain wary of promising too much
Read More »IP sales weren’t enough to prevent Starbreeze from recording pre-tax loss in Q2 2019
"My number one priority and focus is securing the long-term financing for the company"
Read More »Microsoft’s ‘global celebration of everything Xbox’ X019 event is coming to London
Expect "a world-class Xbox experience"
Read More »New distributor 4Side launches to handle Activision Blizzard’s physical distribution in Italy
Distributor 4Side was just created following an MBO by the team that led Activision Blizzard’s former Italian subsidiary. It says it’ll be “setting a new standard” in the polarised Italian distribution landscape. MCV@gamescom talks to GM Paolo Chisari
Read More »Gamescom to stay in Cologne – most likely until 2022
Updated: Gamescom will move back in a week for 2020 – 25th to the 29th of August
Read More »Apply now for the EGX Student Game Jam
Deadline closes September 15th
Read More »Cloud saving rolls out to 15 additional games on the Epic Games Store
The feature has had to be disabled for Hyper Light Drifter players, though
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