"Games have a social responsibility. We’re responsible for a lot of screen time in people’s lives so to not hold yourself accountable for the impact they have on people’s lives is not longer an option," Lucy Kyriakidou said during her Develop:Brighton talk
Read More »Microsoft opens its UK flagship store
Tech firm also announced £1m grant to train "some of the most disadvantaged young people"
Read More »Creating Erica: how Flavourworks wants to modernise FMV games and break development conventions
With Erica, Flavourworks is challenging games dev as creative director Jack Attridge reckons studios have been “developing games in a bubble” – he shared his perspective at Develop:Brighton this week
Read More »Why devs should work with agents: ‘A good agent will help you tell the difference between a snake and a ladder’
Dlala Studios grew from five guys in a garage to 20+ staff in an office in Essex after the studio decided to work with an agent
Read More »Mental health org states ‘we still have much to learn’ about mental health issues in games industry
Paper "explores the experiences of video game developers"
Read More »Here are this year’s Develop:Star Awards winners
"What a night"
Read More »What is Google looking for from its 4,000 would-be Stadia developers?
Google today revealed that over 4,000 games companies had applied for access to Stadia via its Stadia.dev site. Sam Corcoran, a technical account manager for Stadia, noted the figure in a broad talk on the progress of its fledgling Stadia platform at the Develop:Brighton conference. With all those games companies …
Read More »New studio Vela Games is promising ‘to transform multiplayer co-op games’
Dublin-based studio launched publicly at Develop:Brighton today with 'player-first' outlook
Read More »Hi-Rez Studios opens new UK studio, Red Beard Games
The company confirms two more new studios are also planned
Read More »Yogscast drops Matthew ‘Caffcast’ Meredith amid sexual harassment allegations
"He is no longer part of the Yogscast collective"
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