MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Amazon has spilt the launch date beans on Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect- exclusive title Fable: The Journey. The online retailer has listed an October 9th release on Lionhead’s fifth title for the franchise. Fable: The Journey has players riding with a horse and cart around the roads of Albion, deciding whether …
Read More »Nintendo hires new Senior VP to boost digital focus
Nintendo has bolstered its online focus today with the hiring of Duncan Orrell-Jones to the company’s newly created Senior VP of Network Business position. Effective July 1st, Orrell-Jones will look to develop and implement Nintendo of America’s digital strategy for Wii U and 3DS. Orrell-Jones will be working out of …
Read More »Institute of Play’s GLASS Lab aims to engage students with games
Non-profit video game organization Institute of Play has unveiled theGames, Learning and AssessmentLab, a new design center that will research and develop compelling games in an effort to engage students. Announced today during the Aspen Ideas Festival, GLASSlab also aims to provide data on students’ comprehension of core skills needed …
Read More »Valve’s Source Filmmaker beta now available
Valve has announced the beta release of its own movie creation tool to the general public. The Source Filmmaker has been used by the company to create in-house films such as Team Fortress 2’s ‘Meet the Team’ series. The Source Filmmaker can make a movie out of any game running …
Read More »Rovio: Casual gamers use word of mouth, don’t read reviews
In the casual games market word of mouth trumps reviews, so says Rovio. Speaking at Gamelab in Barcelona, Rovio’s VP of mergers and acquisitions Teemu Huuhtanen stated that while coverage of casual titles is important, most successful titles benefit in a far greater way from word of mouth. Huuhtanen explained …
Read More »Plenty of future Mass Effect 3 DLC planned
BioWare has made it loud and clear Mass Effect 3’s Extended Cut will not be the last piece of DLC for the title, not by a longshot. Mass Effect 3 producer Mike Gamble utilized his twitteraccount to tease what’s in store for the game concerning add-ons in the future. "Would …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut on PS3 in Europe delayed by a week
Mass Effect 3’s Extended Cut DLC will not arrive when expected for PS3 owners in Europe. The PS3 version of the free content will now arrive for Europe regions next week, on July 4th reports CVG. The add-on expands on the endings of Mass Effect 3 through additional scenes and …
Read More »Zynga shares drop following Unleashed announcements
Investors didn’t like the noise coming out of the Zynga Unleashed press event, as the social game company’s share prices fell by thirty cents to close the day. Shares closed at $5.77 cents after a daily high of $6.35. Zynga had been steadily regaining ground lost in a series of …
Read More »ZYNGA: Real-time multiplayer out for Bubble Safari, other games soon
Zynga has announced the introduction of real-time multiplayer to its games through its platform. The new feature kicks off today, having already been added to title Bubble Sufari. Starting up a game lets players enter a live match with four other friends and/or strangers. Each match runs for 90 seconds, …
Read More »ZYNGA: Mafia Wars 2 ‘a disappointment’, ‘learning experience’
Zynga’s CEO Mark Pincus has revealed his thoughts on Mafia Wars 2, admitting that the game disappointed and lacked on a ‘fun, core, playable’ level. Pincus shared his assessment on the sequel to the multiplayer social network hit in an interview with Yahoo. Last year "Mafia Wars 2" was a …
Read More »