MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Mortal Kombat X – the next effort in NetherRealm’s fighting franchise – will launch next April on multiple platforms, publisher Warner Bros. Interactive has announced. The upcoming title was unveiled earlier this summer, first by a retail listing that leaked and later through official confirmation from the studio and publisher. …
Read More »PopCap co-founder John Vechey departs company
John Vechey is leaving PopCap after nearly 15 years with the studio, parent company EA has announced. A post on EA’s site shares a memo to employees in which both EA Mobile president Frank Gibeau and Vechey himself address the departure. "Many of you know me as the energetic, happy-go-lucky …
Read More »Slitherine acquires strategy games studio Shenandoah
UK-based war and strategy games publisher Slithernine Group has acquired US-based developer Shenandoah Studio for an undisclosed amount. Games Industry reports on the purchase – which will help stabilize Shenandoah financially, while expanding Slitherine’s reach in the war and strategy games market. "Our continued efforts to expand the war games …
Read More »LBP endless runner Run Sackboy! Run! hits Vita, mobile next month
Sony is bringing Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet series to iOS and Android devices next month, in the form of endless runner Run Sackboy! Run! The PlayStation US Blog details the upcoming free-to-play title, which will launch in October on PS Vita in addition to the mobile versions. The title does pack …
Read More »Oculus Rift consumer model to retail in the $200-$400 price range
The cost of the upcoming consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will fall somewhere between $200 and $400, Oculus VR has revealed. Speaking with Eurogamer, Oculus co-founders Nate Mitchell and Palmer Luckey explained that while there are still many variables to determine, the goal is to keep …
Read More »Sega accuses Gearbox as Aliens: Colonial Marine lawsuit gets ugly
Sega of America has filed documents defending itself against false advertising allegations for Aliens: Colonial Marines, pointing to Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford as a major issue throughout the game’s development. Polygon reports on the newly surfaced documents, which reveal emails that reference Pitchford’s habit of taking things into his own …
Read More »Watch Dogs ‘Bad Blood’ DLC lands in September
Upcoming Watch Dogs DLC Pack Bad Blood” will launch later this month, Ubisoft has announced. The 10 missions included in Bad Blood center on hacker Raymond "T-Bone" Kenney as he attempts to assist an old friend in the wake of the events that take place in original game. The add-on …
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online team suffers layoffs
Elder Scrolls Online team Zenimax Online Studios has been hit with a round of layoffs, Bethesda VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines has confirmed. Hines provided an explanation for the redundancies toJoystiq– stating that the level of customer service necessary six months ago when the game launched is no …
Read More »Valve pulls Early Access game The Stomping Land from Steam
Valve has quietly pulled Early Access title The Stomping Land from the Steam store, after months of inactivity surrounding the game’s development. While the $25 in-development game’s store page remains live, the option to purchase it is no longer available. The last update for the game came in June, with …
Read More »Peggle 2 arrives on PS4 in October
Peggle 2 will end its Xbox exclusivity next month when it launches on PlayStation 4, developer PopCap has revealed. A post on Peggle’s official Twitter account shows the game boasting PlayStation 4 box art – which could suggest a physical release is in store, though neither PopCap nor publisher EA …
Read More »