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Read More »Are we charging enough for indie games? Find out in this week’s MCV
This week, we ask leading publishers in the indie sector if it’s too late to start charging more for indie games. Uncharted 4 lead designer Ricky Cambier also discusses the end of the franchise and QA and localisation firms talk about virtual reality. We also catch up with Bandai Namco’s …
Read More »Jo Twist guest stars in second MCV & Develop Podcast
Episode available now, discusses the state of UK games development and more
Read More »What’s going wrong with UK games development? Find out in this week’s MCV
Following the issues facing UK studios Lionhead, Evolution and FreeStyle, we ask development leaders about the future of development in this country. We also speak to Square Enix’s Justin Gaffney about the return of Final Fantasy, after the firm announced three games, a movie, and much more. Meanwhile, Stardew Valley …
Read More »Women In Games Awards: The Finalists
The finalists of this year’s Women in Games Awards have been announced, with almost 50 individuals in the running for the accolades presented by MCV and WIGJ. The news comes following the announcement of the Top 30 Women in Games earlier this week, with all of the winners and finalists …
Read More »Revolution, Playtonic and Edge Case to discuss crowd-funding at special Interface panel next month
Leading games developers will discuss how to make the most of crowd-funding at an opening keynote panel at Interface next month. The panel will include industry veteran Charles Cecil, who took his Broken Sword series to Kickstarter in 2012 and made over 770,000. Playtonic’s Andy Robinson will also join the …
Read More »Women in Games Awards: The Top 30 revealed
The Top 30 Women in Games are today announced, with the spotlight being shone on the most influential and inspirational female professionals from across the whole of the UK industry. The Top 30 – voted for by a panel of leading industry executives will be honoured at an awards ceremony …
Read More »KISS hunting for games to sign at Interface this May
Publisher will be one of several companies keen to meet developers in London next month
Read More »Check out our exclusive interviews with Remedy, TinyBuild and GAME in this week’s MCV
In this week’s MCV, we offer a complete guide to London Games Festival plus interviews with TinyBuild, GAME and Remedy. GAME boss Martyn Gibbs discusses the firm’s challenging 2015, TinyBuild muses on piracy as its latest game is illegally downloaded 1.6m times, while Remedy chats about its latest blockbuster Quantum …
Read More »Former PlayStation dev David Ranyard warns over VR ‘anti-climax’
Former PlayStation VR veteran Dr David Ranyard says that the excitement around VR is ‘slightly over-heated’. Speaking during the MCV and Develop Podcast, Ranyard, who has worked at Sony London on a string of VR projects and has just set-up his own VR studio, believes that some companies might find …
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