MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Earlier this week MCV held its first ever Games Retail 2020 conference at BAFTA – a day-long event looking at the future of selling video games. Here are the 12 things we discovered… 1.Boxed games really are not going anywhere In a talk filled with data, Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch …
Read More »Meet the top 50 innovators in mobile games and apps next week
A special event hosted by MCV sister site Mobile Entertainment showcases top UK mobile content and technology firms Mobile Entertainment’s Top 50 Mobile Innovators project is now in its fourth year, continuing the mission to discover the best of British talent from the business of mobile apps and games. The …
Read More »30 jobs lost at Mind Candy
Moshi Monsters outfit Mind Candy has laid off 30 staff. TechCrunchclaims the company is now down to just over 100 staff following a round of redundancies last week as it shifts to a mobile focus.The studio had employed as many as 200 people in 2012. Mind Candy founder Michael Acton …
Read More »Analysis: Pokémon appears on iPad. It’s super effective
The Pokmon Company is bringing its PC trading card game to iPad. SuperData CEO Joost van Dreunen explains why it’s a positive move Following the confirmation that Pokmon: The Trading Card Game (TCG) would be released on the iPad, Nintendo’s share price rose four per cent. After a period of …
Read More »INSIGHT: The rise of consoles as media hubs
James Brown, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, examines the rising importance of consoles as media hubs and casts an eye toward the role they may one day play in the entertainment sector… When the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, admitted just ahead of this year’s E3 that the company …
Read More »Samsung Gear VR ‘superior to first-gen Oculus’, Climax claims
Samsung’s recently unveiled Gear VR headset offers an experience superior to the first generation Oculus Rift, according to Climax’s technical director. The VR tech is the result of a partnership with Samsung and Oculus, and is powered by the technology developed by the now Facebook-owned company. Since its unveiling, a …
Read More »Minecraft owner Mojang is a perfect fit for Microsoft’s ambitions
IHS games analyst Piers Harding-Rolls discusses Microsoft’s reported bid for Minecraft owner Mojang. Microsoft’s heavily rumoured intention to buy Minecraft developer and owner Mojang may come as a surprise to the game’s more fervent fans, but it is rooted in commercial, if not cultural, sense. The news robustly dismisses the …
Read More »INSIGHT: How smaller businesses can thrive in the new games industry
Former Call of Duty marketing director Ian McClellan, who now operates his own agency Plug and Play,offers his advice on coping with the transition of the games industry In the entertainment industry, there are always current buzz-words. They help keep us focused in an industry that is an ocean of …
Read More »SimBin goes bankrupt, re-opens as new studio
Swedish developer SimBin Studios has gone bankrupt, former COO Christopher Speed has toldDevelop. He said the company had decided to go through a re-structuring process and the easiest way to do this was through a bankruptcy”. In total 18 staff were affected. Following the bankruptcy proceedings Speed has formed a …
Read More »Look who’s going to Games Retail 2020 next week
Over 50 different companies are sending delegates to next week’s Games Retail 2020, MCV’s brand new event dedicated to the future of selling games. The full list of represented companies in the room on Tuesday, September 16th’s day long conference can be found below. Games Retail 2020 delves into a …
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