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Read More »Discover how Virtual Reality can transform retail at Games Retail 2020
Virtual reality is not just an exciting product to stock, but it could even transform how people shop. Technology specialists Figure Digital have been experimenting with this, even teaming up with Tesco to create a virtual store. And this will form part of a 20 minute discussion by the firm’s …
Read More »Don’t forget, MCV’s Video Games Peripherals Buyers Guide out next week
MCV’s guide of the biggest accessories, merchandise and peripherals heading to market this Christmas is out in two weeks. And deadline for inclusion is Monday. So if you’re interested, get in touch. Our Video Games Peripherals Buyers Guide is a new supplement that launches September 19th, bundled with MCV and …
Read More »MCV launches Video Games Peripherals Buyers Guide this month
MCV is putting together a guide of the biggest accessories, merchandise and peripherals heading to market this Christmas. Our Video Games Peripherals Buyers Guide is a new supplement that launches September 19th, bundled with MCV and distributed at events including Games Retail 2020. It will look at the latest products …
Read More »DC Thomson investing £500,000 in new games magazine launch
A new games magazine will launch in a month’s time from the company behind the Beano, MCV can reveal. DC Thomson will launch 110% Gaming on October 15th and has invested 500,000 on the launch, with support from EA, Sony and Warner Bros already secured. It’s a new monthly games …
Read More »RuneScape and Eve Online suffer DDoS attacks
A series of sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks across a number of games including including MMOs RuneScape and Eve Online have caused widespread server disruption for players. RuneScape developer Jagex posted on the game’s forum warning users not to participate in dangerous/high-risk content such as PvP or high level PvM”, …
Read More »Gumi opens four new Western studios
Japanese mobile gaming developer and publisher Gumi has opened four new studios in Europe and the US. The new offices are based in Austin, Stockholm, Kiev and Vancouver, the latter of which is staffed by ex-Capcom staff. A further office will also be opened in San Francisco focusing on business …
Read More »INSIGHT: The rebirth of simulation games
Dovetail Games’ director of brand Doug McConkey on how today’s technology is driving the simulation genre forward. It’s been a busy year here at Dovetail Games. We spent the first half of the year quietly growing our development team as we prepared to announce that we were going to be …
Read More »INSIGHT: Iceberg Interactive’s Gamescom showing
PC specialist Iceberg Interactive went to Gamescom with some exciting games. Sales director Howard Newmark tells us more. What did you bring to Gamescom this year? The Iceberg Team had a significant presence at GamesCom this year, once again taking up a sizeable part of the Holland Pavilion. We showed …
Read More »Develop Quiz heads to Newcastle
Are you smarter than Eutechnyx? Brainier than Reflections? More intelligent than Epic Games UK? Then sign up for the first ever Newcastle edition of The Develop Quiz, which will be held in just three weeks. The evening will see local studios competing in a heated (but friendly) competition of tricky …
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