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Following on from Part 1 of MCV Pacific’s interview with Tim Willits, creative director of RAGE at id Software, Tim discusses player agency, animations and the future of games. How does id reconcile the promise of an open(ish) world and the freedom that brings to a player with the desire …
Read More »Sonic running for charity
SEGA has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog himself will be running for charity in the 2011 Rebel Sport Run4Fun challenge on 6th November. All money raised from the annual charity event will be donated to the Sydney Children’s Foundation, which is the main fundraising body for the Sydney Children’s Hospital …
Read More »EA’s Visceral Melbourne studio closes
Yet more sad news for the Australian game development community, as EA’s Visceral Melbourne studio closes its doors. A couple of tweets came through over the weekend from the Independent Game Developer’s Association Melbourne which suggested its fate would be decided on Monday. EA has officially confirmed the closure of …
Read More »GMA 2011 FINALISTS: Best Games Magazine
There are just over five weeks to go until the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an …
Read More »EA: ‘Retail is still relevant to digital market’
EA may be investing heavily in digital businesses, but that doesn’t mean retail will be left out. It’s a familiar message, but one reiterated by EA Europe head Jens Uwe Intat during an interview with MCV – and it’s all the more relevant in a year where EA bought casual …
Read More »iOS and Android apps total 1m
Should Tim Cook and Larry Page be getting together to clink glasses of champagne this week? Admittedly, it’s an unlikely prospect, but the CEOs of Apple and Google do have a joint milestone to celebrate. According to app-tracking startup Appsfire, more than one million apps have now been released across …
Read More »Videogame crowdfunding service Alphafunding announced
PC digital distribution service Desura has launched Alphafunding, a crowdsourcing mechanism for funding indie game development projects. Alphafunding looks to formalise the process of supporting games which are in their early development phases by allowing people to become ongoing beta and alpha testers of games they support for the cost …
Read More »New Aussie mag JumpButton launches
Drew Taylor has launched issue #0 of JumpButton, a new Australian magazine which focuses on the art and substance of videogame culture. JumpButton originally released in Australia several years ago for a brief run, but has been reborn with a new 64-page launch issue using MagCloud, a service which prints …
Read More »IGN backs London Games Conference 2011
Media giant IGN has signed up as gold sponsor for the London Games Conference. The November 10th event brings together 300 games industry execs to hear from innovative businesses and opinion formers in the digital games space.Keynotes this year come from GameStop and Valve, with Eidos life president Ian Livingstone, …
Read More »OPINION: Fergal Gara & SCE UK; Dead Island’s success; GameCity prize
Over THE past few weeks we’ve reported on managerial role changes at Microsoft, Activision, HMV, Disney and Comet. But the biggest move we broke on MCVuk.com last week: the appointment of top Asda man Fergal Gara as new chief of SCE UK.He’s signed up for a closely-watched gig. Only weeks …
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