MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Nvidia has added some important new functionality to its GeForce Experience software. Streamers will be delighted to hear that desktop capture has been added to ShadowPlay. Previously the software would only stream live video of compatible titles, but now users can stream whatever is being displayed on their screen, opening …
Read More »Crytek UK unveils Homefront: The Revolution as first game since acquisition
Sequel set to be released in 2015 on Xbox One, PS4, PC, Mac and Linux
Read More »PC losing gaming time share as tablets boom, report claims
Growing tablet and mobile game has taken a big chunk out of the PC games sector, a new study has claimed. The Nielsen 360 Gaming Report says that in 2012 PC games accounted for 39 per cent of the total time spent gaming by US gamers aged 13 and over. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 25-31
Watch Dogs has grabbed the top spot on Steam’s top ten weekly sellers chart, with a pair of new Early Access titles also making significant marks on this week’s list. Alpha versions of both The Forest and The Stomping Land (pictured) are apparently selling like hotcakes, as the titles debuted …
Read More »Ubisoft defends Watch Dogs on PC, says patch is incoming
The graphics technical director of Watch Dogs has defended the state of the game on PC and confirmed that it is working on a patch to ease the problems. Watch Dogs can use 3+ GB of RAM on next-gen consoles for graphics,” Sebastien Viard said on Twitter. Your PC GPU …
Read More »Battlefield 3 is currently free on Origin as ongoing Battlefield 4 support is pledged
EA is giving away Battlefield 3 for free to PC gamers. The publisher is making a habit of offering free titles to Origin users, having previously made the likes of Dead Space and Plants vs Zombies free to download. Battlefield 3 will remain free until June 4th. There’s also some …
Read More »AMD: Nvidia’s Gameworks ‘represents a clear and present threat to gamers’
Games that integrate Nvidia’s Gameworks development tools are being deliberately restricted on AMD graphics cards, the latter has claimed. Titles such as Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV and Batman: Arkham Origins have all taken advantage of Gameworks and as a result, AMD’s Robert Hallock told a Forbes contributor, performed disproportionately …
Read More »Has the indie bubble burst on PC?
As swathes of new games hit Steam, we ask developers on the frontlines what the future holds and how to survive
Read More ȣ2399.99 GTX Titan Z arrives at UK retail
If you have a lot of money and really, really need the absolute best GPU available, today is your lucky day. Nvidia has announced that the GTX Titan Z is now available in the UK. The price? You’re not going to like this – it’s around 2399.99, give or take …
Read More »Sacred 3 release moved up to early August as pre-orders open
Keen Games’ action RPG Sacred 3 will launch three weeks ahead of its originally announced release date, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The game had previously been scheduled to arrive on August 26th on PS3, but will now launch on August 5th on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Pre-orders in …
Read More »