MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
With the hugely anticipated The Avengers almost here, Disney has released Marvel: Avengers Alliance for Facebook today. The game is an incredibly deep and expansive look into the Marvel universe, and has the potential to be a major player in the current cavalcade of Facebook games coming from top tier …
Read More »Eutechnyx hires new worldwide publishing head
Frogster founder Dirk Weyel to establish publishing operations for Auto Club Revolution
Read More »Publishing refuelled
We speak to Brett Seyler on why he left Unity to start dev-centric publisher Kerosene
Read More »Schafer: Publishers don’t fear Kickstarter
Publishers 'aren't shaken' by $2m Double Fine Kickstarter campaign
Read More »THQ rumoured to close Japan publishing arm
THQ is set to close its Japan publishing arm at the end of this month, according to reports. These suggest the decision was made to close the office after the recent well-documented financial troubles of its parent company, based in North America. THQ recently axed 240 staff, with CEO Brian …
Read More »D3P nabs DreamWorks games licence
D3Publisher has acquired the rights to publish games based on DreamWorks movie IPs, following THQ’s retreat from the sector. As part of the deal, D3P will develop and publish games based on upcoming DreamWorks films Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (due June), Rise of the Guardians (holiday 2012) and The …
Read More »Tiga: UK must escape ‘no IP, no royalty’ trap
Digital platforms allow devs to circumvent publisher contracts entirely, says O'Luanaigh
Read More »‘Pre-owned sales tactics are pushing devs to digital’
CLOUD GAMING EUROPE: Gaikai CEO says high street schemes make download business even more attractive
Read More »Future sells New York office for £1.9m
The music-centred New York Music office of Future Publishing has been acquired by NewBay Media. The division posted a loss of 3.8m in the year ending September 30th 2011. NewBay operates dozens of websites, magazines and events. That leaves the media giant with just its games-focused San Francisco operation on …
Read More »Nintendo prepping Wii U e-reader service?
The Wii U’s semi-portable tablet controller could become the central focus of a new content service offering from Nintendo, according to online reports. As well as being linked with – surprise surprise – a push to get iOS games ported onto the device, Forget The Box has been lead to …
Read More »