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This year’s 30 Under 30, where we put the spotlight on the best and brightest young talent in the industry that the industry has to offer
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Andrew Byatt and Dominic Wheatley on Evercade’s success and their retail plans for Blaze’s expanding line of retro consoles
The Evercade platform, augmented by the Game Boy-inspired Super Pocket last year, is about to enjoy a refresh to its console and handheld hardware ahead of an arcade-style system, the Evercade Alpha, joining the line-up at the end of the year. The revised systems, the EXP-R and VS-R, will be …
Read More »How Discord is supporting a generation of developers
By Mason Sciotti, Senior Product Manager, Discord The role and input of third-party developers has always been key to the growth and evolution of online platforms. In platforms’ infancy, budding developers build experiences that add value for users and infuse creativity beyond the core product. Harnessing the potential of these …
Read More »Keep calm and carriage on: Dovetail’s Jon Rissik tracks 15 years of train games
We always love an anniversary here at MCV (especially when it gives us the opportunity to mark it with a few tortuous puns) and this month marks fifteen years since Dovetail Games first left the proverbial station. Back then the Chatham-based studio, largely made up of ex-Kuju Entertainment staff – …
Read More »When We Made… Cavern of Dreams
Tyler ‘Bynine’ McMaster, indie artist and game developer, tells Vince Pavey all about the work that went into making his retro platformer dreams into a reality Indie games have paid tribute to classic video game adventures for a long time, although outside of a growing fondness for the boomer shooter, …
Read More »Final Boss: Susan Burns, Head of Studio at Skyhook Games
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we speak to Susan Burns, Head of Studio at Skyhook Games. Skyhook is synonymous with Lawn Mowing Simulator. Tell us something we don’t know about the studio? For those that aren’t aware, Skyhook Games offer full …
Read More »Redefining success in the remote work era, by Joy Cicman Liuzzo, VP of Product Marketing at Stack Overflow
For the third year in a row, the developer community told us that flexibility is the most crucial factor influencing their decision to stay in a job or move elsewhere. As technology businesses fight to retain talent to stay ahead in the GenAI era, the question arises – why are they not prioritising remote work?
Read More »London Connecting – 10 years of Pocket Gamer Connects
Steel Media COO Dave Bradley takes us through the beginnings of Pocket Gamer Connects, the gaming conference continues to break new ground around the world How did the idea for Pocket Gamer Connects come about? The team behind the PocketGamer.com and PocketGamer.biz websites love a good party! That’s how the …
Read More »Q&A: Stefano Petrullo and Torsten Oppermann on Renaissance PR joining the 1SP family, and what creating a ‘superagency’ actually means
Renaissance PR was acquired by 1SP Agency last week. We checked in with both companies to ask some questions about the acquisition, and what it’ll mean for them going forward
Read More »Final Boss: Snow Rui, President and CFO at Hooded Horse
Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we speak to Snow Rui, President and CFO at Hooded Horse
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