In-Depth

Location-based operators are now the frontline of VR adoption. We speak to one such operator, Centre VR in Bournemouth, about its learnings from running VR games day-in, day-out on the south coast

Over 3,000 of the games industry will travel to the vibrant south coast city for Develop:Brighton this month. For this second regional spotlight, we talk to a handful of the games businesses that call the city home

Media Molecule tells us about Dreams' development journey, making sit-on-the-sofa-friendly tools, curating its growing community, the challenges and benefits of potential monetisation, VR and being amazed by what its players can do

We talk to Gamescom organisers to check what to expect from the 2019 edition, including the brand new opening night live with Geoff Keighley

We take a look behind the scenes at the development of Sea of Thieves. Rare’s senior designer Shelley Preston explains that it wasn’t always intended to be a pirate game and how to build a game that is as watchable and shareable as it is playable

From accessibility to art pipelines, studio management to charting on Steam, production tips to diversity, stage magic to prototyping, character design to public perception, pitching to audio systems...

We talk to Supermassive CEO Pete Samuels about how to deal with crunch when you plan to release a game every six months and how Until Dawn impacted The Dark Pictures Anthology

"What is acceptable, appropriate and enjoyable can vastly vary depending on players’ cultural identity."

We talk to the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019 judges about the issues facing women in the games industry, from imposter syndrome to the lack of promotions, gender pay gap and more, and ask them what games firms can do better. Spoiler alert: they can do a lot

It’s been ten years since the first Angry Birds game catapulted Rovio to success and the brand is having a resurgent 2019. We speak to CEO Kati Levoranta and new EVP of games Alex Pelletier-Normand