Looking to make a big career switch? We reach out to workers from across the industry who have taken some sudden left turns in their careers for their advice
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We talk to Dan Salvato and Serenity Forge about the challenges of releasing a premium version of a free game, and the introduction of content warnings to Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Read More »“I’m not running away from Xbox. I’m running towards a new experience, a new challenge.” – Thunderful Games’ Agostino Simonetta
Indie champion Agostino Simonetta is moving on from seven years at ID@Xbox to Swedish publisher Thunderful Games. We tap into his immense insight into the publishing market.
Read More »[ICYMI] Uplift Games: Roblox’s 60m user smash-hit Adopt Me! has a new parent
With 60m users Adopt Me! is the gaming titan you might (still) not have heard of. Now the team behind it is taking on a new identity as Uplift Games – a globally-distributed mix of Roblox natives and industry veterans, all set to help define the metaverse
Read More »No previews, no wishlists, no hype – How Inkle made a splash with their surprise release, Overboard!
No pre-release hype, no trailers, no Steam wishlists and only a handful of review codes sent to outlets – The inside story of Inkle's surprise hit, Overboard!
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For their debut game, Darewise is going beyond early access to embrace open development. MCV/DEVELOP looks at the opportunities and challenges presented by being as transparent as possible with your nascent community.
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Improbable CEO Herman Narula talks to MCV/DEVELOP about its recent 2,000 player event and how it’s grown to a multi-service provider with 950 staff
Read More »Take-Two Interactive acquires Top Eleven developer Nordeus: “I think the future is really bright in the games industry in Serbia”
“We were blown away by the quality of engineering science and game design talent that we found in Belgrade, and in Serbia more broadly"
Read More »“The guiding light is to be the publisher that we would dream for us to have” – Behind the scenes at Playtonic Friends
"We're trying to get ourselves and other developers into the position where all the metrics of success, all the ingredients for success are fully in your own control and no one else can derail or deviate your plans.”
Read More »#StopAsianHate: “Marginalised people carry a weight with them every day. A weight of experience, of expectation and of hypervisibility”
"When the pandemic began, early links were made to China as the potential source of the outbreak. ... this has become a new source of senseless anti-Asian hatred with very clear impact particularly in the western world, where Asian people live as part of minority communities across Europe, Oceania and the Americas."
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