This year’s Indielab Games UK-wide Accelerator programme kicked-off to a flying start with a cohort of ten games studios from across the country. The studios taking part for 2024 are: Dragon Scale Studios, Rat Magic Games, Space Colony Studios, Evil Owl Studios, DragonfiAR Limited, Deadhead Games, Neon Wave Studios, Konglomorate Games, …
Read More »[From the industry] Larian Studios announces new Polish studio
Larian Studios, the independent game developer behind critically acclaimed RPG and winner of over 200 Game of the Year awards Baldur’s Gate 3, is about to set up base in one of the greatest RPG development hubs in the world with the launch of a new studio in Warsaw, Poland. …
Read More »[From the Industry] Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles Free Update out now on Steam
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles Free Update out now on Steam Coming soon for Xbox and PlayStation Watford, United Kingdom — May 8, 2024 | Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, released a little over a month ago, is already receiving its first free update. The beginning of a colossal roadmap of updates from creator …
Read More »[From the industry] PTW expands partnership with Imaginarium Studios to open mocap studio at SIDE London
PTW, a leading enterprise games services company that provides technical and creative solutions to numerous developers and studios globally, announced an expansion to its partnership with Imaginarium Studios, opening a cutting-edge motion capture studio at PTW’s SIDE London. Through PTW’s strategic partnership with performance capture and virtual production company Imaginarium Studios, and …
Read More »[From the industry] Five women-led games received an Innovate UK Award
Five women-led games from across the UK have received a national award from Innovate UK
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
Read More »When We Made… Mortal Kombat 1
Ed Boon, Chief Creative Officer at NetherRealm Studios and co-creator of Mortal Kombat, tells Vince Pavey, defender of Earthrealm, how they created a brand-new universe after 30 years. Thankfully, there were no fatalities, although there are plenty in the video game
Read More »Jagex has been acquired by CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments
CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments have acquired Jagex for an undisclosed sum
Read More »When We Made… Fae Farm
Isaac Epp, game director of Fae Farm at Phoenix Labs, tells Vince Pavey about the challenges of infusing the cosy life sim genre with a dash of fairy magic and adventure
Read More »Classyk Games on Liberation, and bringing the flavour of classic British sci-fi to indie space games
After celebrating Doctor Who last issue, how about a game that pays tribute to the full spectrum of bleak and cheerful 20th Century British sci-fi? Australian solo developer Luke Miller tells us all about his Liberation
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