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Hallo Deutschland, Hello Vancouver
ello, dear reader! It doesn’t feel like long at all since I last wrote one of these, as we’ve had to do a bit of a speedrun to get this issue to the printer in time for it to be mailed around the world to be distributed at both gamescom in Cologne, Germany, and the
XDS External Development Summit in Vancouver, Canada. I won’t lie, it has been a bit of a hectic time, as all of this has also coincided with the MCV
Women in Games Awards event planning, nominations and shortlisting, but I promise you that this issue of the magazine (and our upcoming awards show that celebrates women in our industry) are both just as good, if not better than ever.
If you’re interested in sponsoring the MCV Women in Games ceremony in America Square (this issue is sounding very international) you should reach out to Vanessa Joyce as soon as possible, as she’s very good and you won’t want to miss your chance to reach out before every package has been sold already.
enjoyable, and that you’ll not only be back for the next issue, but will consider subscribing. As usual I’m on a mission to make MCV/DEVELOP contain not just interesting stories, but practical takeaways, insight and useful information that you can put into action for yourselves going forward. I think we’ve succeeded, but you’ll have to let me know.
at Second Cup, as he works very hard, and will have travelled very far) but I will be at gamescom. I have booked a lot of meetings, so I won’t have much free time, but do try and say hello if you see me running the marathon distances from hall to hall. I’ll do my best to stop and chat when I can.
Vince Pavey
vince.pavey@
biz-media.co.uk @
limeyotoko.bsky.social
THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE
Paul Sulyok Green Man Gaming’s Paul Sulyok thinks a lot of you could get more revenue from third party game sales, and has shared his thoughts on how and why
Anita Wong Our regular columnist Anita doesn’t want you to die at gamescom, and has written you a handy survival guide so that there are no unexpected incidents
Elliot Callighan Elliot from Unlock Audio and some of his team have provided a selection of pre-production advice on how to make the sound in your game the best it can be
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