MPG Becomes an Official AWS Partner: Inside Our End-to-End Game Backend & Beyond
MPG Becomes an Official AWS Partner: Inside Our End-to-End Game Backend & Beyond Games aren’t just about spectacular visuals or immersive storytelling – what happens behind the scenes is often just as pivotal to a title’s success. Multiplayer connectivity, real-time data handling, and cost-conscious infrastructure all ride on the strength of backend engineering. To get […]
Building World-Class Talent at MPG
Building World-Class Talent at MPG How AWS Accreditation and Ongoing L&D Fuel Our Success At The Multiplayer Group (MPG), we don’t just build games – we build people. While we’re known for delivering top-tier co-development support across engineering, art, design, and live ops, our commitment to Learning & Development (L&D) runs just as deep. It’s […]
MPG joins the Keywords Studio Group
MPG joins the Keywords Studio Group In December 2023, The Multiplayer Group joined Keywords Studios Group – The international provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the global video games and entertainment industries. In the words of our CEO, Andy Norman – “MPG has found success in the multiplayer space through passion, expertise, and customer-driven […]
2022 Industry Trends: Our post-mission log
2022 Industry Trends: Our post-mission log At MPG, we don’t just create games, we also analyse them. Our Analytics team are constantly scouring the market to bring our partners the latest insights of the gaming industry. With 2022 officially over, let’s wrap up the interesting trends we spotted last year. It started off so well… […]
MPG’s New Partnership with Grassroots Football
MPG’s New Partnership with Grassroots Football Supporting Local Communities The Multiplayer Group is made up of amazing, talented people from around the world. Despite being spread across the globe, a big part of what makes us special is our sense of community, and our ability – in fact it’s a privilege – to be able […]
Embracing Diversity Series: Ryan Shah
Embracing Diversity Series: Ryan Shah Our power-up of choice? Diversity. At The Multiplayer Group, gaming unites us. But we’re all very different. Diversity makes us who we are and gives us the edge. It’s well known that companies with broader representation within their team have increased levels of innovation, but we think it takes us […]
Using Steam reviews to estimate player numbers – an intuitive method
Using Steam reviews to estimate player numbers – an intuitive method Are Steam reviews a precise indicator of player numbers or rough rule of thumb? Key Insights – Number of reviews strongly correlates with number of players. – Release date, price and review score can help refine player predictions. – In 2019 changes made within […]
Fall Guys Summer Update!
Fall Guys update The Beans just keep on truckin’! Fall Guys Case Study → MPG has been super busy helping the Mediatonic Team bring Fall Guys to a whole new group of people, with a whole load of new features. June 2022 saw the Free to Play release of Fall Guys across a number of […]
PlayStation Plus: Can PlayStation triumph over the Xbox Game Pass?
PlayStation Plus: Can PlayStation triumph over the Xbox Game Pass? This is a unknown image key findings Xbox Game Pass has seen significant subscriber growth since 2020. Total Players increases massively when a game moves to Game Pass User Acquisition is still relevant even when a game has already been on Xbox Game Pass. Day […]
MPG raises £2,738 for Special Effect
MPG raises £2,738 for Special Effect So, 3 £500ish cars, 3 teams of 4, UK to France and back again – what could possibly go wrong? This week, I took part in the Twin Towns 2020 (+2) challenge, along with 11 other colleagues from MPG! So what is Twin Towns? It’s a charity car rally […]
