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A brand new conference will be held this November that will examine the opportunities and challenges facing every spectrum of the games industry in the UK and beyond. Organised by MCV parent NewBay Media, the Future Games Summit will take place and London’s Millennium Mayfair Hotel and runs from Wednesday, …
Read More »The Best Goals From Rocket League’s Championship Finals
To call it a showdown is understating it a bit. The first Rocket League Championship Series finals took place over the weekend, and it was a battle of the best – the most notorious names in Rocket League – as NA faced off against EU. The road to the grand …
Read More »The casually triumphant pageantry of The International 6
Yesterday, Valve kicked off the first day of The International 2016 main event with an opening ceremony that was somehow both flamboyant and low-key. A large but unimposing figure in the shape of Gabe Newell, the company’s co-founder and managing director, strutted sheepishly onto the stage while Dota 2‘s theme …
Read More »Games Media Awards Past Winners: Simon Parkin’s 2015 Double-Whammy
As we head towards the tenth Games Media Awards on October 11th, we continue our retrospective of past winners. Today we speak to Simon Parkin, who picked up two awards last year – being named as Features Writer and Mainstream Voice. How did you first get into the games media? …
Read More »The Rocket League Championship Series was esports for everyone
Esports often miss out on the feats of physical grace that make for great SportsCenter clips, or, at least, giffable moments. With great punt returns or rim-shaking slam dunks, there’s no need for a nuanced understanding of football or basketball to gawp. Only on rare occasions are esports so immediately …
Read More »We talk to Johan ‘N0tail’ Sundstein ahead of TI6
Every Dota fan knows who Johan ‘N0tail’ Sundstein, two time Major winner and lynchpin of OG, is. But do you really know him? Ahead of TI6 in Seattle we sat down for a quickfire interview with the Dane, part cerebral, part scattershot, to try and get inside the mind of …
Read More »Opinion: Challenger Series distorted by LCS team selling
Established in 2014, the Riot Games League Challenger Series was meant to be the proving ground for amateur players who were skilled enough to compete at the highest level in League of Legends, the League Championship Series (LCS). While for the past two years the series has shined light on …
Read More »‘League of Legends,’ chores and Red Bull: Life in an esports training house
Josh Carr-Hummerston, 21, calls himself the "mum" of five grown men. He and his so-called sons are holed up in a rather empty apartment in the harbourside suburb of Pyrmont in Sydney, Australia. There’s a lovely view of some yachts from the balcony, but this group has more indoor tastes. …
Read More »Games Media Awards Past Winners: Kate Gray, Rising Star 2015
As we head towards the GMA 2016 Awards on October 10th, MCV looks back on some of the key highlights that have taken place over the past 10 years. Here we speak to Kate Gray, who picked up the Rising Star award in 2015. How did you first get into …
Read More »Why You Should Be Watching Killer Instinct eSports
Putting out a fighting game as an Xbox One exclusive in the current market climate – i.e the one where you need a PlayStation to play Street Fighter on console – isn’t going to end particularly well for your game, and that’s exactly how Killer Instinct suffers. Read more on …
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