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US video games trade body the Entertainment Software Association has criticised the market data released by research firm NPD. The company’s data for the US games market in 2015 indicated that the industry was flat year-on-year, but the ESA says this depiction of the sector is not accurate. This is …
Read More »New Year, New Job: Making the move from journalism to marketing
In the late ’90s and ’00s, Geraint Evans worked at Future on brands such as GamesMaster. Now he is head of marketing of publisher PQube. Here he shares how he made the transition from journalism to PR and marketing I started working in the game industry in 1999 at Future …
Read More »Smash Sisters Unite at Genesis 3
Smash Bros. is a game that has broken down barriers for years. At any given Smash tournament, it’s not uncommon to see people of all ages, races, and backgrounds competing together.As Chillin once saidat the end of The Smash Brothers documentary, it brings people together that otherwise would not have …
Read More »CS:GO documentary in the works at Sky to show the pros and cons of eSports betting
A ripple went through the CS:GO community earlier today when a post went up on Reddit asking for experiences in gambling for a new documentary Sky were producing. The usual fears were assumed: a hit-piece of sorts towards the game, using the small percentages of the community that can’t control …
Read More »ESL Announces Plans For Its Own Televised Esports Broadcasts
The battle in esports for the airwaves is hotting up, with veteran organisers ESL announcing plans to extend the televised reach of their tournaments over the next 12 months. The news was contained in ESL’s plans for this year’s Pro League, which has gotten a 50% increase in the overall …
Read More »No Evil Geniuses at ESL One Manila
As the much awaitedESL One Maniladraws near, former The International 5 (TI5) champions, Evil Geniuses (EG) announced that they will not participate in the tournament. Their team captain, Peter ppd” Dager, posted on his Twitter that they declined the invitation to compete in the fist ESL One tournament at the …
Read More »New Year, New Job: How to get a video producer role
Kate Gray has written for ONM and OXM, been the UK face of Microsoft’s Xbox On YouTube channel and now works as a video producer at GameSpot UK. Not only that, she picked up the GMAs 2015Rising Star award.Here she tells us how she landed her current role What is …
Read More »New Year, New Job kicks off on MCVuk.com
MCV is starting 2016 with a month of articles dedicated to giving you the best advice on getting a job in the industry, climbing up the ladder or moving roles. Across both MCVuk.com and the weekly print MCV magazine, we will be running regular Q&As speaking to people from around …
Read More »Cineplex launches national video game tournament to capitalise on eSports trend
Cineplex has launched its first national video game tournament in hopes of capitalizing on the growing popularity of competitive gaming to help fill seats at its countrywide chain of theatres. The company’s foray into gaming tournaments is aimed at a younger demographic being pulled away from movie theatres by mobile …
Read More »DreamHack announces $250,000 Masters tournament series
DreamHack have announced two $250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments for 2016 under the name DreamHack Masters. The events will join the Swedish Modern Times Group-owned company’s five other Open events throughout the year, and bring the total prizepool for CS:GO at DreamHack events in 2016 up to $1m. The first …
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