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As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Mainstream Retailer category Amazon Big news for Amazon came late last year when SCE UK boss Fergal Gara quit the format holder to take up the …
Read More »The REAL Russian games industry
You’re wrong about Russia. We might be jumping to conclusions, but you probably think of Russia as a games market ruled by PC, with Counter-Strike and World of Tanks the most popular titles and piracy flowing as freely as vodka. That may have been accurate once, but Russia has since …
Read More »Examiner Exclusive: Evolve Labs’ Adam Sellke talks eSports
National Video Games Examiner chats with Evolve Labs Founder Adam Sellke, who discusses the impact ofeSportson pop culture and what the future holds for the continually growing platform and its hopes to hit a more mainstream audience. The founder/ co-founder of several startups (Surtsey, Madoi, Ripshark, Tunebloom, Evolve Labs and …
Read More »MCV’s 2016 Salary Survey: How much are you worth?
This year’s Salary Survey highlights how little has changed in games industry pay packets – despite a rise in the number of independent businesses. 29,000 was this year’s UK average salary, which is the exact same number as last year, and broadly in line with the previous two (2014: 30,400 …
Read More »ESports Market Ecosystem MapJanuary 2016
This year kicked off with a bang. Vulcun announced theend of paid fantasyon their platform. Discord, a social platform for gamers, raised a$20 millionround. There was also continued investment in the tournament and league space, with FaceIt announcing a$15 million Series A round. See the infographic after the jump for …
Read More »When eSports and the real world collide
Last summer, a Bundesliga football team from a small German town in Lower Saxony made signing history. Among the other high profile signings toVfL Wolfsburg FCduring a turbulent off-season transfer window, was a name completely unknown to pundits; Benedikt ‘SaLz0r’ Saltzer. Saltzer was not a rookie, fresh from the academies, …
Read More »Team EnVyUs picks up Overwatch’s best team
The bestOverwatchteam in the world will now fly the banner of a major esports organization. Team EnVyUshassignedHubris, the team that won six of seven tournaments during the first phase of last year’sOverwatchclosed beta. The lineup features a roster with experience in a wide variety of PC shooter titles, winning events …
Read More »Could it go all the way? A look at Madden and esports
On Tuesday, Curtis Martin donned a Denver Broncos uniform alongside Marshawn Lynch and Greg Olsen, and faced off against a Carson Palmer-led Pittsburgh Steelers. It didn’t take long before Martin benefited from the halfback toss, sowing disarray into a defense that took a wild trip to pancake city. The scenario …
Read More »The postive impact of Valve’s Majors format on the Dota 2 esports scene
2015 saw unprecedented growth throughout the year for the Dota 2 competitive scene, and all of it culminated in a record-breaking $18.4 million prize pool at The International 5, the world championships for Dota 2. By winning TI5, Evil Geniuses collected more than $6.6 million of the prize money. With …
Read More »Wolfsburg breaking new ground in the virtual world
Wolfsburg completed several attention-grabbing transfers last summer, underlining their ambition to establish the club at the pinnacle of German football. Among those putting pen to paper were former Brazilian international Dante from Bayern Munich, Germany striker Max Kruse from Borussia Monchengladbach and Schalke’s world champion Julian Draxler. Yet amid all …
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