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Read More »Now (not) Twitch Plays Hearthstone
It’s played Pokemon, Super Mario and Tetris. Now the internet hivemind is trying its hand at Blizzard’s card battle Hearthstone. Hearthmind isn’t actually a Twitch Plays venture as it doesn’t use the streaming service. But it’s very much in the vein of, tasking a group of gamers with collectively playing …
Read More »Omni VR treadmill creators get $3m investment
Virtuix has announced it has completed a $3m round of seed invesement for its successful Kickstarter VR treadmill project, Omni. Games Industry reports the company announced today that the funding is being led by Tekton Ventures and Maveron, with contributions coming from Scentan Ventures, Radical Investments, Scout Ventures, StartCaps Ventures, …
Read More »Anime sensation Youkai Watch holds Final Fantasy XIV from No.1 in Japan
Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV debuted at No.2 in this week’s Japanese chart, the latest Famitsu data reveals. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn sold over 39,000 units, but fell short of 3DS exclusive Youkai Watch, which topped the chart with 49,000 sales. Published by Professor Layton maker LevelFive, Youkai …
Read More »Twitch opens London HQ
Games video giant Twitch has finally opened a full European base on Carnaby Street in London. It comes as Twitch tells MCV it has doubled its UK traffic to 2m unique users over the last 12 months. The company’s new ten-man European team includes former GameSpot account director Michael Thomas, …
Read More »IGN sponsors New Game Brand prize at MCV Awards 2014
Media giant IGN is the latest big name to sign up for this year’s MCV awards. The firm is sponsoring the New Game Brand award. Those in the running for the award include DayZ, Disney Infinity, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Rust, Starbound and The Last of Us. "IGN prides itself …
Read More »MP Ed Vaizey hails UKIE after tax breaks success
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey says UKIE deserves credit for securing tax breaks for UK games developers. The MP’s comments came in response to a question about a press release from rival trade body TIGA, which took credit for securing the tax breaks. Tax relief for UK games developers were confirmed …
Read More »Curse gets behind MCV Awards 2014
Online games portal Curse has signed up as a partner for this year’s MCV Awards. Curse joins the long list of partners for this year’s event, which takes place on April 10th at the London Lancaster Hotel and will be hosted by Channel 4 presenter and stand-up comedian Adam Hills. …
Read More »New venue for Golden Joysticks 2014
The 2014 Golden Joystick Awards will take place at a new venue, MCV can reveal. The event will be held at the London Indig02 on Friday, October 24th, with the aftershow party to take place at the Brooklyn Bowl, also in the O2 arena. Future says the party will include …
Read More »PS4 up for grabs in GamesAid Grand National Sweepstake
Industry charity GamesAid is giving one generous soul the chance to win a PlayStation 4. In celebration of this year’s horse spectacular, anyone who donates 10 to GamesAid (details below) will be eligible for the competition. Entrants will then need to email their name to david.walker@live.co.uk to be considered. Horses …
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