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We catch up with Dovetail Games CEO Paul Jackson and COO Jon Rissik to find out about its recent investment, its plans for the Dovetail Live platform and the state of the simulation market. You recently secured a multi-million pound investment from UK finance house Alcuin Capital Partners. What do …
Read More »Everything you need to know about the PS4 Pro, 4K and HDR is in this week’s MCV
The PlayStation 4 Pro headlinesthis week’sMCV. We give you all the details on Sony’s new machine, which launches today, as well as everything you need to know about 4K and HDR tech. We also talk to the Ubisoft’s UK team about about its expectations for Watch Dogs 2 and what …
Read More »Obsidian on its new RPG Tyranny
In Tyranny, you don’t fight the bad guys – you are the bad guys. Yes, you can choose the ‘evil’ option in many RPGs but you still follow the same core quest as someone trying to right all the wrongs in the world. Obsidian’s new IP Tyranny is just the …
Read More »Why LawBreakers ditched free-to-play
2016 has been the year of many things. It’s when virtual reality took off; when Pokmon Go briefly changed how society functioned and when video game films suddenly became ‘a thing’ once more. But it’s also been the year where the team shooter genre took off again. Perhaps inspired by …
Read More »How G2A plans to win over the industry
Despite what CEO Bartosz Skwarczek tells MCV when we sit down for our interview, the last twelve months have not been overly positive for codes marketplace G2A. In October 2015, League of Legends maker Riot asked teams sponsored by the retailer to remove its branding from their shirts and merchandise. …
Read More »Number of games getting UK tax relief more than doubles
167 games have been given the nod for Video Games Tax Relief in the year ending September 2016. That’s 117 per cent up on the previous year. UKIE added that the total UK/EEA spend on these projects hit 253.1m – that’s a 686 per cent year-on-year increase. The budget for …
Read More »Opinion: UK eSports is booming but mustn’t forget its grassroots
ESL UK co-managing director James Dean discusses what lessons we can learn from the past failures of eSports in the UK and why it’s important not to forget them. 2016 has been a massive year for eSports. With TV production companies all over the world finally committing to coverage, eSports …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Develop hires new editor
Jem Alexander joins from Riot Games,HTC hires new community manager and Yogscast bolsters Xbox On. Develop appoints new editor MCV’s sister title Develop has appointed Jem Alexander (pictured, right) as editor, joining from Riot Games. He spent nine months at the studio as an eSports writer and has recently worked …
Read More »MCV has moved to London
Your favourite games industry trade publication has moved from the countryside of Hertfordshire to London. MCV is now based in NewBay Media’s London office at the Emerson Building, near London Bridge, after the closure of the Hertford office. This follows the hiring of journalism veteran Seth Barton as the publication’s …
Read More »Opinion: A bigger pie, not just a bigger share
As the battle between this year’s big shooters shifts into its final phase, we can be certain it’ll be one war or another dominating the charts this Christmas – no change there. It’s not surprising then that the industry is still painted in terms of a battle between deadly rivals. …
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