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Publisher Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops III was the top-selling title of 2015 worldwide. In a blog post by communications manager Scott Lowe, the firm also revealed that thefranchise to date has reached more than 250 million units. The post also announced that the series was …
Read More »How I learned to love the Bomb
Over the last few years, there’s been a trend of video game veterans going indie. From Peter Molyneux to Fiona Sperry, past Cliff Bleszinski to Michel Ancel, we’ve seen a number of people who could walk into any job, go back to basics. And it’s not just creators, but business …
Read More »Dev tax break loan firm Altara hands out £1.5m
UK company provided loans of £70,000 to over £500,000 during first six months
Read More »‘Twitch Plays’ gets its own slot on streaming video service
Remember ‘Twitch plays Pokemon’? Now finding similar experiences is getting a whole lot easier with the addition of a new directory to the site. The Twitch plays Pokemon phenomenon caused site-wide problems for Twitch last year as tens of thousands of viewers took part in a collaborative effort to complete …
Read More »iOS shipments overtook Windows last year as PC shipments suffer record decline
There were more Apple iOS devices than Windows devices shipped in 2015. It’s the first time ever that iOS has outsold Windows in a calendar year, according to Asymco, with 290m iOS devices (as well as 10m Macs) shipped versus 275m Windows machines. That latter number was down from 300m …
Read More »OpTic Gaming signs ‘six-figure’ book deal with Harper Collins
OpTic Gaming, one of the most popular eSports brands, has signed a book deal with publishers Harper Collins reportedly worth ‘six figures’. The book, titled ‘OpTic Gaming: The Making of eSports Champions’ is set to release on April 26 for $17.99 in Paperback or $12.99 as an e-book. The team …
Read More »Titan shuts down when sponsors back out after CS:GO hacking scandal
Titan, one of the most well-known new multi-discipline eSports franchises of the last two years has shuttered its doors. The team, which began with a Malaysian Dota team who placed in the top 10 at Valve’s The International in 2013, expanded to cover Quake, CS:GO and most recently, Smite. However, …
Read More »E4 and Netflix partner for series about virtual worlds
A TV series that partly takes place in a virtual world has been green lit as a co-production between E4 and Netflix. Called Kiss Me First, it will debut on E4 in the UK before being rolled out in all other territories via Netflix (where it will not be available …
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 …
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