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As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the games critic category. Alex Dale Games criticism has changed in the (counts on fingers, lets out a gulp) ten years since I started …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015 Finalists: Features Writer
As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the features writer category. Steve Hogarty Do you know that test they used to do on witches where they dunk them in the water? …
Read More »PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight will go back on sale later this month
The long-awaited return of Batman: Arkham Knight on PC should occur this month. As many of you know, we released a major patch for Batman: Arkham Knight PC a few weeks ago,” Warner Bros has said. While there were significant performance improvements made to the game, the teams are continuing …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015 Finalists: News Writer
As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the news writer category. Rob Crossley Rob Crossley joined GameSpot’s London team in September 2014 and six months later was promoted to the role …
Read More »Rocket League attracts over 750,000 players a day
Gap between number of PlayStation 4 and PC users narrowing
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015 Finalists: Editorial Team of the Year (Print)
As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the in-house radio/podcast category. Official Xbox Magazine Official Xbox Magazine is very much the Master Chief of print media: it exterminates Xbox ignorance with …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015 Finalists: Editorial Team of the Year (Online)
As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the online editorial team of the year category. PCGamer.com PCGamer.com provides its nine million monthly visitors with top-class coverage of the world of PC …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate will have microtransactions
Ubisoft assures users all of the game's content is available without additional payments
Read More »Activision says it’s working to improve Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 is released in the UK today, but widespread technical issues have marred its launch. Activision has already had to justify the game’s whopping 7.7GB day one patch. Not only is the download bigger than the game itself, but those unable to access it are locked …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015 Finalists: Radio/Podcast team (In-house)
As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the in-house radio/podcast category. The Pocket Gamer Podcast With well over 300 episodes under their belt, The Pocket Gamer Podcast is the longest-running (and …
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