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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 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 …
Read More »How PlayStation conquered Europe
"Three weeks after they bought my company, Sony introduced me to a busted photocopier with chips hanging out of it, and said: ‘This is the PlayStation’” Ian Hetherington was the boss of Psygnosis – the developer/publisher that Sony acquired in 1993. And his first impression of Sony’s new console was …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015 Finalists: Radio/Podcast Team (Independent)
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 independent radio/podcast category. Bit Socket Some people will tell you that the Bit Socket boys talk about Yakuza all the time, but really …
Read More »Meet MCV’s 30 Under 30 2015
MCV reveals the 30 brightest and most talented people under the age of 30 currently working in games retail, community management, publishing, events, marketing, PR and journalism 30 Under 30 is sponsored by recruitment firm OPM. Ami LangtonPR and Marketing Manager, All 4 Games Age: 28 Langton’s career started back …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015 Finalists: Video Team
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 Video Team category. Most have provided the words themselves: VideoGamerTV VideoGamerTV is nonsense. Made up of a group of morons whose one purpose …
Read More »Former Criterion heads are making a Burnout successor
A successor to one of gaming’s most missed series is at last on the way. Three Fields Entertainment, which was founded by former Criterion bosses Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry last year, has teased a Burnout successor via Twitter. Two things. Our first game is a multiplayer sports game. Coming …
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