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Read More »Oulu Rising – The Oulu Games Campus and the recovery of the Finland’s post-Nokia tech economy
Pasi Jokinen, headmaster of the Oulu Games Campus, speaks to Sean Cleaver about the rejuvenation of Oulu as a hub for the Scandinavian gaming community
Read More »Everything you need to know about the Esports Integrity Coalition
The Esports Integrity Coalition was formed last year with the intention of making sure eSports competitions remain fair and regulated. Since then it has entered multiple partnerships with many eSports companies, along with a lot of betting companies to ensure that issues such as match fixing and doping are eliminated …
Read More »FACEIT partners with YouTube for ECS broadcast deal
YouTube has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to the ECS CS:GO competition. The league, which is run by FACEIT, was previously broadcast on Twitch, however the new deal will see all of the ECS content, including live streams, be broadcast on YouTube. This will allow FACEIT to make use of …
Read More »Yogscast on YouTube vs Twitch and its future as a ‘full-blown media company’
There was a time when The Yogscast was synonymous with World of Warcraft and Minecraft Let’s Play videos. Since then, however, the Bristol-based production firm has grown into a full-blown media company with multiple brands across a variety of digital platforms. Not only does it have a network of over …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Three senior promotions at Sega Europe
Downing, Tafler and Oliver all step up at Sega Europe and Dan Sheridan joins nDreams. Three senior promotions at Sega The European arm of Sega has made three senior promotions to its marketing and brand teams. Anna Downing (pictured right) has been named as Sega Europe’s new marketing director, Rowan …
Read More »Brenda and John Romero to deliver Develop:Brighton keynote
The industry veterans will also receive the Development Legend award at the Develop Awards
Read More »Outlast 2 denied Australian classification
Australia’s classification board has reportedly blocked the release of upcoming horror title Outlast 2 in the region. Kotaku Australia reports that the inclusion of what was perceived to be sexual violence in the game was blamed. As such, its content could not be accommodated by the existing R18+ rating, and …
Read More »Ukie’s market breakdown, MCV Awards 2017 and Mass Effect: Andromeda headline this week’s MCV
Last Thursday, MCV celebrated its fifteenth annual Awards, with 24 accolades recognising the very best in the industry. You can now read all the reactions from the winners and see pictures from the night in this week’s issue. Elsewhere, we partnered with UK trade body Ukie to bring the definitive …
Read More »Sonic Mania delayed, but Sonic Forces announced
What one hand giveth the other taketh away. Sega has revealed at the SXSW event that upcoming 2D platformer Sonic Mania has been delayed from the spring until the summer. Fans of the series may also be pleased to know that the return of Flying Battery Zone, of Sonic 3 …
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