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Read More »MCV Awards 2017: In pictures
Pictures from last night’s 2017 MCV Awards arenow available to view online. Whether you were unable to attend or simply want a reminder of how last night went, a full album of images are now online. We’ve included a few pictures below, and there is a full album onFacebook which …
Read More »Hello Games announces Hello Labs to support indie game projects
No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has announced a new program designed to help fund and support indie projects from other studios. VentureBeat reports that Hello Labs will focus on procedurally generated titles – a method it employed to create the huge galaxy that featured in No Man’s Sky. For …
Read More »Pepsi’s Brisk sponsors the Rocket League Championship Series
Psyonix has announced that Pepsi Co’s Brisk brand has joined the Rocket League Championship Series as a sponsor. Brisk becomes a sponsor for Season 3 of the Rocket League Championship Series and according to a cryptic post from the developers “has a lot more exciting news for Rocket League fans …
Read More »Castle named as new Amazon Game Studios head
Amazon Game Studios has named its new head – Westwood Studios co-founder Louis Castle. Castle will be a familiar name to RTS fans, having created the Command & Conquer series. We remained at Westwood after it was acquired by EA in the late ‘90s, heading up what became EA Blueprint. …
Read More »Carmack strikes back in Oculus-Zenimax legal merry-go-round
Id Software co-founder and Oculus Rift co-designer John Carmack is suing ZeniMax for allegedly missing payments. The legal situation between ZeniMax and Oculus is torrid, to say the last. ZeniMax was awarded $500m in damages last month over a trade-secrets breach, but has since gone on to try and halt …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Ukie names new head of public affairs
Tim Scott joins from London First, Games London gains Calvin and Thursten departs Future Publishing. Ukie appoints new head of public affairs Tim Scott has been revealed as the new head of public affairs at video games trade body Ukie. Part of Scott’s role will see him work with figures in …
Read More »Strong launch for Switch, but stock must continue to flow, says retail
The Nintendo Switch is finally out in the wild and retailers are reporting an excellent first weekend for the platform holder’s new console despite some stores experiencing delivery issues and low stock levels. Speaking to MCV, execs at UK stores said their stock was quickly diminished during the Switch’s first …
Read More »PS4 tops US hardware charts in February
As of next month, things might get more interesting, but for the time being Sony’s US console hardware run continues. NPD data shows that PS4 was once again the best-selling console in the US in February, VentureBeat reports. The Xbox One experienced a resurgence in 2016, for a while overturning …
Read More »Retro threatens BBC as Indiegogo halts Spectrum ZX Vega+ funding
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has halted further pledges for the Spectrum ZX Vega+ device. It has also emerged that the company behind the device, Retro Computers, threatened the BBC in an attempt to keep the organisation from reporting on the issue. The Vega+, which smashed its funding targets by reaching a …
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