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Belgian football club RSC Anderlecht has announced its intention to sign a FIFA player. The club will hold an open trial on April 29th and 30th, with up to 256 player taking part. Those that do well will be invited to annual RSCA fan day where the final round of …
Read More »Sony to cease PlayStation Now support for everything but the PS4 and PC
Won't somebody think of the PS Vita?
Read More »Twitch users spent 292bn minutes watching streamers in 2016, Overwatch most watched new game
Twitch has released its interactive 2016 Year in Review, revealing that users spent 292bn minutes watching Twitch last year, and that Blizzard’s Overwatch was the most-watched new game of 2016. To put that in more quantifiable terms, that’s 4.86bn hours, or 555,555 years. Twitch’s favourite shooter overall remained Counter Strike: …
Read More »Supercell on the hunt for acquisitions as Clash Royale surpasses $1bn
Tencent-owned Finnish mobile powerhouse Supercell is reportedly on the lookout for purchases. That’s according to the Financial Times story, in which the the firm’s CEO Ilkka Paananen said that it was ‘no secret’ that the company was looking to get involved with other studios. It’s no secret we have been …
Read More »Microsoft’s E3 press conference dated for Sunday June 11th
Microsoft has dated its E3 2017 press conference for Sunday June 11th at 2pm PT (that’s 10pm in the UK) and it will be taking place at the Galen Center in LA. That’s a day earlier than Microsoft’s usual E3 slot, as the company traditionally holds its E3 presser on …
Read More »Amazon Games appoints John Smedley to run new third studio
Industry veteran John Smedley has been appointed to run Amazon Games’ brand new studio in San Diego – the third one in the US for the retail giant. The EverQuest creator has run Sony Online Entertainment (then renamed Daybreak Game Company when Sony sold the company to Columbus Nova) for …
Read More »Sony discontinuing PS Now on all platforms save PS4 and PC
Sony is discontinuing its PlayStation Now streaming service on all platforms except the PS4 and PC. Starting from August 15th 2017, users will no longer be able to access the service on their PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation TV, or any Sony Bravia TV, Sony Blu-ray player, or Samsung TV. …
Read More »Finishing the saga: Stoic on bringing Banner Saga 3 back to Kickstarter
Banner Saga is back on Kickstarter for the third and final entry in Stoic’s epic turn-based strategy series. MCV catches up with technical director John Watson (pictured) to find out why the studio’s returned to crowdfunding and what lessons it’s learned over the last five years. Stoic’s Banner Saga was …
Read More »UPDATED: Snake Pass slithers onto Nintendo Switch on March 29th
UPDATED: Sumo Digital has confirmed that Snake Pass will be launching on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 29th in the UK, a day later than in the US. The game will also support Sony’s PS4 Pro at launch with enhanced, HDR visuals, a higher resolution …
Read More »Valve talk about “arms race” with CS:GO cheat makers
The fight against cheaters continues
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