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Internet giant Yahoo has admitted that around one billion accounts were likely compromised in a 2013 data breach. You may be thinking that you’ve read this story before. Yahoo confirmed a few months ago that around half a billion accounts were hacked in 2014, but it looks – astonishingly – …
Read More »Real Betis joins VFO eSports league
Spanish football club Real Betis has signed three FIFA team captains in order to build a team for the upcoming VFO eSports league. The league features three 11v11 competitions, one for PS4, one for PC and one for Xbox One. Betis has signed Antonio “Tasteya” Coto to lead the PS4 …
Read More »Bigben has acquired the Test Drive brand
The Test Drive racing series has a new home. Bigben Interactive has announced that it has acquired the IP from Atari, with the intention being to develop new games in the Test Drive Unlimited series. Atari has retained the rights to sell existing games in the franchise. Bigben currently has …
Read More »Yakuza 6 debuts at No.1 in Japan, Final Fantasy XV drops 90%
Yakuza 6 has gone straight in at No.1 in Japan this week, according to data from Famitsu. The PS4 exclusive isn’t due in Europe until 2018, but Sega’s highly anticipated open world game sold 201,211 units in its first week. Naturally, PS4 hardware sales continued its lead from last week, …
Read More »Nintendo Switch won’t be as powerful as the PS4, report claims
The graphics on Nintendo’s Switch won’t be as good as even those found on the now three-year-old PS4. That’s according to VentureBeat, which reports that two sources have told it that Switch will be built using Nvidia’s last-generation Maxwell architecture and not its new Pascal design, as the latter is …
Read More »MCV’s Review of the Year – Part 2: Games of 2016
Here’s our take on the big events in the games industry this year. There were some very big releases this year; though some weren’t quite as big as hoped for. As we’ve discussed that ad nauseam in recent weeks, we’ll have no more talk of that here. We’ve picked out …
Read More »Dexerto launching UK eSports academies
eSports news site Dexerto has partnered with SCL, a company that provides sport education in the UK, to launch eSports academies in the UK. The academies will be for 16 to 18 year olds, and will offer them the chance to earn a BTEC Level 3 qualification, which is the …
Read More »MCV Insider’s Guide: Skillsearch
Skillsearch’s head of business development Guy DeRosa discusses the increasing demand for VR and AR professionals. Tell us about your company. Skillsearch is one of Europe’s largest recruitment agencies working within the games industry. We’re also known as the organisers of the annual charity bash Play@Develop, and have become best …
Read More »3D eSports livestreaming platform raises $3.5m
Boom.TV has attracted investment totally $3.5m to launch a livestreaming platform that allows users to view eSports action from any angle they choose. VentureBeat reports that the tech streams a 3D construction of the game in real time. Viewers can then watch the action from whatever angle they choose. It’s …
Read More »Pokemon Go arrives in India
Niantic’s world conquering Pokemon Go has now arrived in the world’s second most populated country. As of today, trainers living in India and other South Asian countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh can download Pokemon Go and explore their neighbourhoods in search of Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle …
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