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American eSports organisation Cloud9 has managed to raise $2.8 million in investments over the last couple of weeks. The news was discovered by theScore eSports when they found a document filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from the Cloud9 organization that detailed the influx of cash. The news …
Read More »‘Black Friday is the worst thing to happen to retail’
The Black Friday sales event has had a deeply negative effect on games retail. That’s according to sources speaking to MCV, who say that the period is ‘the worst thing’ to happen to shops. Retailers say that Black Friday is a major factor in the UK software market being down, …
Read More »Ubisoft, Google Daydream VR and Atlus headline this week’s MCV
This week, we talk to Ubisoft’s Anne Blondel, who tells us why Week One sales are not as important as they were before. Ubisoft’s game director Arnaud Ragot and brand manager Ollie Coe also speak about Steep and how it’s resurrecting the winter sports genre. This week, we also detail …
Read More »Ubisoft: Launch sales important but not critical
After some disappointing figures at retail across numerous big-name releases in recent weeks, the industry has been wondering if a big change is afoot in consumer behaviour. Ubisoft doesn’t seem overly worried, though, taking a more long-term view instead. Speaking to MCV this week, Anne Blondel, VP of live operations …
Read More »eSports Pro launches – for all your daily eSports needs
We’re proud to announce that our new sister site eSports Pro has launched – we’re confident it will become your favourite information source site for all things eSports. eSports Pro will be publishing news, views and analysis on the world’s most exciting place to work and play. Here on MCV …
Read More »Watch the eSports Industry Awards at your leisure on Twitch
The live stream of the first ever eSports Industry Awards is now available to watch on demand on Twitch Originally broadcast on Wednesday November 23rd the star-studded show is now available on The eSports Industry Awards Twitch channel, which can be seen at the bottom of this page. After the …
Read More »Sony could announce first ForwardWorks mobile titles on December 7
According to tweet from Wall Street Journal journalist
Read More »What’s next for Pokémon Go? Niantic on its blockbuster year
To say that Niantic’s first year as an independent company was special would be massively underselling it. In October 2015, the firm spun itself out from tech giant Google, where it had been run as one of the company’s start-ups. The following July, Niantic released Pokmon Go. The title brought …
Read More »Germany’s Red Faction ban to be lifted after 13 years
THQ shooter Red Faction will this year be available in Germany for the first time since its release in 2001. Red Faction was originally placed on Germany’s ‘index’ of potentially harmful media in 2003 due to its then graphic 3D depiction of violence. Even a resubmitted version, stripped of all …
Read More »Oculus Rift Xbox One streaming arrives next week
Xbox One owners will very shortly be able to play their games in a virtual environment via the Oculus Rift. On December 12th a free Oculus app will be released that will allow owners to access their entire Xbox One library. Note that this does not make the games VR …
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