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Video host Geoff Keighley has said the controversy surrounding No Man’s Sky has forced a change in how next month’s Game Awards Show will operate. Hello Games’ space title has caused a quite extraordinary amount of controversy online thanks to the disparity between its pre-release marketing and show reels and …
Read More »Compatible Xbox 360 games re-released in Xbox One boxes
Microsoft is making the most of its market-leading backwards compatibility feature by delving into its Xbox 360 back catalogue. As spotted on Reddit, some games (in this instance, Fallout 3 and Doom 3) have been reprinted and put into an Xbox One style box. The cover banner has both the …
Read More »The Gfinity Elite Series gives regular gamers a shot at the big leagues but that’s about all we know
Gfinity has announced the Gfinity Elite Series competition, which will give everyone a chance at competing at the highest level and will offer international competition. While that sounds grand at first, we actually don’t know all that much about the competition. A statement on the event’s website is pretty vague …
Read More »The Gfinity Elite Series gives regular gamers a shot at the big leagues but that’s about all we know
Gfinity has announced the Gfinity Elite Series competition, which will give everyone a chance at competing at the highest level and will offer international competition. While that sounds grand at first, we actually don’t know all that much about the competition. A statement on the event’s website is pretty vague …
Read More »eSports Industry Awards – Twitch stream now open
The inaugural eSports Industry Awards is almost upon us, with the show taking place on Monday night from 7pm. Make sure you don’t miss out on the evening’s events by signing up to at the Twitch channel right away. You can favourite the event and get Twitch to notify you …
Read More »Version management – innovative studios explain why it is so critical to successful game development
Sven Erik Knop of Perforce Software asks game studios their best practices in managing the versions of their projects
Read More »Save the date: MCV Awards return next March
Time to dust off your finery and get your dancing shoes ready. The MCV Awards are returning for 2017 to recognise the best and brightest the UK games industry has to offer. The UK games market’s most prestigious awards show will return on Thursday, March 9th at The Brewery in …
Read More »UK physical games market down 50% year-on-year
Last week, the UK boxed games market was down by more than 50 per cent year-on-year. According to GfK figures, the sales period for the week ending Saturday, November 12th 2016 saw 651,637 games sold, a 52 per cent dip when compared with the week ending Saturday, November 14th 2015. …
Read More »Niantic, Twitch, Koch Media and Take-Two headline this week’s MCV
This week, we talk to the firm behind the Pokmon Go phenomenon. Having struck gold with the title, Niantic tells MCV about putting AR on the map and its plans for the mobile blockbuster. Elsewhere, Twitch discusses convention coverage, streaming from within VR and even social eating. We also talk …
Read More »Talespin leaves dominant EnVyUs Overwatch team
Ronnie "Talespin" DuPree has left the Team EnVyUs Overwatch squad saying I wasn’t happy being on the team.” Talespin has left the team with immediate effect, meaning the squad need to find a replacement fairly quickly in order to compete in their upcoming OGN Overwatch APEX match on Monday over …
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