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Update: Since the publication of this story, Square Enix Collective has contacted MCV to clarify Elliott’s remarks. His statement can be found below. Original story: The head of Square Enix’s Collective indie initiative Phil Elliott has said that the industry should do more to help the cream of the indie …
Read More »Team Liquid signs Civilization player and will run Civ tournaments
Team Liquid has announced its entry into the competitive Civilization world by signing Stephen "MrGameTheory" Takowsky and announcing a new Civ VI tournament. Liquid is now the first major eSports team with a Civilization VI player, and boy did they get a good one. Stephen "MrGameTheory" Takowsky is one of …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Argentina
Argentina is the third biggest market in Latin America with $409m (333m) in revenues, behind Brazil ($1.3bn) and Mexico ($1.1bn), Newzoo reports. In 2016, Latin America only represented four per cent of the global games market, with revenues reaching $4.1bn (3.3bn), but it was also the fastest growing market in …
Read More »Nintendo cuts profit forecasts after $50m loss last quarter
Nintendo has cut its profit forecasts for the financial year after its second quarter earnings release showed that the company lost around $50 million over the last few months. The release showed that Nintendo’s revenue for the quarter was around $1.32 billion, which was down 33% compared to the same …
Read More »BBC release Gold Rush Game Maker
Drag and drop adventure game maker challenges teens to get into game development
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Games and music stalwart Roberts joins Bastion
Former MCV and Music Week writer and publisher named associate director, andVideoGamer boosts editorial team. Bastion hires Dave Roberts The PR outlet has appointed Dave Roberts (pictured, right) former publisher of Music Week, as associate director. Joe Breckenridge (pictured, far right) has also been brought on board as an intern. …
Read More »Apple profits fall for the first time in 15 years
Apple has announced that its annual sales and profits have fallen for the first time in the last 15 years. Apple’s financial report stated that sales of its devices totaled $215.6bn, which is a drop of around 8% when compared to last year’s $233.7bn of sales. Unsurprisingly this drop in …
Read More »Keywords Studios acquire Player Research in £1.3m deal
£700,000 in cash and 65,000 shares in the deal bringing the Brighton-based outfit to Keywords' empire
Read More »Tarsier Studios: ‘Little Nightmares isn’t a triple-A game’
One of the most talked-about projects at this year’s Gamescom was Tarsier Studios’ Little Nightmares. The title had previously been announced under the title Hunger, but at the Cologne show it was revealed under a new name with Bandai Namco handling publishing duties. Little Nightmares is described by its developer …
Read More »Bethesda will not send out early review copies for any of its games
Bethesda has announced that it will no longer send out review copies to members of the press early, with copies only being sent out a day before release. The announcement mentioned that the company tried this new system with Doom earlier in the year, and was very happy with the …
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