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On Tuesday morning, a day after the Philadelphia 76ers announced that they were buying two esports teams, Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber and Washington Wizards and Capitals owner Ted Leonsis announced they were forming aXiomatic and would be the new owners of esports franchise Team Liquid, which employs more …
Read More »Four Teams Set to Surprise at Worlds
Group stages encourage extreme thinking. On one hand there are top seeds that are most likely to advance at Worlds and contend for the championship, and on the other hand there are likely losers. Some teams appear to be there to get beat up by better teams that actually have …
Read More »ESL on their first live FGC event: ‘New York…doesn’t get the same amount of attention from tournament organizers as the West Coast does’
The Brooklyn Beatdown will be ESL’s first Street Fighter LAN event, and the long-standing esports production company is leaning on the community to make sure it runs smoothly. When it comes to their live events, ESL is traditionally known for large-scale, closed tournaments. But when it came to working with …
Read More »Ubisoft offering Canadian indies $50,000 funding and uPlay publishing deal
Contest aims to help grow region’s indie scene, devs will retain full rights and revenues from their games
Read More »Unreal expectations: Why engines face a greater technical challenge than ever
Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney talks about the firm’s efforts to blend the virtual world and reality, how indies can be built into businesses
Read More »Interview: what Ubisoft learnt from Watch Dogs to improve its sequel
When Watch Dogs arrived in May 2014, it was the biggest IP launch of all time. From the moment it was unveiled at E3 2012, it had an almost unobtainable level of hype and expectation surrounding it. Ubisoft ended up releasing an excellent action game, but it wasn’t quite enough …
Read More »Supercell acquires 51% of Frogmind for $7.8m
Clash Royale dev embarks on long-term partnership with studio behind the Badland series
Read More »NBA team the Philadelphia 76ers has purchased Team Dignitas and Team Apex
The Philadelphia 76ers have acquired controlling stakes in both Team Dignitas and Team Apex and have merged the two organisations together. This new super organisation will function under the Team Dignitas name, and will feature all of the remaining teams currently under contract with both teams. This includes the Apex …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Green Man Gaming hires new EVP of marketing
M&S and Nike vet joins online retailer, OXM’s Castle to run Xbox UK’s YouTube channel and a new head of business development at Heaven Media. New EVP of marketing at Green Man Gaming The online retailer has announced the hire of its new marketing boss. Murray Beckett (pictured, right) joins …
Read More »Windows 10 passes 400m installations
Microsoft is celebrating a big milestone for the latest iteration of its world-conquering operating system. Windows 10 is now installed on over 400m systems worldwide. It has hit this number in 14 months. That’s a fair bit quicker than Windows 7, which took over 20 months to reach the same …
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