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It isn’t easy being a wild card team. Just a few games can mean the difference between walking away from The International with over $100,000 in guaranteed prize money or none at all. Thankfully for Max qojqva” Brcker of Escape Gaming, his team was triumphant over compLexity and Execration, and …
Read More »Pokemon Go has been banned in Iran
Iran has become the first country to issue a nation-wide ban on Pokmon Go, after it was ruled that the popular app presents a ‘security’ risk. As reported by theBBC, the High Council of Virtual Spaces government body, which controls activity and content permitted online, decided to completely outlaw Niantic’s …
Read More »Games Media Awards Past Winners: Kate Gray, Rising Star 2015
As we head towards the GMA 2016 Awards on October 10th, MCV looks back on some of the key highlights that have taken place over the past 10 years. Here we speak to Kate Gray, who picked up the Rising Star award in 2015. How did you first get into …
Read More »No Man’s Sky probably won’t arrive on Steam until Friday evening
It’s finally here. In the US, anyway. One of the most hyped and anticipated games of recent times releases on PS4 in the US today (August 9th). It arrives in the UK tomorrow (August 10th). But PC gamers will have to wait a few more days for their fix. After …
Read More »Vlambeer dev explains why day one patches are a modern necessity
Folk are en masse bemoaning the huge day one patch that will bring with it a wipe of No Man’s Sky’s servers, but launch patches are a side-effect of the modern console games industry. That’s according to Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail, who has in a lengthy blog post explained the structures …
Read More »Yes, Capcom’s Deep Down is still a thing
Capcom’s mysterious free-to-play action outing Deep Down still appears to be in the works after a trademark extension was filed in the US. VG247 reports that this is the fifth trademark extension Capcom has filed for the game, with the publisher this time requesting a six-month extension. Could this possibly …
Read More »The International 6’s prize pool passes $20 million just as the main event starts
The prize pool for The International 6 has passed the $20,000,000 mark just hours before the main event is due to start. At the time of writing the prize pool sits at $20,063,190, thanks to 25% of certain in game item purchases being added to the prize pool. This makes …
Read More »That’s it for the 2TB Xbox One S, report suggests
Microsoft won’t be releasing any more stock of the 2TB Xbox One S, it has been claimed. The high-capacity version of Microsoft’s slimmed-down console went on sale last week, but stock quickly dried up, leading to prices rocketing from third party sellers online. Now Eurogamer reports that Microsoft supposedly has …
Read More »Report claims PlayStation Neo reveal scheduled for September
Sony is planning to officially detail the PlayStation Neo at a New York Event on September 7th, if reports are to be believed. French site Gameblog is carrying the date. It points out that the PS4 was also revealed in New York, and also mentions rumours of a possible Nintendo …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V returns to UK No.1 spot 151 weeks after launch
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V is once again the best-selling game in the UK, more than 150 weeks after its launch. The last time the crime blockbuster was No.1 was in March 2015. The title saw a sales increase of 31 per cent week-on-week, with sales incredibly tight between second …
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