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Joost van Dreunen discusses the growing impact of YouTubers and Twitch streamers, and considers the implications of turning a hobby into a business
Read More »Pokemon Go makes $200m in first month
Niantic’s Pokemon Go has completely blown away the month one performances of mobile’s former giants. That’s according to estimates from Sensor Tower, which estimates that worldwide Pokemon Go revenues passed $200m in the app’s first month of availability. To put that into perspective, that’s way ahead of Clash Royale. Supercell’s …
Read More »The Rocket League Championship Series was esports for everyone
Esports often miss out on the feats of physical grace that make for great SportsCenter clips, or, at least, giffable moments. With great punt returns or rim-shaking slam dunks, there’s no need for a nuanced understanding of football or basketball to gawp. Only on rare occasions are esports so immediately …
Read More »We talk to Johan ‘N0tail’ Sundstein ahead of TI6
Every Dota fan knows who Johan ‘N0tail’ Sundstein, two time Major winner and lynchpin of OG, is. But do you really know him? Ahead of TI6 in Seattle we sat down for a quickfire interview with the Dane, part cerebral, part scattershot, to try and get inside the mind of …
Read More »Opinion: Challenger Series distorted by LCS team selling
Established in 2014, the Riot Games League Challenger Series was meant to be the proving ground for amateur players who were skilled enough to compete at the highest level in League of Legends, the League Championship Series (LCS). While for the past two years the series has shined light on …
Read More »‘League of Legends,’ chores and Red Bull: Life in an esports training house
Josh Carr-Hummerston, 21, calls himself the "mum" of five grown men. He and his so-called sons are holed up in a rather empty apartment in the harbourside suburb of Pyrmont in Sydney, Australia. There’s a lovely view of some yachts from the balcony, but this group has more indoor tastes. …
Read More »Average university has fewer than two VR headsets for games students
However, hundreds of universities want to teach virtual reality to budding games designers
Read More »Q&A: Escape Gaming’s qojqva on playing the TI6 wild card tournament and lower bracket hopes
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 …
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