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The new competitive mode in Overwatch went live just a few days ago, and everyone’s grinding for their golden guns. The mode uses a new Skill Rating metric to rank players, with higher ratings earning more points towards buying special cosmetic rewards at the end of the season. The Rating, …
Read More »Friendlies: Bear, the Bear Necessity of Smash 4
Smash 4 has been a curiosity in the world of fighting games. By all measures, Smash 4 should be an eSports success story. Viewership numbers are strong, and tournaments of all sizes garner impressive numbers of participants. But despite all of that, Smash 4 hasn’t garnered the public acclaim from …
Read More »Examining Call of Duty World League’s controversial decisions
Following yet another battle plagued with lag, OpTic Gaming fell to Luminosity 3-1 on Tuesday, June 28. Denied a replay by an admin, Damon "Karma" Barlow and Ian "Crimsix" Porter had enough, taking to social media to express their frustrations. Read more on ESPN >>>
Read More »Twitch’s Amber Dalton: The industry wants – and needs – people that are passionate
Amber Dalton is the Director of Sales, Global Events at Twitch. A pro gamer, named as one of the Game Industry’s 100 Most Influential Women” by Next Generation Business, she has been working at Twitch since 2011 – at first as director of Marketing & Events and since 2015 at …
Read More »Titan Souls and Frozen Synapse creators among second wave of UK Games Fund recipients
UK government will provide creators with grants of up to £50,000 to support the development of projects and growth of studios
Read More »UK indie VooFoo announces move into self-publishing
Studio recently appointed ex-Disney and Bandai Namco staffer Sean Walsh as marketing and PR manager
Read More »OlliOlli studio Roll7 signs with 505 Games for new ‘much bigger’ project
The next title from OlliOlli and Not a Hero developer Roll7 will be launching with the help of 505 Games, MCV can reveal. Details are scarce about this upcoming project save that it is an online multiplayer experience. The indie studio says that this new game is a departure from …
Read More »Evolve is going free-to-play on PC
The speculation was correct – online shooter Evolve is dropping its upfront price on PC. A F2P beta is due to go live today, with the idea being to test server loads and experiment with new ideas on what sounds like could be the long path to full release. Those …
Read More »Fnatic’s flusha on G2: "I can’t say I consider them a top team"
In just a few hours Fnatic will face off against G2 eSports at ESL One Cologne, and one of Fnatic’s star players, Robin "flusha" Rnnquist, had some harsh words on his opponents. Speaking to MCV at the ECS finals a couple of weeks ago Flusha was asked if G2 were …
Read More »There are some £145 Destiny figures on the way
Toys designer 3A is bringing new Destiny figures to fans. After releasing a Titan figure last year, the company is launching figurines based on the Hunter and Warlock classes. These will come in three different versions: a standard retail edition, a Bambaland one and a Bungie Store exclusive. You can …
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