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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 …
Read More »Manchester City sign FIFA player
Manchester City today announced the signing of Kieran ‘Kez’ Brown, a professional FIFA player. Kez becomes the first eSports player in the Manchester City organisation, and will be creating video content for the City YouTube channel and streaming on Twitch. Of course he will also represent the club at tournaments …
Read More »There was nearly an Ancient Rome Call of Duty game, report
If footage from a pitch reel is to believed, a Call of Duty title set in Ancient Rome was in the works. That’s according a source speaking to GamesRadar, who claims that in 2008 Vicarious Visions put forward the idea of a Call of Duty, called Roman Wars, which cast …
Read More »Blizzard takes Overwatch cheaters to court
Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against German company Bossland, the creator of Watchover Tyrant, which is a cheating tool for Overwatch. The publisher is accusing Bossland of copyright infringement, unfair competition, and violating the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision,” TorrentFreak reports. Defendants’ sale and distribution of the Bossland Hacks in the United …
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