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IGN won the Media Team prize at the MCV Awards last March. Following this win, Dan Kilby, commercial projects and marketing manager, tells MCV about the company’s strategy, the opportunities offered by eSports and why specialist sites are trusted. Congratulations on winning the Media Team category.Thank you. We put a …
Read More »Sony reckons it can sell 20m PS4s this financial year
PS4 exceeded even Sony’s own expectations last year, but the platform holder has predicted that the machine will do even better next year. 17.7m PS4s were sold in Sony’s last financial year, ahead of the 17.5m it had forecast. Now the company has said that PS4 will shift a further …
Read More »Valve sued over alleged transgender discrimination
Dota 2, Half-Life and Portal creator Valve has been struck with a $3.1 million lawsuit from a former staff member who claims she was discriminated against for being transgender. The anonymous litigant was reportedly called ‘it’ by her supervisor following sex reassignment surgery in 2012, resulting in a ‘hostile work …
Read More »Kojima’s new studio inspired by Media Molecule
As well and hunting down a new game engine, Hideo Kojima’s recent world studio tour has also provided the inspiration for the new-look Kojima Productions. Speaking to Eurogamer, Kojima has stressed that he’s keen to get away from the typical Japanese corporate structure and build a studio that more closely …
Read More »Focus Home Interactive expects sci-fi video game saturation
Focus Home Interactive’s boss Cdric Lagarrigue believes that sci-fi games will flood the market over the next two to three years. His prediction comes ahead of the launch of his new game The Technomancer. It also follows the announcement of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which is set in space, …
Read More »Payne, Livingstone and Yusuf named GamesAid patrons
Andy Payne, Ian Livingstone and Imran Yusuf are the first three patrons of GamesAid. The trio were voted in by the trustees and will represent the games industry charity within the games community. When we set up GamesAid back in 2007, we never realised it would raise over 2m to …
Read More »OpTic Gaming’s CEO speaks on Turtle Beach, the Call of Duty World League and his team’s future
OpTic Gaming is one of the biggest names in console eSports. The OpTic Call of Duty team has always been one of the best in the world, and recent expansions into games such as CS:GO are starting to bear fruit for the green wall. Of course, being one of the …
Read More »Doctor Who: Legacy devs move to the UK to join brewery
The team behind Doctor Who: Legacy has moved from the United States to the UK. Tiny Rebel Games has traded the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles for a new office in Newport, South Wales. The studio’s creative director Lee Cummings grew up in the region, and his family owns …
Read More »Share price tumbles as GAME suffers credit insurance blow
The share price of GAME Digital is currently at its lowest ever point. The stock is currently trading at 81p, having fallen as low as 80p earlier today. GAME was trading for 360p back in December 31st 2014, although it fell below the 100p mark in January of this year. …
Read More »ESA announces free consumer E3 Live event
E3 is opening its doors to consumers… sort of. Organisers the ESA have announced a brand new event called E3 Live. This is a free event for consumers being held at LA Live – right next to the LA Convention Center, which is the location of E3. The event opens …
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