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Games TV broadcaster Ginx wants to ‘dominate’ the world with its eSports coverage. The firm has partnered with ITV and Sky to launch a 24-hour pro-gaming channel, Ginx eSports TV, and its CEO Michiel Bakker has told MCV that it wants to get this into every home in the world. …
Read More »‘We’re trying to get Sonic’s quality right,’ says Sega
The team now in charge of Sonic says it is determined to rectify past mistakes. Sonic games have suffered from inconsistent quality recently, particularly with 2014’s Boom. Sega is really – as of this last year – putting a huge emphasis on quality,” said Chief brand officer Ivo Gerscovich. One …
Read More »Firaxis and GlassLab partner to develop Civilization V spin-off for schools
CivilizationEDU to include learning analytics engine and support for online teachers dashboard
Read More »Xbox: ‘We’re very excited about VR’
It may not have a VR headset, but Xbox told MCV that the technology is not far from its thoughts. The firm has partnered with other VR companies, such as Oculus, yet unlike PlayStation, has not developed its own product. Yet head of operations Dave McCarthy says that Xbox is …
Read More »TIGA warns games industry’s growth ‘could be held back’ by Brexit
‘It is important that policy makers ensure games companies have access to sufficient finance, benefit from Video Games Tax Relief and R&D Tax Relief, clear and stable IP rights, and can access highly skilled people from outside of the UK’
Read More »Ubisoft boss: ‘We are the best future for the company’
A defiant Ubisoft united at E3 last week as the threat of a Vivendi takeover increases. At the end of the firm’s pre-E3 press conference, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot took to the stage – flanked by several of his biggest developers – and told the assembled media that the freedom …
Read More »PlayStation and Xbox speak out about their E3 announcements in this week’s MCV
E3 2016 is notreallyover yet. In this week’s MCV, PlayStation’s Jim Ryan and Xbox’s Dave McCarthy discuss what they showed at this year’s E3. We also picked out our favourite games from this year’s show. We also talk to DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson about why the First World War …
Read More »Brexit: The reaction
MCV asked on Twitter how the industry felt about Britain’s decision to leave the EU. Seeing as our Twitter feed yesterday seemed to suggest that the country would vote to stay by a ratio of about 9,000,000,000-to-1, it’s not really a shock that most people are concerned. UKIE head Jo …
Read More »Ukie reassures devs and games firms in wake of Brexit ‘uncertainty’
Overwhelming majority of British games firms previously backed remaining in the EU
Read More »The UK games industry faces up to Brexit
Britain has, by a very narrow margin, voted to leave the EU – and video games companies across the country are waking up to a potentially huge challenge. Just last week MCV revealed that the sector was very much in favour of remaining. UKIE’s most recent survey found that only …
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