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Former Hollywood specialist Karolis Mikalauskas reflects on his first experience of video game development

The WRC Championship, a new eSports racing tournament co-organised by ESL, will run alongside the FIA World Rally Championship during its 2016 season. After the worldwide launch of WRC 5 this October 9-16th, players will have three months to get up to speed with the game before the first stages …

London-headquartered eSports organisation Fnatic have announced a new partnership with Asian betting and poker site Dafabet. The deal, which sees Dafabet become headline sponsor for all of Fnatic’s eSports teams, also provides content and promotion of the gambling site’s upcoming editorial portal for eSports. Dafabet currently sponsors several Premier League …

Ella Romanos details eight ways to go about getting a grant for your studio

If you want to know how to maximise your opportunity at retail this Q4, MCV’s 12 Games of Christmas has the answer. Returning after a successful debut last year, the 12 Games of Christmas supplement will be published alongside the November 13th issue of MCV and available via the website. …

The World Series of Video Games set out last year to build itself into one of the most-watched esports events. Today, it may have done just that—but, ironically enough, by being unwatchable. By becoming bogged down with disastrous noise and dated technology, WSVG stands alone as the worst thing in …

It looks as if the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is going to end up costing more than estimates have predicted. A year ago the company predicted an RRP of between $200-$400. Last month that forecast had been revised to at least $300”. Now Oculus boss Palmer Luckey has told …

With numbers often comes power. That’s at least the logic behind the creation of the latest union featuring several of Europe’s most prominent and recognisable (but not all) professional gaming teams. But in a letter sent to eSports organisers, and since released to the public, the union has outlined some …

Developer Cloud Imperium Games has said it may take The Escapist to court over an article published last week in which it was accused of embezzlement. The piece said that only $8m of the game’s $90m crowdfunding kitty remains, primarily due to wasteful spending, much of which was put behind …

DeltaDNA discusses how to make the best use of your player behaviour data to ensure your game's success