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For the first entry in our continuing coverage of the eSports market, MCV looks back at the growth of competitive gaming and sees where it could be headed in years to come Multiplayer gaming has come on leaps and bounds since the days of head-to-head face-offs on arcade cabinets. Events …

The overall games market (software, hardware and accessories) declined six per cent in units and climbed 12 per cent in revenue during 2014. Revenue growth came from console hardware (up 46 per cent), which needs little explanation in the first full calendar year for PS4 and Xbox One. Those two …

The UK boxed video games market generated 2.294bn in 2014, MCV can reveal. GfK Chart-Track says that the figure, which combines sales of boxed games, consoles and accessories, is a 12 per cent improvement over the year prior. The increase was almost entirely down to huge sales of PS4 and …

Meanwhile more developers are focusing on Xbox One and PS4

Epic Games lead engineer Nick Whiting discusses how UE4 can power VR experiences

The antitrust regulators investigating Amazon’s tax agreements with Luxembourg believe the decade-long arrangement may be incompatible with free market rules. An investigation into Amazon’s tax terms with Luxembourg was established in October, following a period of prolonged negative publicity for Amazon (and others, such as Apple and Starbucks) concerning the …

The mo-cap specialist rolls out its latest, most advanced products to date

The co-creator of Hotline Miami 2 has told Australian fans to bypass their country’s banning of the game by pirating it. If it ends up not being released in Australia, just pirate it after release,” Jonatan Sderstrmm told a fan in an email subsequently published on Reddit. No need to …

New Year New Job 2015: Capcom UK's social and community manager Neil Gorton tells us how producing videos on YouTube helped him get his job today

Xbox One will as of today once again cost $349 in the US. The machine was discounted from $399 to $349 back in November but was after Christmas once again raised to full price. It was a strategy that proved successful, too, allowing the machine to reverse a prolonged period …