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The US Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to overturn the 2015 ‘net neutrality’ rule, which prohibits internet service providers (ISPs) for blocking, throttling or prioritising Internet traffic. This was originally put in place in 2015 over fears that ISPs would start charging more money for certain services, meaning slower game …

Another day, another Keywords acquisition.

As the slide to digital becomes more and more prevalent, we’ll finally be getting a chart combining physical and digital sales for the first time in 2019. The download chart will be provided by the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) in combination with data firm B2Boost. GamesIndustry.biz, who broke …

FACEIT and YouTube have partnered up to offer viewers the chance to win Loot Drops while watching livestreams on YouTube Gaming, starting with the Esports Championship Series season four finals. These Loot Drops contain FACEIT Points rather than the more traditional CS:GO skins you might see watching events on Twitch, …

Riot’s UK efforts have been strengthened by a new hire, Mo Fadi, who comes to the company from Wargaming. Fadl held the position of head of esports at Wargaming, and has been hired to ‘drive and develop UK LoL esports’, meaning he’ll be a key part of Riot’s UK grassroots …

Dr Richard Wilson is CEO of TIGA, the award-winning trade association representing the UK video games industry. At TIGA, Richard has successfully campaigned for the introduction of Video Games Tax Relief and introduced an accreditation system for university games courses. TIGA’s recent business survey has underlined the need for a …

Rebellion's CEO Jason Kingsley and Battlezone Steve Bristow talk VR, Battlezone and the future

Collectible card games have a long history, but whether its Magic or Pokémon, they’ve always been an all-consuming passion, rather than a casual drop-in.  While DropMix is a game, and it does have collectible cards which are sold in packs, the similarities end there. Instead Hasbro and Harmonix have created …

OK, OK, we admit we were being a tad ambitious when setting the original deadline for the MCV Awards entries. After receiving requests from many of you we have now decided to give you until Monday 8th January 2018 to complete your winning entry. Please note there will be no …

John Broomhall talks with composer and sound designer Dom Beken