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First a confession: when I started in the industry, back in 1863, I didn’t really think that sexism applied to me. I was outspoken and thought that if you could ‘man up’ and work hard, you’d be fine. I was wrong. Maybe it’s hindsight – the most powerful of the …

One of the most anticipated releases of recent times has been pushed back to 2018. Red Dead Redemption 2 had been due out in autumn of this year, but Rockstar has confirmed an approximate six month delay. Red Dead Redemption 2 is now set to launch Spring 2018 on PlayStation …

Ubisoft has confirmed the next instalment in the Far Cry series will be headed to Hope County, Montana, and that the official worldwide reveal will be happening this Friday on May 26th. Far Cry 5 was officially confirmed last week during Ubisoft’s latest financial results, and will release on PS4, …

Survive-em-up PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has revealed a new weapon: Russian-made sniper rifle the VSS Vintorez. The Vintorez will shake up the game, as a sniper rifle that comes with both a scope and a suppressor as standard, meaning the act of ‘building’ a sniper rifle out of different attachments is no …

Esports outfit Gfinity have recently named a date for their long-awaited Gfinity Elite Series event, after a series of delays marred the event. This led to some critics of the company to speculate about the status of the event after Gfinity didn’t come forwards with a new date. Regardless, looking …

Facebook have signed a livestreaming deal with ESL that will see Facebook streaming over 5,500 hours of esports via its Facebook Live service, including their IEM and ESL One events. Spotted by PCGamesN, Facebook will partner with ESL to create unique esports content for the platform, including backstage Q&A’s with …

Pictures from the Women in Games Awards 2017 are now available to view online. Whether you were unable to attend or simply want a reminder of how it went, a full album of images are now online atMCV’s Facebook page.Feel free to tag your friends. Now in its third year, …

Technical recruiter Justin Ghio discusses the recruitment process at Amazon Game Studios, which just opened a brand new office in San Diego and will soon be opening another in Europe

The League of Legends College Championship is taking place in Los Angeles this weekend, from May 25 – 28. This event is the largest League of Legends College Championship, with eight teams competing this year — the winning team from four different regional divisions, a trio of wildcard slots, and …

Blizzard has not backtracked on its plan to retire the Battle.net name. It was announced late last year that Blizzard was to ditch the Battle.net brand. Indeed, the PC launcher itself has already seen its name altered to simply ‘Blizzard Launcher’. However, last week’s Destiny 2 announcement – which contained …