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MIDiA Research’s lead analyst for research on games and the mobile content economy Karol Severin shares his views on the Nintendo Switch, the platform holder’s potential difficulties in doubling supply and how making a hybrid console is changing the hardware landscape. He can be reached @karel_kayo Nintendo is attempting to nearly …

Warner Bros’ upcoming open-world action adventure game Middle-Earth: Shadow of War has been delayed until October, the publisher has announced. Originally set to launch on August 25th, the hotly anticipated follow-up to 2014’s critically-acclaimed Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor will now launch worldwide on PS4, Xbox One and PC (including Windows …

E3 2017 is on our doorstep, so this week’s issue of MCV is all about the biggest gaming event of the year. With this issue also being distributed at E3, we asked UK show veterans to share their show tips – most said they will avoid the Saddle Ranch but …

Valve has revealed the first details of this year’s Dota 2 Short Film Contest, which will give the winner $25,000. The annual competition has become a regular feature in the run up to The International. Fans are challenged to create a 90 second video based on Dota 2. This can …

Riot has suspended professional League of Legends player Tu “Ben4” Xin-cheng after he was found to be making racist remarks in public games. Ben4, who plays for Chinese team I May, will be suspended for one best of three match in the LPL. A statement on Chinese social network weibo …

Blizzard has released a new map for Overwatch known as Horizon Lunar Colony, which as you may have guessed, is set on the moon. The new map is currently available on the PTR and will be added to the main game in the coming days. It is the first map …

The former Digital Chaos Dota 2 roster, who came second at The International 6 last year, have been signed by a new organisation called Planet Odd. The team, who have been playing under the name Thunderbirds for the last couple of months, left the Digital Chaos organisation earlier this year. …

DreamHack has announced that it has teamed up with BlueHole, the developers of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, to run competitive matches at DreamHack Summer. Anyone who takes their PC along to the massive LAN party will be able to play the game for free during the weekend. Everyday the BlueHole team will …

Square Enix has teamed up with the Warsaw-based Bulletstorm studio People Can Fly in a new external development partnership, the publisher has announced. The partnership will see both companies working together to develop a new and original triple-A title for PC and consoles. In order to carry out this new …

Aardvark Swift's Joey Relton and Ian Goodall look at how games can improve on representation