The rumours were true – Call of Duty will be returning to the past for the series’ next instalment. Activision has confirmed that this year’s CoD will go by the name of Call of Duty: WWII. It is being developed by Sledgehammer Games. Last year’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare …
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Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands is No.1 again this week in a fairly quiet few days for the UK Top 10. That means the Tom Clancy game has now enjoyed two two-week jaunts at the top of the charts. The long legs of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V continue to impress, …
Read More »eSports Pro hires new editor, Premier appoints two senior account directors, Charlotte Nangle joins Curve Digital and Future appoints three new editors. eSports Pro appoints Tucker as editor Jake Tucker has joined MCV’s sister title eSports Pro as editor. Previously he was a contributor on Develop, but he’s also written for a …
Read More »A small all-women’s college located in the American Midwest has made waves after offering up a varsity esports program. This makes Stephen’s College, in Missouri, the first women’s college to offer up a competitive gaming scholarship. Stephen’s College is planning to form an Overwatch team for the Fall season of …
Read More »Australian snooker player and former world champion Neil Robertson has claimed that he is recovering from video game addiction. Speaking to Eurosport, Robertson said that he’s been forced to go cold turkey after investing too much time in titles such as World of Warcraft, League of Legends and FIFA. I …
Read More »This week marks a brand new beginning for MCV, as we deliver the first issue of a redesigned, resized and features-packed magazine, now coming to you every two weeks. In this first issue, we focus on platforms. With Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all innovating in hardware like never before, we …
Read More »NPD’s March data has revealed that Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands was the best-selling US game in March. The shooter enjoyed the best launch ever for a Ghost Recon title and the second best ever Tom Clancy launch, falling short only of The Division. In second place was Nintendo’s The Legend …
Read More »Ready At Dawn is to partner with the UK-based game server hosting specialist Multiplay to host its new physics-based arena brawler, Deformers, which releases today. Multiplay previously hosted Respawn’s Titanfall 2 and Tripwire Interactive’s Killing Floor 2 last year. Using its own hybrid cloud orchestration service, Multiplay’s technology allows Ready …
Read More »The global video games market is expected to grow by 7.8 per cent in 2017. That’s according to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report, which predicts that total worldwide games revenue will reach $108.9bn this year. Digital games will account for $94.4bn of this. Mobile will be the most lucrative segment, …
Read More »The worldwide gaming audience for gaming video content will reach 665m in 2017, according to the latest report from SuperData, which is more than double the population of the US. The market research firm also expects the worldwide audience to keep growing, with viewership expanding by 21 per cent between …
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