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The next season of the ESL Pro League CS:GO competition will be streamed exclusively on YouTube according to a report.  Slingshot eSports cites sources with a knowledge of the deal, who say that the deal between YouTube and the World eSports Association (WESA) will see season five of the Pro …

Mike Stubbs talks to Gfinity about what's next for the esports giant over the next year

UK eSports organisation Gfinity has detailed its plans for 2017. Speaking to MCV’s sister site eSports Pro, Gfinity’s head of partner relationships Mark Wyatt spoke about the upcoming Gfinity Elite Series league, and even the possibility of hosting a follow-up event to its popular Gfinity G3 tournament. The topic of …

With recent improvements to hardware and software, plus an increasing emphasis on real-time, interactive performance capture, we could be on the precipice of a golden age for motion capture technology. Jem Alexander investigates recent progressions in mo-cap technologies

Peripheral company Snakebyte has announced it will be launching an officially licensed Disney media streamer box that also doubles up as an Android gaming device. First spotted byTom’s Guideon the CES show floor in Las Vegas (pictured), MCV has since learned the Disney Kids TV box is currently slated to …

Rocket League was officially the best selling game on the PlayStation Store in Europe and America in 2016. Despite launching way back in 2015 the car soccer title beat the likes of Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Minecraft to the number one spot, proving that the young …

The Nintendo Switch will allegedly cost around 25,000, according to a new report from Nikkei, potentially putting its UK price in the region of 175. If true, this means that, in Japan, the Switch will be cheaper than the basic 8GB Wii U, which sold for 26,250 when it first …

BioWare’s GM Aaryn Flynn has revealed that Mass Effect: Andromedawon’t be getting a season pass. When asked on Twitter whether there would be a season pass, his answer was crystal clear: Nope.” He was then asked what the plans were for DLC and simply answered: We’ll talk more about that …

VR game Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives has made over $3m in sales, developer Owlchemy Labs has announced. It’s also received over 250m YouTube views since its release on April 5th last year. It’s not yet known how many units Job Simulator has sold, but it paints a promising picture …

As we get into 2017 Gfinity looks like one of the hottest properties in eSports. Its stock is on the rise after financial experts predicted big things, partnerships with Microsoft mean that both Halo and Gears of War will take up a lot of the company’s time and the announcement …