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Ubisoft has once again insisted that a takeover by Vivendi would be harmful to the company. When asked by PCGamesNabout Vivendi’s play for Ubisoft, the French publisher’s VP of live operations Anne Blondel said that Ubisoft’s success ha been derived from being ‘super independent’ and ‘very autonomous’. The exec also …

After toying with virtual reality with its Cardboard project, tech giant Google has finally launched a ‘proper’ virtual reality platform: Daydream. Announced at the company’s annual IO event, Daydream is a phone-based VR platform, much like the Samsung Gear VR. Unlike Gear, which only works with some Samsung phones, the …

Byrne joins from Expert Reviews,Sold Out hires Sega’s Walker andDouble Jump appoints head of biz dev. Katharine Byrne joins MCV MCV is delighted to announce that Katharine Byrneis joining the team as news editor. She has been reviews editor at Expert Reviews for the past year, after climbing the ladder …

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Riot has released a 20 minute documentary that shows Rick Fox’s journey from first attending a League of Legends event with his son, through to starting up his own team. The documentary, which can be seen at the bottom of this post, starts with Rick and his son Kyle heading …

H2K Gaming has issued a statement detailing its thoughts on relegation in the LCS.  The issue has been a hot topic recently with many team owners sending Riot a letter, which was leaked, demanding that they remove relegation from the league, as it creates a lot of issues. H2K has …

Unity allowing developers to export directly to the Chinese app store

Creative England also offering non-financial help like good advice

The Overwatch Winter Premiere is the latest big money Overwatch tournament to be revealed, with North American teams getting a chance to shine over the Christmas period. The first stage of the event is four open qualifiers, with the top two teams from each qualifier making it into the next …

In news that will come as no surprise, Pokemon Sun and Moon were the best-selling titles in Japan for the week ending November 20th, according to data from Famitsu. As previously reported, the duo sold 1.9m units between them in their first week on shelves in the region. While impressive, …