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Company refocusing on casual games

Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim has retired from professional League of Legends in order to become the manager of Paris Saint Germain’s eSports division. YellOwStaR has been a regular in the EU LCS since it’s inception, spending most of his time on Fnatic. After 336 professional games, and tons of European championships …

Yesterday Nintendo showed off the Switch for the first time, and had a large portion of the reveal video focus on eSports. The three minute video was split into sub sections showing the different uses of the console, with the final section being focused on eSports. The clip sees two …

Seems to have outsold all big competitors, making development for the platform more attractive

When MCV was invited to a King press event, we figured the Candy Crush giant was about to unveil yet another match-three game. Afterall, this genre was the one that made King the mobile behemoth it is today, with colourful and massively popular releases like Candy Crush Saga. And it’s …

After Samsung filed a copyright claim on a video showcasing the GTA V mod where bombs are replaced with Note 7 phones, YouTube basically told them to get stuffed. Yesterday Samsung filed a copyright notice on this video, which shows a GTA V mod that replaces the games sticky bomb …

After the reveal of the Switch yesterday Nintendo showed off a massive list of development partners including some big third parties. The full list consists of 48 different partners, including the likes of Activision, Ubisoft and EA. Bethesda is also on the list, but don’t want to confirm that Skyrim …

Despite being featured in the reveal for Nintendo’s Switch, Skyrim may not be coming to the new console. Yesterday Nintendo decided to give us the first look at its new Switch console with a three minute video that showed off all of its fancy new features. One of the sections …

Microsoft’s gaming revenue declined 5% in the first quarter of the 2017 financial year, with the company blaming lower console revenue. In the detailed breakdown of finances for Q1 2017 Microsoft revealed that its gaming division hasn’t been doing so well recently, with a massive 5% drop in revenue when …

Newbay’s video games division has four new senior editorial staff working across the market leading MCV and Develop titles, as the firm expands its presence in the events space and moves into new territory with the imminent launch of eSports Pro. MCV will be headed up by Seth Barton, a …