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MCV’s new service dedicated to the world of competitive gaming launches in just over a week – so now’s the time to make sure you’re signed up. The start of February will see the introduction of eSports Pro, a new e-bulletin and alerts service that will look at the latest …
Read More »Watch the first episode of Razer eSports documentary Team Razer: Great Games right now
The first instalment in Razer’s three-part eSports documentary has hit the web. Episode one of ‘Team Razer: Great Games’ looks at the beginnings of contemporary eSports, focusing on the formative effect of Blizzard’s seminal real-time strategy game StarCraft: Brood War and widely-known eSports competitors such as Jaedong and Flash, before …
Read More »eSports: Behind the next billion-dollar industry
Competitive gaming is a big deal, generating millions upon millions of views and beginning to even outpace the rest of the games industry. MCV chatted to professional teams, event organisers and other firms involved in the burgeoning sector If you had asked someone five years ago whether they watch eSports, …
Read More »Microsoft takes on the High Street with competitive Xbox One digital pricing
The price of one of Xbox One’s leading exclusives is being significantly cut on Xbox Live. The platform holder said last month that competitive digital software pricing was on the agenda”, and this looks set to begin with what could be a cut to 34.99 for Ryse: Son or Rome. …
Read More »Competitive Xbox One digital pricing ‘on the agenda’
Microsoft has suggested that the price of digital Xbox One games will become more competitive with the High Street at some point in the future. Whereas Sony has used a combination of Steam-like sales and free games on PlayStation Plus to make its consoles viable digital platforms, Xbox Live’s digital …
Read More »Momentum builds behind Virgin Gaming UK service
Virgin’s competitive gaming venture is determined to expand its UK userbase. The service, which allows consumers to play games online to win money, was launched in the US in 2010 and the UK on October 5th this year. We saw the demand for FIFA in North America, and obviously the …
Read More »Frag-Nation to conduct League of Legends Razer Cup
Competitive gaming company Frag-Nation is organising India’s first League of Legends tournament. The tournament will be conducted online via the game’s EU-West server and will only be open to players from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. For this tournament, use of Runes and Masteries has been disallowed in the interest …
Read More »Sony gets competitive with PSN full-game prices
PS3 owners are for the first time being offered full game downloads at a price that’s competitive with the High Street. Sony America has announced its ‘PS3 Ultimate Deals’ promotion that offers full game downloads as well as all the associated DLC for a cut-down price. 30 per cent is …
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