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Titanfall 2 is Call of Duty’s true rival, not Battlefield. That’s according toEA’s CMO Chris Bruzzo, who features inMCV’s second Gamescom 2016 daily. We also spoke to games veteran Harvey Elliott, the CEO of new UK games business PlayStack, which wants to redefine what publishing means. Another industry veteran, Richard …
Read More »Read about Microsoft, Project Scorpio and PS4 Neo in the first daily of MCV@Gamescom
Gamescom is finally here and MCV is on the frontline, ready to deliver daily magazines across the three days of the show. For this first day, we speak to Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg about Microsoft’s bet on FIFA 17 to boost its new Xbox One S console sales, as …
Read More »What is the future of watching eSports?
If you ask people who are not into competitive gaming where you can watch eSports matches, there’s a high probability only one name will be cited: Twitch. But there’s actually much more out there than just the Amazon-owned streaming platform. Azubu, DingIt, YouTube Gaming, MLG.tv, Facebook, the BBC, Ginx… These …
Read More »Games Centre runs Pokémon Go events for charity
Scottishretail chain Games Centre made the most of the Pokmon Go phenomenon, all in the aid of charity. Starting with its Kilmarnock store, the firm organised ‘Pokmon Go Prowls’ from all its local shops. The concept saw Games Centre offer a tour of town landmarks, while visiting Pokstops and catching …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: GameSpot promotes UK editor
Tamoor Hussain is GameSpot’s new UK editor, The Hut Group hires a new social media exec and Substance Global strengthens its teams. GameSpot promotes Hussain to UK editor The media site has appointed former news editor Tamoor Hussain as its new UK editor. Before joining GameSpot in early 2015, he …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV will have a Season Pass
It seems that the upcoming Final Fantasy XV will be the first entry in the RPG series to have a Season Pass. This will give those who purchase it access tosix packs of DLC. Final Fantasy XV is not the first entry in the franchise to have post-launch DLC, but …
Read More »Gamers will be able to come to this year’s Golden Joysticks
The 34th edition of the Golden Joystick Awards will be open to the public for the first time ever. Starting today, balcony tickets are being sold to attend the ceremony, which is once again taking place at the Indig02 at London’s O2 Arena on November 18th. The tickets cost 10 …
Read More »Introducing: The first ever eSports Pro magazine
This week, MCV has taken a break, and in its place we have produced a one-off publication dedicated to eSports. In the first eSports Pro magazine, we speak to EA’s senior VP and GM of Competitive Gaming Todd Sitrin about the firm’s new eSports division. We also discuss regulation with …
Read More »War Child charity games bundle is now out on Steam
Charity outing Help: The Game, which gathers 12 original titles from some of Europe’s biggest studios, is now available. The bundle, published by Sega, is available on Steam for 9.99. The games were created in six days during a worldwide game jam. All profits are being donated to charity War …
Read More »Gem Box: the micro-console that wants to be the ‘Netflix for games’
French company Emtec wants to succeed where nearly everybody else has failed. On August 18th, the firm will launch Gem Box in the US, UK and France, before releasing in other European territories later this year. This Android micro-console, which comes with its own controller, gives access to a large …
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