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Just Cause and Mad Max developer Avalanche Studios has laid off a number of employees at its New York and Stockholm offices. In a statement toGame Informer, a spokesperson said 12 employees had been let go at its US branch. A similar number were also let go at its Sweden …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 lobbying now open
There are certain things that signal that Christmas is on its way – the clocks going back, Strictly and X-Factor hitting our screens, the onslaught of DFS ads… and the opening of the lobbying period for the MCV Awards. The UK games industry’s most prestigious awards return on Thursday, March …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Poland
Poland is fast becoming the keystone of Eastern European games development. According to a 2014 report by B2B event organiser Digital Dragons, 60 per cent of Polish internet users play games. Of these, 35 per cent play on PC, while just one in ten opt for consoles. 28 per cent …
Read More »SMITE, Sexism and the soul of eSports
While she was coaching a professional Latin AmericanSmiteesports team, Lydia Picknell kept seeing one Spanish word that was forever popping up on spectator comment panels during live streams. She was always coming across the word ‘puta’ attached to her name. She had an idea what it meant, but she had …
Read More »Gfinity raises much-needed £1m from share sale after reporting loss of £3.6m
Gfinity, the eSports – or gaming –company, held an accelerated share sale yesterday to raise 1m, after reporting a loss of 3.6m in the year to 30 June. The 19p share price represented a discount of approximately 22.4 per cent. The company issued a little over five million new ordinary …
Read More »Paradox acquires CCP’s White Wolf Publishing
Paradox has acquired World of Darkness publisher White Wolf from CCP in an all-cash deal. Tobias Sjgren, who previously held the role of business development at Paradox, will lead the newly acquired company. Paradox said its new subsidiary would work independently from the publisher, with its own dedicated team. White …
Read More »Can Perfect World China secure a foothold into Chinese eSports?
Perfect World China has recently unveiled its newest title,Ultimate Weapon, which it intends to utilize to secure a foothold into Chinese eSports. Currently, the Chinese eSports scene is dominated by Tencent Games, but Perfect World does have rights to thehighly popularDota 2in the region. Read more at All In >>>
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians signals return to eSports competitions
Halo 5: Guardians, the latest title in Microsoft’s $4.5bn video game franchise,launched on Xbox Onethis week with a renewed focus on competitive multiplayer gaming, known as eSports. When Halo first launched in 2001, it acted as a catalyst for eSports, according to Microsoft. Even before the Xbox Live service became …
Read More »Global ESports revenues to surpass $1.9 billion by 2018
SuperData Research forecasts an explosion of growth in eSports in the U.S. thanks in part to televised events on TBS and ESPN in 2016 and beyond. With big eSports events on the horizon like Riot Games’League of LegendsWorlds and Blizzard Entertainment’s BlizzCon, which featuresStarCraft II, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone,andHeroes of …
Read More »League of Legends pro squad Team Impulse is for sale
Sat on aBrewster’s Millions-style cash pile and no idea how to blow it fast? Maybe it’s time to think about buying an esports team—like Team Impulse, for instance, which is now up for sale, along with its spot in the 2016League of LegendsChampionship Series. Read more at PC Gamer Pro …
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