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Twitter’s Sam Bateman will provide a keynote presentation at next month’s London Games Conference. The social media giant’s brand planner will present ‘Twitter and the future of video’, discussing social trends on Twitter and advising on best practice for making your content fly. Meanwhile, industry veteran Nick Parker, head of …
Read More »505 Games seeking new IP at Interface
505 Games is back at Interface next month and looking forward to connecting with the unsung heroes of UK development”. The publisher attended the first Interface in May this year where it signed a new title. Interface was a really productive event for 505 Games,” commented head of global brand, …
Read More »Wargaming’s secret: World of Tanks is the ‘ultimate hobby for our audience’
Manypeople floating around the game industry are desperately looking for the secret to success. They want to be told that if they just follow a magical list of steps that only the elite know about, that they’ll strike it rich. For Jay Cohen and his crew at Wargaming, their list …
Read More »The ‘TV Guide of esports’ is a lot more than just a TV Guide – and it’s expanding rapidly
Streaming services have played a huge role in the meteoric rise ofesports. Instead of an expensive satellite TV package, esports are available to everyone with an Internet connection. But even as traditional media like the BBC and ESPN joinTwitchandYouTube Gamingin bringing esports to the cord-cutter generation, there is one simple …
Read More »Nexon sells off its NCSoft shares
Nexon has sold off its 15 per cent stake in South Korea publisher NCSoft. As reported byBusiness Korea, sales of the shares were worth $533.7m in cash. During the sell-off, NCSoft CEO Kim Taek-jin increased his stake in the companyfrom ten per centto 12 per cent by acquiring 440,000 shares. …
Read More »eSports fantasy sports operator Vulcun withdraws from Nevada
Fantasy eSports firm,Vulcun, have announced that they are withdrawing their services from the state of Nevada, and have moved to bar all state residents from playing in its paid fantasy leagues and tournaments. Read more at SBC News >>>
Read More »Fantasy fights and sham shoot-ups lure investors to E-sports stocks
Paying to watch people play computer games may seem curious to some, but it is catching on not only in sporting arenas but also on the stock market and business world. While many financiers have been glued to the Rugby World Cup, London has also hosted the equally competitive, if …
Read More »ThinkBox, Axis Animation and IHS Technology to talk at London Games Conference
Three more speakers have been confirmed for London Games Conference 2015, which takes place on Thursday November 19th at the Congress Centre in London. Axis Animation co-founder & creative director Stuart Aitken ?will be? talking about narrative in game trailers and their work on the original, seminal Dead Island trailer. …
Read More »Na’Vi’s Dota 2 squad disbands
It’s the end of an era. Natus Vincere, at one point the most universally-loved team in professional Dota 2, are no more. The current squad—Dendi, XBOCT, Funn1k, SoNNeikO and PSM—failed to qualify for the upcoming Frankfurt Major having also posted disappointing results at The International 2015. Read more at PC …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Russia
When the West thinks of the Russian games market, PC and piracy may come to mind. That couldn’t be further from the truth. For one, consoles are beginning to rival PC for players’ affections. Gamers love PlayStation,” says Sergey Amirdjanov, marketing director at Russian distributor SoftClub. Xbox did a very …
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