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If you work in games retail, you might want to take a deep breath before looking at the release schedule for the next month. From next week onwards, there are multiple major launches every few days for the next five weeks. And after that, there’s the onslaught of Black Friday, …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015: This year’s event in pictures
The industry once again gathered last night to celebrate the Games Media Awards, and you can take a look at the pictures from the night right now. Among the biggest winners of the night were VideoGamer for Video Team, Eurogamer for Online Editorial Team, PC Gamer for Print Editorial Team …
Read More »Channel 4’s publishing arm is heading to Interface
Channel 4 is hoping to find the next big moblle hit at the upcoming return of Interface, Develop and MCV’s successful content marketplace event. The broadcaster has recently launched a new publishing arm, All 4 Games, and will be hosting one-to-one meetings at Interface in order to meet developers with …
Read More »Discover how to engage with YouTubers, Twitch streamers and families at next month’s London Games Conference
This year’s London Games Conference is providing delegates with an insight into how video is being used to sell, share and promote games – and the initial line-up of speakers will discuss this from a variety of angles. The conference takes place on Thursday November 19th at the Congress Centre, …
Read More »VideoGamer, Eurogamer and Simon Parkin win big at Games Media Awards 2015
The UK’s greatest journalists have once again picked up top awards at the2015 Games Media Awards. Simon Parkin claimed two awards for his work, in both the Features Writer and Mainstream Voice categories. "I love writing, I love stories and this is the best industry to be writing about," Parkin …
Read More »The Games Media Awards are tonight – here’s what you need to know
This evening, the industry will be celebrating the best of the best in the games media sector. The GMAs celebrate excellence in journalism across all disciplines – print, online, blogs, video and broadcast – and take place tonight at the Bloomsbury Ballroom, London. Doors open at 7pm and a drinks …
Read More »Plays.tv expands key features to Counter-Strike
Replay recorder and game footage highight sharing software Plays.tv is moving intoCounter-Strike: Global Offensivetoday. The player’s new capabilities forCounter-Strikeautomatically identify key events (such as multikills, headshots, bomb plants, and more) and also allows users to easily clip these moments together for one highlight tape. It also naturally tags the footage …
Read More »Two of esports’ biggest tournament organizers partner for major international event
Two ofesports’biggest tournament organizers are joining together for a set of international leagues across three different games, culminating in a massive stadium final. ImbaTV of China and Ukrainian outfitStarLadderhave announced a partnership for a series of leagues inDota 2,Counter-StrikeandHearthstonefor a combined $550,000 prize pool. Read more at Daily Dot >>>
Read More »Counter Strike: Global Offensive now has a clothing line that asks which chicken print you want on your dress
Call yourself a CS:GO fan, do you? Huh. That’s interesting, because the fact you’re not dressed from head to toe in licensed clothing inspired by popular in-game weapon skins tells a very different story. No, it’s cool. I’m sure you’re still really good at it. Read more at PCGamesN >>>
Read More »The mainstream is coming for e-sports, but do e-sports need it?
E-sports are going mainstream. Well, that’s not strictly true. The world finals of Dota 2 werewatched by 20 million peoplethis year; last year, League of Legends picked upmore than 27 million for its finals, and 11.2 million of them watched it live. Esports arealreadymainstream. Read more at The Guardian >>>
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