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Riot has revealed that 27m unique viewers streamed coverage of the League of Legends 2014 Finals. Over 100 hours of live content in 19 languages was broadcast by 40 partners throughout the event’s 15 days, racking up 288m cumulative daily unique page impressions and 179m hours of watched eSport. The …
Read More »Telltale confirms Game of Thrones will launch this year
Telltale’s Game of Thrones is still due out before the end of 2014, the developer has confirmed. While fielding questions from fans on Twitter, Telltale community and PR specialist Laura Perusco stated that the episodic adventure game based on the works of George R.R. Martin and HBO’s related television program …
Read More »GMAs Journalists’ Journalist nominees: Who is Ellie Gibson?
This year’s Games Media Awards on October 15th will see the games media vote on the night for their ‘Journalists’ Journalist’, from a shortlist of six industry standouts. Ahead of the big night, MCV talks to nominee Ellie Gibson about her penchant for phallic humour, why video games are like …
Read More »GMAs Journalists’ Journalist nominees: Who is Simon Parkin?
This year’s Games Media Awards on October 15th will see the games media vote on the night for their ‘Journalists’ Journalist’, from a shortlist of six industry standouts. Ahead of the big night, MCV talks to nominee Simon Parkin about what the award would mean and the difficulties faced by …
Read More »NCSOFT latest partner for this year’s Games Media Awards
NCSOFT is the latest games firm to back this year’s Games Media Awards, announcing its support as event partner for the night. The developer and publisher joins a strong roster of companies backing the event, which celebrates and recognises those working in the games media sector. NCSOFT is proud to …
Read More »OnLive becomes latest Games Media Awards sponsor
Streaming games platform OnLive will serve as event partner for this year’s Games Media Awards. Bruce Grove, general manager of OnLive, commented: It’s hugely valuable to take time out and recognise the excellence and contributions of our industry’s media. Everyone at OnLive is delighted to be part of the celebrations …
Read More »PS4 outsells Xbox One for 7th consecutive month in US
NPD’s July 2014 report reveals Sony’s console has once again topped the US hardware monthly charts, while The Last of Us (both the original and Remastered versions) drove software sales. Software results were particularly weak during the period, thanks to the absence of annual sales-driver NCAA Football. "July is typically …
Read More »GamesAid opens nominations for 2014 charities
Members of games industry charity GamesAid can now put forward organisations for possible support this year. This process opened on Monday August 4th, and will close on Monday August 18th. Any member of the charity may put an organisation forward. Charities put forward should focus on helping disadvantaged or disabled …
Read More »EA says it won’t release a Need for Speed game this year
For the first time since 1996, there will be no new Need for Speed game on shelves this year. A new game is in development, however, and speaking to Kotaku Need for Speed’s executive producer Marcus Nilsson assured fans that the brand is alive and kicking. "It’s not like the …
Read More »PS4 leads hardware sales again in March as Xbox One ships 5m lifetime
The PlayStation 4 outsold all other consoles in the US for the third month running, NPD’s March 2013 report shows. While still lagging behind, Microsoft was quick to boast that Xbox One has now shipped 5m consoles – selling 311,000 units during March. "Of course, we’re just getting started with …
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