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Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Yesterday he spoke about Fnatic’s new store in London while today he jumps into Overwatch. Fnatic certainly isn’t a stranger to supporting new games early on, but …
Read More »UKIE’s Jo Twist talks 2016 for UK games, Brexit and London Games Festival
2016 has been an eventful year for both the games industry and the UK as a whole thanks to the EU Referendum vote that took place this June. We speak to UKIE boss Dr Jo Twist OBE to take the pulse of the UK games market. How would you assess …
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How the mobile developer wants to wow the world with Dawn of Titans
Read More »A conversation with cArn part 1: the Fnatic store
Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon, first up are his thoughts on the new Fnatic store located in central London. Fnatic is known as one of the largest eSports organisations in the world. …
Read More »Capcom on Resident Evil’s return to its horror roots
It all started in VR, in a dirty kitchen. At E3 2015, Capcom started showing off a PlayStation VR demo called Kitchen, a virtual reality horror experience that was – if nothing else – incredibly unsettling. At the time I speculated with my colleagues that this was Capcom teasing a …
Read More »Xbox’s Eagle on the company’s 2016, Xbox One S and Scorpio
It’s been a difficult few years for Microsoft on the games side of things. Though Xbox One sales have certainly not been shabby, the console has failed to top the massively successful PlayStation 4. All of that changed this year. The firm claimed the hardware top spots in the UK …
Read More »‘We want to do for eSports what Sky did for football’ says AD&D
AD&D, a new partnership formed by UK agency Attention Seekers and US events giants Done & Dusted, has said it wants to do for competitive gaming what Sky did for football. The firm has said that it wants to revolutionise how eSports is presented and make them more accessible to …
Read More »MCV Insider’s Guide: Bespoke Arcades
Co-founder and managing director Ben Georget talks about Bespoke Arcades’ recent launches and the impact of the retro gaming trend on the firm’s business. Tell us about your company for those who are unfamiliar with your work. Bespoke Arcades has proudly been making hand-crafted, fully-custom arcade machines for the last …
Read More »Rebellion’s big plans for Sniper Elite 4
Sniping games are one of those peculiar genres that are almost always praised by their players but mauled by the critics. And the Sniper Elite franchise is no exception to the rule. Critics may not have always backed the series, but it has built a massive community eagerly waiting each …
Read More »Natural Motion’s Reil talks Dawn of Titans, the mid-core sector and the state of the mobile market
Ahead of the launch of its new action strategy title, Dawn of Titans, we spoke to Natural Motion boss Torsten Reil to take the pulse of the mobile market You’ve billed Dawn of Titans as a Natural Motion’s first mid-core title. Why was this a sector you were interested in …
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