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As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Independent Retailer category Base.com Base.com revamped its website in 2015 and ended the year with sales growth of nearly 30 per cent year-on-year. Games Centre Games …
Read More »TV presenter Julia Hardy to host the Women in Games Awards
Popular games presenter and media personality Julia Hardy will host this year’s MCV’s Women in Games Awards. Hardy has just been announced as the presenter of Radio 1’s new monthly video games show and has a great deal of experience in hosting TV shows and events. Her CV includes presenting …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 Finalist Profiles: Buying Team
As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Buying Team category Amazon Online retailer Amazon continues to be a behemoth in the retail space. Latest data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel revealed that Amazon’s …
Read More »ESports Market Ecosystem MapJanuary 2016
This year kicked off with a bang. Vulcun announced theend of paid fantasyon their platform. Discord, a social platform for gamers, raised a$20 millionround. There was also continued investment in the tournament and league space, with FaceIt announcing a$15 million Series A round. See the infographic after the jump for …
Read More »Bizzarro Flame retires from Smash
One ofSuper Smash Bros. Melee’stop players is hanging up his controller and ending a career that’s lasted six years. Jason Bizzarro Flame” Yoon has retired and will no longer focus onMelee. Yoon says he plans to stick around esports and attend West Coast tournaments, but will pursue the career as …
Read More »When eSports and the real world collide
Last summer, a Bundesliga football team from a small German town in Lower Saxony made signing history. Among the other high profile signings toVfL Wolfsburg FCduring a turbulent off-season transfer window, was a name completely unknown to pundits; Benedikt ‘SaLz0r’ Saltzer. Saltzer was not a rookie, fresh from the academies, …
Read More »Team EnVyUs picks up Overwatch’s best team
The bestOverwatchteam in the world will now fly the banner of a major esports organization. Team EnVyUshassignedHubris, the team that won six of seven tournaments during the first phase of last year’sOverwatchclosed beta. The lineup features a roster with experience in a wide variety of PC shooter titles, winning events …
Read More »Could it go all the way? A look at Madden and esports
On Tuesday, Curtis Martin donned a Denver Broncos uniform alongside Marshawn Lynch and Greg Olsen, and faced off against a Carson Palmer-led Pittsburgh Steelers. It didn’t take long before Martin benefited from the halfback toss, sowing disarray into a defense that took a wild trip to pancake city. The scenario …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016: One month to go!
The MCV Awards 2016 is just a month away, so make sure you secure your ticket for the big night as we only have limited availability. The event takes place on March 3rd at the brand new Hilton Bankside Hotel in London, hosted by BBC funnyman Miles Jupp. This year …
Read More »Martin Shkreli allegedly owes tens of thousands to former players and associates in esports
Martin Shkrelipainted himself as a transformative figure inesports. The millionaire pharmaceutical CEO, who became one of the most infamous corporate leaders in America after jacking up the price of a life-saving AIDS drug,createdan amateur team in the most popular game on the planet,League of Legends, in May of last year. …
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