Editor Seth Barton Categories Video game industry Paid circulation 431 | Former editors Christopher Dring Frequency Weekly Unpaid circulation 9,634 | |
The Market for Computer & Video Games (short MCV, formerly The Market for Home Computing & Video Games) is a United Kingdom-based trade magazine which focuses on business aspects of the video game industry, including game retailing. It is published every Friday and is available online or via print subscription.
MCV and Japanese video game magazine Famitsu have an exclusive partnership which sees news and content from each magazine appear in the other.
Awards
The MCV Awards first started in 2002, and each year the awards are open to games publishers, retail and distribution, with entries peer-voted and judged by an independent panel of specialists. 2017 marks their 15th anniversary, and each year the awards are sponsored by various companies in the video games industry. In 2017, Dingit.tv was announced as Headline Sponsor, while Aardvark Swift, Gamescom, OPM Recruitment and Playwire Media all backed the event as Event Sponsors.