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Read More »LGC 14: Video games ads are the lowest performing on Facebook
Video game advertisements on Facebook are less successful than dating ads, the firm has revealed. In fact, game ads are the worst performing on the social network in its entirety. The news was announced at today’s London Games Conference. You are not just competing with other video game ads, you …
Read More »LGC 2014: Ziff Davis predicts more video game websites to close
The number of video games websites will continue to dwindle, predicts IGN owner Ziff Davis. The firm’s international boss Geoff Inns told attendees at London Games Conference today that the demands on online media is becoming expensive, and requires media owners to have deep pockets and global scale. Inns says …
Read More »NBC pulls the plug on G4 TV
US video game TV channel G4 is to be closed by parent company NBC. The network will be switched off on November 30th after over 12 years on the air. NBC Universal has finally pulled the plug on the G4 channel,” a statement from telcom provider Great Plains Communications explained. …
Read More »Roll7 – Rolling With The Times
Roll7 is one of the hottest indie studios in the UK right now. It was behind the popular and infuriately addictive skating title OllIOlli, which launched on PlayStation Vita in January of this year. It was a smash hit, and garnered a cult following. But the studio wasn’t always producing …
Read More »iFEST returns to Australian cities in 2014
iFEST, the indie games festival run by the Academy of Interactive Entertainment, which has previously had speakers Trip Hawkins, Luke Muscat and Morgan Jaffit, will be back again this year.
Read More »Are you going to the Games Industry Christmas Quiz?
Spaces are filling up fast at the first ever MCV and Develop Games Industry Christmas Quiz. A combined effort between the two publications, the festive battle of wits is open to the entire UK games industry, pitting developers against publishers, retailers, media firms and more. Firms already signed up include …
Read More »PCGamer.com page views jump 109% following redesign
Future’s PC gaming site PCGamer.com has experienced what the company says is record-breaking growth following the roll-out of its redesign last month. Worldwide, page views for the month hit 52m – 109 per cent up on the previous record of 24.9m. Page views have jumped 111 per cent and average …
Read More »PewDiePie: Deactivating YouTube comments has made me happier
YouTube’s biggest celebrity has said the decision to turn off comments on his videos has improved his life. Felix Kjellberg, as he is otherwise known, flicked the switch on comments in September after admitting he was sick” of the spam and self-advertising. Before I turned off my comments, I think …
Read More »Brianna Wu offering $11k reward for information leading to GamerGate arrests
One of the women victimised by the GamerGate hate campaign has said her family will offer a reward for anyone who helps identify individuals who have sent her death threats. The Wu family is offering a reward of $11,000 for identifiable information leading to the prosecution of people sending me …
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