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According to the latest research conducted bySuperData, Hearthstone dominates the digital collectible card games global market, which is set to hit an all-time high of $1.3 billion this year, with a monthly revenue of $20 million. The research team noted that Hearthstone managed to transform the entire digital collectible card …
Read More »Pixels film copyright claims hit indie videos
An anti-piracy group acting on behalf of Columbia Pictures has hit video hosting site Vimeo with a slew of copyright takedowns to prevent piracy of its Adam Sandler summer film, Pixels. Entura International sent the video hosting site a number of DCMA take-down notices on videos using the below criteria: …
Read More »Curse Voice White Paper Shows Huge Gains in Smite, League of Legends
Curse Inc. has released a new white paper that highlights the advantages of having VoIP implemented into online games. The data within it shows Curse Voice’s progress since its creation and the positive growth that games implemented with the VoIP have seen. There is huge market potential for VoIP since …
Read More »Legends of Gaming event cut from three days to one
A new London games event that plays host to YouTube legends” has been cut from three days to one. Created be Endemol and Gadget Show Live organisers Upper Street Events, Legends of Gaming Live is to see YouTube personalities battle it out. There will also be upcoming games on show, …
Read More »eSports are huge on YouTube – even though most coverage isn’t live
After livestreaming events, eSports gain new audiences through video on demand on YouTube. Watching videos of other people playing video games has become the new Saturday morning cartoons for millennials—except they’re doing this every day, according to Ryan Wyatt, global head of content for gaming at YouTube. Read more at …
Read More »Dark Souls and Bloodborne creator Miyazaki planning ‘several new projects’, hints at ‘sci-fi Souls’
Hidetaka Miyazaki, the man behind Demon’s and Dark Souls, as well as Bloodborne, already has plans for the follow-up to Dark Souls 3. Speaking to GameSpot, Miyazaki said that the third entry in From Software’s gothic RPG franchise, set for release early next year, would be a ‘turning point’ for …
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MOBA title launching in China as studio gets ready to launch new International Premier League
Read More »345,000 people went to Gamescom last week
The number of visitors at this year’s Gamescom rose year-on-year. 345,000 people attended the Cologne-based trade show, an increase of 10,000 on last year’s attendance figures. These visitors came from 96 countries. Of that figure, 33,200 were trade visitors – an increase of five per cent year-on-year. 806 companies from …
Read More »Halo 5’s Unprecedented Teen Rating Is Meaningless For Sales, Potentially Important For eSports
The ESRB has ruled, and somehow, some way,MicrosoftMSFT-0.26%‘sHalo 5: Guardianshas landed itself a Teen rating. While it seems logical for the largely gore-freeHaloseries, it is the firstHalogame ever to land itself a T-for-Teen instead of M-for-Mature from the ratings board. What’s different this time around? See if you can tell: …
Read More »Charles Cecil: ‘Adventure games never went away’
If you ever needed proof of the positive power of the digital revolution, then look no further than the adventure game. Seven years ago, the point-and-click adventure was a dead genre. There was a a Broken Sword here, a handful of budget releases there, but on the whole adventure games …
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