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Ad-blockers charging websites to have their advertising ‘unblocked’ is not illegal. Two leading legal firms say that although ad-blocker’s practices are dubious, it’s currently allowed under law. AdBlock Plus andits‘white list’ business model was recently held by the German courts tobe perfectly legal. It seems likely thata court here in …
Read More »VR collapse is a ‘very real threat’
VR headsets could go the way of defunct game streaming services like OnLive. That’s the warning from Network’s Neil Young, a senior games industry veteran and founder of mobile games publisher Ngmoco. Young predicts that VR headsets will become a popular item, but not for another ‘three to five’ years, …
Read More »Smedley steps down as Daybreak Games president
The company formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment is getting a new boss. VentureBeat reports that John Smedley is leaving his position at the H1Z1 and Everquest developer, with current COO Russell Shanks to take on the role. It appears that he intends to stay with the company. I can …
Read More »Nintendo wins lawsuit regarding handheld patent
Nintendo has emerged victorious after a company claimed that the platform holder’s handheld consoles infringed on its patent. The Quintal Research Group nailed down a patent in 2008 for a ‘computerized information retrieval system’. Such a system, the patent proposes, is described as having a generally rectangular shape, with a …
Read More »Get ready for Gamescom with this week’s issue of MCV
This week, MCV has asked people from around the games industry for their tips on surviving Gamescom. Publishers, PRs and developers have shared their survival advice for the show, as well as sharing where is good to eat and drink, and what their predictions for the show are. And we …
Read More »‘Ad-blocking is the biggest external threat to online games journalism’
Ad-blockers are costing jobs and seriously harming the games press, say leading media execs. Tech-savvy gamers are more prone to using ad-blockers than any other audience, says IGN, Videogamer and Eurogamer. These websites can pay to have their ads unblocked, as long as they only use ‘acceptable advertising’. But one …
Read More »Doping controversy threatens to envelop eSports
Is there a doping problem in eSports? That’s the prospect many of the sector’s leading companies are now facing up to following recent claims from one player about widespread drug use. Counter Strike player and former Cloud9 member Kory ‘Semphis’ Friesen caused a storm last week when he claimed that …
Read More »Xbox One to add mouse to its keyboard support
PC-style keyboard and mouse support appears to be on the way to Xbox One. The console can already work with USB keyboards, and now Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that mouse support is also in the works. The confirmation came from a conversation on Twitter regarding the possibility of …
Read More »Rocket League success way beyond Psyonix’s expectations
It’s been a hit on PS4 and it’s still topping the Steam charts, but the success of sports racing title Rocket League has taken its developer Psyonix by surprise. And that, founder Dave Hagewood told Gamasutra, is part of the reason why the game has struggled to get its servers …
Read More »Hi-Rez COO Todd Harris on eSports prize splits and Xbox One
Smite developer Hi-Rez Studios is turning focus more on the sustainability of eSports as they push to bring MOBAs to console. Chief Operating Officer of the Atlanta-based company, Todd Harris, told eSports Pro that last month’s decision to cap the World Championship prize pool at $1m was made in order …
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