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Two prominent YouTubers have come out in defence of the draconian contract requirements that Warner handed to YouTubers who wanted access to Shadow of Mordor. The saga was called out by Jim Sterling early this week, with fellow YouTuber Totalbiscuit also adding that the contract requirements boggled his mind”. Steven …
Read More »Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition dated in UK
The Vita version of Minecraft finally has a release date in the UK and Europe. 4J Studios says the game has now passed its final certification (something that the PS4 version failed to do on its first effort) and will be released on October 15th. This is for the digital …
Read More »Battlefield 4 Premium Edition will be released this month
EA is bundling all of its Battlefield 4 content into a single SKU to be released before the end of the month. Battlefield 4 Premium Edition will be released in the UK on October 24th costing 54.99 on PS4 and Xbox One and 39.99 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare to make MLG debut in November
Major League Gaming will host its first official Call of Duty tournament this November, the eSports organization has announced. MLG will host and stream the world premiere Call of Duty eSports tournament and broadcast for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare between November 28th-30th. The event is scheduled to air exclusively …
Read More »Nintendo bringing 15 games to IndieCade 2014
Nintendo has announced it will be in official attendance at IndieCade’s annual festival this weekend, showing off a batch of Wii U and 3DS indie games the company has dubbed Nindies.” Attendees will be able to play 15 independent games out or in development for either Wii U or 3DS. …
Read More »King tops in TV ads over Sony, Microsoft – report
Candy Crush Saga creator King runs more television advertisements than any other video game company out there, according to advertising metrics company iSpot.tv. Games Beat reports on the ad firm’s findings, which state King commercials have aired on US national television more than 34,000 times this year. Microsoft ran just …
Read More »Hospital Club 100 gaming and tech winners announced
The Hospital Club has revealed who was voted the Top 10 people in the tech and gaming category. Those in this year’s list include MakieLab’s Alice Taylor and indie developer Dan Pearce. These ten were picked from a shortlist of 25 that was unveiled last month. The top nine entries …
Read More »ACCESSORIES UPDATE: SteelSeries Siberia Elite Prism and Turtle Beach Recon 320
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we sound off on two new gaming headsets SteelSeries Siberia Elite Prism The Elite Prism is the one of the latest models in SteelSeries’ Siberia range of gaming headsets, which are designed with high quality audio …
Read More »Square Enix signs Arsene Wenger for Champ Man 15
Transfer-shy Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has himself signed a deal with Championship Manager publisher Square Enix. The French football maestro has leant his face to the Champ Man 15 campaign to underline the authenticity of the experience”. The press release isn’t entirely clear, but this seems to mean that he’ll …
Read More »DC Thomson planning The Beano iOS games
Having already announced plans to publish a new video games mag, DC Thomson also wants a piece of the games market. In August the company unveiled monthly games mag 110% Gaming, but now it wants an even more direct involvement in the games sector. It has detailed plans to bring …
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