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YouTubers ARE being asked to cover games for money without disclosing the deals, a new report has claimed. Eurogamer reports that John ‘TotalBiscuit’ Bain admits that he has previously been offered money by publishers to cover their titles on the condition that the agreement is not disclosed. They agreed to …
Read More »Former Panama dictator Noriega suing Activision over Call of Duty likeness
Manuel Noriega, a former military dictator of Pananama, is taking Activision to court. Hot on the heel of Lindsay Lohan’s decision to sue Rockstar over the alleged use of her likeness in Grand Theft Auto V, Noriega accuses Call of Duty: Black Ops II of the "blatant misuse, unlawful exploitation …
Read More »Yogscast confirms revenue sharing agreement with Space Engineers dev
Video game YouTube network Yogscast has become one of the first to confirm it has entered into a revenue sharing agreement to promote Steam Early Access title Space Engineers. It’s part of a new initiative called YogDiscovery that the network describes as a way of encouraging our creators to showcase …
Read More »Online game studio Motiga raises $20m for free-to-play PC title
US developer formed by ex-Blizzard, SmileGate, NetEase and NeoWiz staff
Read More »LeapFrog hopes to combat inappropriate games for kids with LeapTV console
Kids’ tech firm LeapFrog has announced a new educational games console, the LeapTV. Designed for children aged three to eight years old, LeapTV includes a transforming controller that switches between a traditional configuration and a motion controller with LED pointer. The system also features a motion-sensing camera that kids can …
Read More »Star Citizen dev costs second only to Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto, Roberts says
Having now hit $48m in crowdfunder backing, PC space sim Star Citizen can rightly claim to be rivalling console’s biggest triple-A spenders. In fact, creator Chris Roberts reckons his title will lag behind only Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto when it comes to raw dollar investment. Normally developers …
Read More »Extraordinary game companies: The rise of Tencent
Nick Gibson analyses a firm set to be bigger than EA and Activision combined
Read More »TotalBiscuit promises full disclosure
Prominent YouTuber John ‘TotalBiscuit’ Bain has said that he will fully disclose when he is being paid to promote a game in future. From now on we’ll be clearly disclosing promotional videos in a splash screen at the start of the video,” he tweeted. If the audience trusts you, you …
Read More »GameStop: Majority of our digital revenue made at brick-and-mortar stores
Retailer GameStop has brought in significant digital revenue direct from its brick-and-mortar shops, company president Tony Bartel claims. In an interview with Games Beat, Bartel dismissed the notion that digital purchases are made exclusively from the hardware owner’s couch. "Most of our digital revenue comes from our brick-and-mortar stores," he …
Read More »Future hires Richard Haley as CFO
Tesco Extras UK financial director Richard Haley is set to become Future’s new CFO, the games media company has announced. Haley will join the Future team as of October 1st of this year, at which point he will also assume the role of company secretary. Prior to his current position …
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