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Video site YouTube has backed the Golden Joystick Awards and is even putting its name to a new category. The YouTube gamer award recognises the best gaming creators on YouTube.Nominees include channels Yogscast, The Syndicate Project, Total Biscuit, AtheneWins, Matroix and InTheLittleWood. Voting for The YouTube Gamer Award is now …
Read More »Ubisoft announces Assassin’s Creed 3 season pass; now on PSN Store
In a trend that is becoming increasingly common across games with multiplayer components, Ubisoft today unveiled the season pass for its upcoming epic Assassin’s Creed 3. The season pass provides access to all forthcoming Assassin’s Creed 3 downloadable content at a discounted bulk price. The pass is now available on …
Read More »Facebook hits one billion monthly users
Facebook has amassed more than one billion monthly users. As well as reaching the hugely impressive milestone, 1/7th of the world’s entire population , more than 235 people are now also playing games on the website. The recently launched Facebook App Centre meanwhile has more than 220 million monthly active …
Read More »MCV Investigates: How FIFA conquered the UK
FIFA 13 is not just the fastest-selling game in the EA Sports series to date – it is also the most profitable. In just two days, the game sold over 1.23m copies in the UK alone. That’s an increase of 27 per cent over last year’s record-breaking FIFA 12. FIFA …
Read More »Facebook amasses one billion monthly users
235 million people playing games through the social network site each month
Read More »Resident Evil 6 breaks Capcom records
Capcom’s latest survival horror adventure Resident Evil 6 has shipped 4.5m copies worldwide – more than any other title in the publisher’s history. The series’ previous outing, 2009’s Resident Evil 5, shipped 4.4m copies, according to CVG. Resident Evil 6 launched earlier this week – you can read more about …
Read More »One week left for London Games Conference early bird
A pass for next month’s must-attend conference with content from Google, Twitter and many more costs just 199. But hurry! There is just a week left to buy passes for this year’s London Games Conference at the reduced rate. The November 21st conference has speakers from Google, Twitter, EA, Disney, …
Read More »Read how OnLive will bounce back from bankruptcy in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to download– and it features our interview with OnLive about how the cloud gaming firm is recovering from bankruptcy. Also in this edition is an in-depth analysis on the impact of FIFA 13’s phenomenal launch, Nintendo’s plans for 3DS, Capcom on Remember Me, nine pages …
Read More »Watch the video: XCOM developer turns games retailer
Developers and retailers haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, but when they do it can lead to some hilarious results. Take for instance Jake Solomon. The lead designer on the upcoming turn-based strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown. He wants people to buy his new game. So he attended Power Gamer in Maryland, …
Read More »Disney Epic Mickey 2 confirmed for Wii U launch
Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two will be ready for the launch of Wii U on November 30th. The Epic Mickey series began in 2010 and is created by popular development legend Warren Spector. It brought back classic Disney characters, including Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, the precursor to …
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