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Maker Studios, a division of Disney, has severed ties with YouTuber PewDiePie after he posted a video with anti-Semitic remarks. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, who contacted Disney yesterday about the video in question. The video was originally posted on January 11th, and featured two men laughing as …
Read More »Costume Quest animated series coming to Amazon in 2018
Just last week, we learned that Adventure Time’s Frederator Studios will be bringing Castlevania to Netflix later this year as an animated series. However, it now seems that won’t be the only video game animation adaptation the studio’s got up its sleeve. Announced on Frederator’s websiteyesterday, the studio will also …
Read More »Ginx’s TV channel launches on Partner’s 4GTV app in Israel
Ginx has announced that its eSports TV Channel is available in Israel through Partner’s 4GTV app. The channel is currently available in the app, but will also launch on Partner’s TV service in the next few months, meaning that millions of people will have access to the channel. Michiel Bakker, …
Read More »Sony: Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy is the ‘PlayStation icon of the future’
Horizon Zero Dawn is easily one of the most anticipated games of the year, if not the most anticipated PS4-exclusive of 2017. Of course, it’s still early in the year and E3 could bring its own share of surprises, but so far the Guerrilla-developed title ranks very high on the …
Read More »Frontier removes standalone Elite Dangerous Arena from sale
Frontier has removed the standalone version of Elite Dangerous: Arena from sale due to a lack of players. Frontier’s senior community manager Edward Lewis made the announcement on Frontier’s forums, stating the game will be removed from sale on Steam, the Frontier store, and the Xbox Store. "We’ve been looking …
Read More »For Honor, For Ever? How Ubisoft designed its latest IP to last and last …
For Honor is a medieval combat game. With not a gun in sight, it immediately stands out amongst the usual multiplayer offerings. But that’s not what’s really interesting about Ubisoft’s brand new IP. Instead, here’s a game that’s been designed from the ground up for long-term competitive play, with serious …
Read More »Forza Horizon 3 has sold over 2.5m units
Forza Horizon 3 has sold over 2.5m units and the Forza franchise as a whole has made over $1bn in retail sales worldwide, Microsoft announced this afternoon. The Xbox One-exclusive racing series met its respective milestones in December 2016, Turn 10 Studios Studio Head Alan Hartman stated on Microsoft’s Xbox …
Read More »Switch’s Joy-Con controllers are key to understanding console’s value, says Koizumi
Nintendo has been grabbling with the price of the Switch ever since it announced it would cost 279 in the UK back in January. At this price, the console is more expensive than both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and it doesn’t have the added bonus of coming with …
Read More »Kuju enters VR and AR market with new services
Kuju has announced it will be adding new virtual and augmented reality services to the company, as well as ramping up its work-for-hire division. Under the leadership of former SIEE London Studio producer Brynley Gibson, Kuju will be expanding its VR and AR projects to help brands and enterprises beyond …
Read More »1-2-Switch strong enough to warrant standalone release, says Nintendo’s Takahashi
Switch director and general manager Shinya Takahashi has defended Nintendo’s decision to keep Switch launch title 1-2-Switch as a separate piece of software rather than tie-in bundle title. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, he said the quality of the title was good enough for it to stand apart …
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