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Valve appears to be automatically monitoring the blocking the content of some Steam chat. Torrent Freak reports that mentions of KickassTorrents made via Steam’s in-built instant messaging tool are not delivered to their intended recipient. However, rather than censoring out the name of the site the message itself is completely …
Read More »Over 2m Minecraft books were sold in the UK last year
Books based on video games were worth 14.5m in 2014, a rise of almost 10m year-on-year. Book tracker Nielsen revealed this massive increase in sales was down to the incredible success of Minecraft books. Minecraft strategy books and annuals made up seven places in the Top Ten books based on …
Read More »Discover how PlayBuff added gesture controls to its driving game
Intel Developer Blog: Why the developer used Intel RealSense to enable gesture and voice commands
Read More »Analysis: Mobile and online prop up the TV ad space in 2014
Henry Degnin, digital account manager at Generation Media, examines how mobile and online properties kept the TV advertising market afloat last year 2014 was a progressive year for the games and consoles TV advertising market with TV ad pressure rising 16 per cent (in terms of individual TV viewer ratings) …
Read More »Valve tells developers: Stop exchanging game keys for Greenlight votes
‘You put us in a really uncomfortable position’
Read More »Bossa Studios reveals Worlds Adrift
Surgeon Simulator developer Bossa Studios has unveiled its atmospheric open-world adventure game, Worlds Adrift. Bossa made news earlier this month, when its debut title Surgeon Simulator reached 2m sales. The team – which is also in the midst of developing its Steam Early Access release and upcoming mobile effort I …
Read More »Early Access title Under the Ocean pulled from Steam
Early Access title Under the Ocean has been removed from Steam after its programmer abandoned the project, leaving just one developer struggling to complete the game. Programmer Michael Reitzenstein quit the game after differences in opinion about the future direction” with co-maker Paul Hart. Hart subsequently asked Steam to remove …
Read More »Accessories Update: Nyko PS4 Data Bank and Razer Seiren
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we investigate the latest PS4 accessory from Nyko and sing the praises of Razer’s Seiren microphone Nyko Data Bank for PlayStation 4 While the PlayStation 4 has a larger hard drive than its predecessor, the PS3, …
Read More »eSports organiser EGL teams up with ad agency in bid for global recognition
The European Gaming League is the latest eSports organiser to team up with a communications and ad agency in an effort to take the fledgling business mainstream. EGL has announced that advertising and communications agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) has taken shares in the business. It follows news that event …
Read More »Surgeon Simulator surpasses 2m sales
Bossa Studio’s surgical sim and YouTube darling Surgeon Simulator has sold more than 2m copies across all platforms. The game jam entry debuted commercially on PC, Mac and Linux in 2013, and has launched on iOS, Android and PS4 platforms over the last year or so as well. "Thanks to …
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