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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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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. …

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 …

PAX enters its second year as an international expo with Australia's keynote address to be delivered by Pete Hines from Bethesda.

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 …

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 …

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 …