The world’s most popular YouTubers are now more influential amongst American teenagers than both movie stars and singers. That’s according to a Variety survey that found the top five most influential figures among 13-18 year-olds are all YouTubers, with games favourite PewDiePie and the controversial KSI among them. The others …
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[Event news] Indie Showcase submissions open
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MCV/DEVELOP #1007 is HERE!
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MCV/DEVELOP Awards – Player’s Choice voting now open
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Video game pre-orders are in decline, and Call of Duty ‘is not immune’
Despite the seemingly growing emphasis publishers place on pre-orders, they are in fact in decline. That’s according to Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg who told investors, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, that Call of Duty is just one of many titles to see a decline in pre-orders in 2014. You see …
Read More »How to win your share of $1,000,000 and change the app world with Intel’s RealSense technology
Intel Developer Blog: Make your app using Intel’s 2014 Software Development Kit for a chance to win
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Apple has scheduled a media event for September 9th at which it looks likely to reveal the iPhone 6, numerous reports have claimed. A release for the device – or devices, as seems to be the case – will then likely follow in mid-September, possibly on September 19th. It is …
Read More »Codemasters refunding disgruntled Colin McRae buyers on Steam
Gamers who are dissatisfied with recent Steam release Colin McRae have been offered their money back. We understand that some people who bought Colin McRae Rally on Steam are upset and feel that it isn’t the game they thought it would be. We have now updated the product description for …
Read More »Retailers cancelling Destiny Limited Edition pre-orders
It’s not just the Ghost Edition of Destiny that is in short supply. VG247 reports that two retailers in the US – Walmart and Best Buy – have been contacting some customers who had pre-ordered the Limited Edition version of the game to say that they will be unable to …
Read More »Adelman: The Wii U name is ‘abysmal’, cut hardware sales in half
Nintendo of America’s former indie boss Dan Adelman has said that the Wii U’s branding is a big reason why the machine has proven to thus far be a commercial flop. Wii U is not selling as well as it deserves to. It has a lot to offer with great …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes sold three times as much on PS4 as on Xbox One
Konami has revealed a significant sales bias for March release Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes. Its latest financial report reveals that the game sold three times as many copies on Sony’s PS4 as it did on Xbox One. Eurogamer reports that specific sales numbers were not revealed, although 570k …
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We take a closer look at EA's Firemonkeys studio in Melbourne, born of Firemint and Iron Monkeys' merger.
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.
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