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A Gaijin Entertainment gameplay producer has been suspended after abusing his DMCA powers to wrongfully bringing the channel of a leading Russian YouTuber to a halt. Polygon reports that Pavel Kulikov issued multiple Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against a YouTube channel owned by Kirill ‘alconafter’ Fyodorov, who has in …
Read More »Jessica Moreno becomes fourth senior female to leave Reddit in last month
Reddit’s head of community Jessica Moreno has left the company, marking the fourth major exit by a female employee in the last month. Moreno has stated that her gender played no role in the decision. Her departure follows those of AMA organiser Victoria Taylor, CEO Ellen Pao and chief engineer …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s playable female lead was planned before Unity gender outcry
Developer Ubisoft Quebec has denied the longstanding accusations that it added in a playable female protagonist to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate in response to the controversy surrounding Unity. Unity was last year criticised for not giving players the option of using a female character in the game’s four-person multiplayer. The furore …
Read More »22Cans is bringing Godus to China
Godus may have sparked controversy in its home territory, but that hasn’t stopped 22cans taking the title to new markets. The studio has today announced a new partnership with Chinese web and mobile games publisher LongTu Games, which will see Godus localised and published across various app stores in China. …
Read More »Windows 10 Solitaire requires a paid subscription to remove ads
There’s a big caveat to note here before we even begin – Windows 10 is currently free to the vast majority of Windows owners. This has never happened before, and the upgrade is as simple as clicking on the notification in your system tray, waiting for your turn and giving …
Read More »Sony will let you vote for next free PS+ game; Grow Home confirmed for PS4
The PS4’s dashboard What’s New section has let slip two bits of interesting PS4 news. As spotted by Neogaf, Sony is introducing a Vote to Play system that will allow PS4 owners to vote on what title they want included in a future PlayStation Plus Instant Games Catalogue selection. Whichever …
Read More »Angry Birds 2 available now on iOS and Android
Six years on from the release of Angry Birds, Angry Birds 2 has at last arrived on smartphones. It’s far from the first sequel, of course. In fact, Angry Birds 2 is the 15th game in the series, following the likes of Seasons, Space, Star Wars, Rio, Stella, Transformers and …
Read More »PS4 sold 3m units in Q1 – more than double Xbox One and 360’s combined sales
Sony has revealed some impressive PS4 sales numbers for its most recent financial quarter. PS4 sold 3m units in the three months ending June 30th, representing 11 per cent year-on-year growth. Perhaps more importantly, that number is more than double the 1.4m combined sales of Xbox One and Xbox 360 …
Read More »Devolver is publishing Dropsy the Clown in September
It’s a pretty safe bet to say that the trailer for Dropsy: A Point & Click Hugventure is the most bizarre thing you’ll have seen today. Or maybe ever. Devolver has announced plans to publish the game, which was Kickstarted back in 2013, on PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android …
Read More »Sega partners with GameSessions for PC rental and game trials
A number of Sega’s PC properties will soon be available on a ‘try before you buy’ basis. The publisher has teamed up with GameSessions to offer titles such as Football Manager 2015, Company of Heroes 2, Sonic Generations and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine via the online service. Should users go …
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