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Phantasmal is just over half way through its month-long Kickstarter campaign to raise NZD$15000, and has had more than a little help from PewDiePie.

King of YouTube Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has permanently disabled comments on his YouTube channel. This is a big deal for someone such as PewDiePie, whose whole success is based on his popularity with his ‘bros’, much of which is built up via his interactions with them. "I’m going to turn …

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 …

The reveal trailer for Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was the single most watched video on YouTube in the quarter ending June. VG247 reports that its 20.9m views saw it beat the second placed X-Men: Days of Future Past third official trailer by nearly 3m views. It also bettered …

YouTube star PewDiePie now has his very own app on iOS. The Guardian reports that the Maker Studios developed download allows direct access to the Swede’s YouTube content, as ell as the ability to create their own custom favourite feeds, as well as share clips on social media. Admittedly it’s …

But survey shows nearly 20 per cent are considering it

Only a tiny fraction of developers admit to currently playing YouTubers for video coverage of their games. Gamasutra reports that of the 325 developers it surveyed just five, or 1.5 per cent, said they have paid a flat-fee to YouTubers for coverage. 2.1 per cent said they had agreed to …

YouTubers ARE being asked to cover games for money without disclosing the deals, a new report has claimed. Eurogamer reports that John ‘TotalBiscuit’ Bain admits that he has previously been offered money by publishers to cover their titles on the condition that the agreement is not disclosed. They agreed to …

Video game YouTube network Yogscast has become one of the first to confirm it has entered into a revenue sharing agreement to promote Steam Early Access title Space Engineers. It’s part of a new initiative called YogDiscovery that the network describes as a way of encouraging our creators to showcase …

Prominent YouTuber John ‘TotalBiscuit’ Bain has said that he will fully disclose when he is being paid to promote a game in future. From now on we’ll be clearly disclosing promotional videos in a splash screen at the start of the video,” he tweeted. If the audience trusts you, you …