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Hollywood news site Variety says YouTube is to acquire Twitch. The video site will purportedly pay $1bn for the broadcast site, which has risen to prominence off the back of its deep involvement with games streaming, both from big sports shows down to personal feeds run by individuals. In recent …
Read More »WTF is… TotalBiscuit?
There are many ways to measure the influence of John Bain, but recently MCV stumbled across a new one by accident. He was one of the hundred entrants in our Brit List. Bain tweeted out a link to the magazine, which instantly more than doubled our typical readership. And this …
Read More »Xbox One gameplay YouTube uploads coming today
The ability to upload gameplay clips to YouTube will be patched into the console today, Microsoft has confirmed. It comes as part of an update to the YouTube app. Users will need to adjust their system settings as detailed on the Xbox Wire to get everything up and running. The …
Read More »Disney acquires PewDiePie’s YouTube video network Maker Studios
The video production company behind gaming sensation PewDiePie is now owned by Disney. The $500m acquisition was confirmed overnight, giving Disney stewardship over the network’s 380m subscribers, 5.5bn monthly views and existing stable of 55,000 YouTube channels. Last year PewDiePie beat the likes of Miley Cyrus and One Direction to …
Read More »Print can win over ‘YouTube generation’
Print magazines can still attract the millions currently getting their gaming news from YouTube. That’s according to the team behind One Gamer Interactive, who hope to attract a digital-savvy audience with this new iPad publication. It’s no big secret that print magazines don’t have the strong mainstream presence that they …
Read More »Nintendo launches Girls Club YouTube channel
Platform holder Nintendo has launched a new YouTube channel called Nintendo Girls Club. 86 years on from women getting equal voting rights in the UK, this fresh move sees the company trying to maintain the success it found with DS and Wii in reaching out to non-traditional markets. The first …
Read More »Yogscast: The journey behind the UK’s No.1 YouTube channel
Nobody paid attention when the Yogscast was created six years ago. Born as BlueXephos, founded by everyday gamers Simon Lane and Lewis Brindley, it was just one of thousands of YouTube channels offering original gaming content. But in 2014 it’s difficult for anyone in games to not have heard of …
Read More »Read how the Yogscast went from anonymity to the UK’s No.1 YouTube channel in the latest MCV
Want the skinny on UK porn filters blocking games? How about Konami’s rebirth of PES? Or how to license your game for big bucks? Then you need the latest MCV. We talk to Yogscast’s CEO Mark Turpin and GM Rich Keith on the platform’s rise to success as the UK’s …
Read More »Non-disclosed YouTube payments unlikely to fall foul of US law
The ambiguity surrounding the frankness of YouTube payment disclosures means that this week’s scandal is unlikely to result in any legal action in the US. Federal Trade Commission Betsy Lordan told Polygon that FTC guidelines are designed only "to help advertisers and endorsers comply with federal advertising law” and that …
Read More »EA dragged into YouTube paid coverage dispute
Get the feeling this might be the tip of an iceberg? EA has become embroiled in the controversy surrounding behind-doors payments for coverage from YouTube video producers. Documents unearthed by NeoGaf show that EA has a program called Ronku that paid YouTubers for covering specific EA titles. It even highlights …
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