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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 »How did the games media cover E3? We ask Curse
Curse VP of global sales Nathan Lindberg reveals the firm’s unique approach to covering E3 – and how it kept its fans happy Our priorities at events like E3 are very different from those of others in the industry, and we’re extremely proud of that,” Curse VP of global sales …
Read More »Phillips: Molyneux was a broken man, but now he’s back
Peter was pretty much a broken man.” Those are the words of 22Cans CEO Simon Phillips, who has told Develop that the disastrous events surrounding Godus earlier this year took their toll on one of Britain’s most famed developers. This really kicked the shit out of him. I think he …
Read More »How did the games media cover E3? We ask IGN
IGN’s UK editor-in-chief Alex Simmons lifts the curtain on the media giant’s record-breaking coverage of this year’s E3 A few years ago doomsayers claimed E3 was dead, that the show was little more than a demonstration of gratuitous excess. But that was the E3 of old, and as an event …
Read More »How did the games media cover E3? We ask VideoGamer.com
VideoGamer.com head of video production Simon Miller explains how the site’s comedic approach to E3 helped it stand out from the crowd For E3 2015 VideoGamer – from a video standpoint – decided to try something different. Using comedy as a basis for the majority of our video output has …
Read More »Insight: Doping in eSports – why the stakes are raised as the sector matures
Harbottle & Lewis associateKostyantyn Lobov details the issues facing various areas of the industry as allegations of doping run rampant in the eSports space. Year after year, the march of eSports towards mainstream acceptance continues to gather momentum. However, with prize pools often now stretching into the millions and tournaments …
Read More »One indie’s journey to resurrect local multiplayer
In 2012, Geraldo Nascimento left his native Portugal to move to the UK in order to develop games. A life-long gamer, Nascimento started doing software consultancy work during his Master’s degree in computer science at the University of Lisbon, and realised he wanted to make games. But he says going …
Read More »Joel Gregory joins PCGamesN
GamesMaster editor Joel Gregory has moved to PCGamesN. He has taken on the role of editor at the PC-focused games site. Gregory was first hired by Future in 2010 as a staff writer on Official PlayStation Magazine. He was then promoted to reviews editor in 2011 and then deputy editor …
Read More »Rust will start randomly assigning you gender
Having already toyed with race and penis size, Rust is about to brave yet another frontier – automatically assigning a player’s gender. Until now the game has only offered male player models, but creator Garry Newman has said an upcoming patch the game will add a female design. The female …
Read More »Rory McIlroy PGA Tour scores a UK chart hole in one, first PGA game No.1 since 2008
After seven years of bogies, Rory McIlroy has helped 2015’s instalment in the PGA Tour series straight to the UK retail chart top spot. Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is a big shake-up for the golfing franchise – it’s both the first PGA Tour to drop a year from its title …
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