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Having already invested plenty in the company, Warner Bros has now signed a deal to acquire full control of the video specialist. Deadline reports that Machinima will join Warner’s Digital Networks division. Early last year Warner led a $24m investment drive for it. The move is designed to allow Warner …
Read More »Google unveils Daydream View VR headset, new titles from WB, CCP and Mike Bithell
plus 50 additional titles before the end of the year
Read More »Warner agency accuses Warner of breaching Warner’s copyright
Well this is embarrassing. Warner Bros, like most major rights holders, employs people to scour the internet in search of those illegally hosting its copyrighted material. However, current partner Vobile appears to have been a little too thorough with its approach to the problem. TorrentFreak reports that included among a …
Read More »LEGO Dimensions’ Supergirl only available in PS4 Starter Pack
DC recent TV superhero star Supergirl is coming to LEGO Dimensions, but won’t be initially available as a standalone purchase. A new video for the figure reveals that Kara will be included as part of a new version of the PS4 LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack, due out later this year. …
Read More »Amazon releases game design tool for voice-controlled platform Alexa
Alexa Skills Kit includes source code and allows devs to build interactive adventure and trivia titles
Read More »PewDiePie asserts FTC Shadow of Mordor innocence, says press is ‘literally insignificant’
YouTube sensation PewDiePie has defended his association with Warner Bros’ Shadow of Mordor promotion, and attacked the press for embroiling him in the controversy. Earlier this week Warner was slammed by the FTC for not insisting that YouTubers disclosed their paid sponsorship for Shadow of Mordor coverage. Among those involved …
Read More »Warner paid PewDiePie and other YouTubers to praise Shadow of Mordor
The FTC has lambasted Warner Bros after it was discovered that it paid hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars” to a number of YouTubers to praise its Lord of the Rings title Shadow of Mordor. Recode reports that Warner paid agency Plaid Social Labs to create sponsored videos for …
Read More »Batman: Return to Arkham may not be out this year
Having previously been due out at the end of July, Warner’s HD Batman collection Return to Arkham may be far further off then expected. Eurogamer has word from multiple sources” that the game, the shock delay of which was announced at the end of June, will not now be released …
Read More »Batman: Return to Arkham HD collection delayed
Warner Bros’ Batman: Return to Arkham HD collection will not be hitting its July release date. In a post on the publisher’s community forum, a member of Warner Bros staff, Steve Grayson, announced that the title had been delayed indefinitely. The reason for this is apparently to give Virtuous Games …
Read More »VR needs a defining title, Warner Interactive president says
The industry is still waiting for the game that will set the VR pulse racing with consumers. That’s according to Warner Bros Interactive president David Haddad, who hopes that VR’s first big hit is just around the corner. If you look at platforms and how they scale and when they …
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