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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 …
Read More »GAME launching range of digital Vita software
GAME is to start selling a line of PlayStation Vita digital titles. Starting tomorrow (Friday July 25th) the retailer will offer a range of titles for Sony’s handheld both in-store and online. 20 titles will be available, including Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted Golden Abyss Limbo and PSP title Killzone Liberation. Prices …
Read More »First Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas DLC available now on PC and iOS
Blizzard has at long last released its single player DLC for card battling title Hearthstone. The first of a planned five parts of Curse of Naxxramas can be downloaded now. It contains a series of boss fights, new cards and a new board. The remaining releases will be released at …
Read More »Global investment firm KKR eying The Hut stake
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is reportedly preparing a move to grab a 20 per cent stake in retailer The Hut. The Financial Times reports that the 100m deal would value the company at 500m. Earlier this year The Hut said it was not considering an IPO following the perceived poor performance …
Read More »INSIGHT: What the new consumer laws mean for etail
Nic Murfett, interactive entertainment and sports groups associate at London law firm Harbottle & Lewis, explains what the new digital content laws are – and what they mean for online retailers.. In November 2011 the European Commission published its Directive on Consumer Rights which clarifies the protections afforded to consumers …
Read More »Over a quarter of gaming YouTubers have been paid for coverage
21 per cent of popular video game YouTubers have admitted to being paid by developers to cover their titles. Gamasutra surveyed 141 YouTube Let’s Play stars and found that of those with 5,000 or more subscribers 21 per cent admitted to receiving payments with a further five per cent saying …
Read More »Braben admits Elite Dangerous pricing ‘looks terribly capitalist’
You can play Elite: Dangerous RIGHT NOW. Providing you’re willing to pay 100. That’s the price Frontier is charging for the game plus access to the Premium. The Standard Beta SKU is 50 and the game 35 – with the option of a further 35 for the DLC Expansion Pass. …
Read More »GameStop won’t be part of creative process, says CEO
GameStop’s Paul Raines has confirmed the retailer is exploring funding development of exclusive game content, though the CEO claims the firm would not involve itself in any form with the creative process. In an interview with Time, Raines explained that the recent reports stating as much were conceived over a …
Read More »GAME giving away free downloadable Charizard for Pokemon X and Y
The Pokemon Company has teamed up with GAME once again to give gamers a free downloadable character. Charizard, complete with Mega Stone (or Charizardite for those fans out there), can either be downloaded via Nintendo Zone, or gamers can ask for the character at the till. Fans will need to …
Read More »GameStop wants in on development to improve pre-order exclusives
Retailer GameStop wans to increase the amount of exclusive content it can offer customers who use it to pre-order games. VentureBeat reports that to do this it has embarked on a strategy of buddying up with publishers and developers – ideally early on in the development process. GamesStop indicated that …
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