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YouTube’s biggest star has claimed that he’s dropping some of the edgy humour he’s known for after a change in YouTube’s advertiser rules. While PewDiePie has made claims before that turn out to be false, in a new video he seems to insist that a switch to more family friendly …
Read More »G2A says it already meets Gearbox’s demands
The public spat between Gearbox and key reseller G2A has taken another twist. Gearbox recently got itself into a pickle by teaming up with G2A for the promotion of Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. It was only after going public that Gearbox seemed to become aware of G2A’s controversial background. It …
Read More »CD Projekt defends its Cyberpunk trademark filing
The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt has attempted to quell the criticism it has faced over a recent trademark filing. The studio came in for some heat recently when it was discovered that it had filed a trademark for ‘cyberpunk’. People were not happy for fear that the …
Read More »Persona 5 hits 1.5m shipped
From its origins and the nichest of niche RPGs, Persona 5 can now credibly lay claim to being a mainstream hit. Publisher Atlus has announced that it has shipped 1.5m copies of the game worldwide. Around half a million of these were accounted for during the game’s Japanese launch in …
Read More »IGN partners with Twitter for E3 2017
Media company IGN has announced that it will be Twitter’s official livestream broadcast partner for E3 2017 in June. A week’s worth of live online programming will kick off on June 10th and run until June 15th. Shows will broadcast directly from the expo floor and from IGN’s LA Studio. …
Read More »GameStop admits to possible credit card data theft
Retailer GameStop is investigating claims that credit card and customer data from its website is up for sale on the black market. GameStop recently received notification from a third party that it believed payment card data from cards used on the GameStop.com website was being offered for sale on a …
Read More »Atlus claims its first No.1 UK with Persona 5
PlayStation exclusive Persona 5 has debuted at No.1 in its first week in the UK Top 40. This is the first ever UK All Formats No.1 for Atlus, with GfK adding that the game enjoyed by far the biggest launch for a Persona title”. The title is published by Deep …
Read More »Nvidia ups the game once again with new GTX Titan XP
Just over a month after lifting the lid on the GTX 1080 Ti PC graphics card, Nvidia has already toppled it from the top of the pack with an even faster GPU. The GTX Titan XP houses a full version of the GP102 chipset that has to date only been …
Read More »YouTube imposes new creator monetisation restriction
Smaller YouTube channels will as of today find it harder to generate revenue from their content . The Google owned network has announced a change to its partner program, which until now allowed even new users of the service to immediately start monetising their content. As of now, however, creators …
Read More »Scorpio could see Xbox push ahead of PlayStation in 2017
The launch of what will be the world’s most powerful ever console later this year could be enough to hand sector momentum back to Xbox. That’s the prediction of NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella, who told Games Industry that he was satisfied that yesterday’s tech announcement was enough to deliver the …
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