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King of YouTube Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has permanently disabled comments on his YouTube channel. This is a big deal for someone such as PewDiePie, whose whole success is based on his popularity with his ‘bros’, much of which is built up via his interactions with them. "I’m going to turn …
Read More »Oculus Rift backers react in anger to Facebook buyout
A number of those who supported Oculus Rift’s Kickstarter campaign have lashed out at its sale to Facebook. Although there is nothing in Kickstarter’s T&Cs to prevent a company being acquired, many backers feel betrayed that their money has helped to fund a product that is now owned by Mark …
Read More »EA’s Moore clarifies free-to-play and online comments
Outspoken EA COO Peter Moore has moved to clarify statements he recently made about free-to-play and online games. Moore, as reported by MCV yesterday, recently stated that: The ability for you to be able to interact with [major EA] franchises on a free-to-play basis is going to be part and …
Read More »Microsoft apologies for Orth’s "always-on" internet outburst
Comments from Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth attacking always-on internet naysayers have been labelled as inappropriate” by Microsoft. "We apologise for the inappropriate comments made by an employee on Twitter yesterday," a statement read. "This person is not a spokesperson for Microsoft, and his personal views do not reflect …
Read More »Harrison: "This is a pivotal time for our industry"
Phil Harrison has at last spoken of his high-profile move to Microsoft Game Studios Europe. I am excited to be joining the senior team at Microsoft at a pivotal time for our industry,” he stated. I am really impressed with the company’s long-term vision for growing the market for interactive …
Read More »Pachter defends "Nintendo in disarray" claims
Controversial US analyst Michael Pachter has reiterated his assertion that Nintendo is in disarray”. He initially made the claim during a speech at the Ayzenberg A-List Summit 2012. Following the predictable outrage on games forum Neogaf Pachter chimed in to defend his remarks. I believe (and please feel free to …
Read More »Indies furious over Old Republic collector’s edition
Independent games retailers are in uproar having missed out on stocking the GAME-exclusive 130 edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The monthly subscription-based PC MMO developed by BioWare and published by EA hit stores as early as December 15th. The collector’s edition – featuring a statue, map, journal, metal …
Read More »OPINION: Give ’em an inch
You are your own worst enemy. Well, probably not YOU. Obviously the vast majority of MCVuk.com readers are of sane mind and valiant heart. And will be rewarded in the afterlife with countless riches and, I don’t know, Vimto on tap. Or something. But there’s no escaping the fact that …
Read More »Comments – and why we’ve deactivated them
We’ll be the first to admit that a lively and opinionated comments thread can add to a story. Genuine industry feedback on important industry issues makes MCV what it is. When we went live with the current build of MCVuk.com in 2009 we opted to allow comments from everyone – …
Read More »Most Popular Stories of 2010 Comments
For an online publisher the idea of letting your readers have their say is, to be brutally frank, a little scary. But sometimes it’s you, the reader, that very much makes the story. If it wasn’t for you and the comments you leave we’d be very much less the community …
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