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PayPal remains the top digital payment method among gamers around the world, according to the latest analysis from SuperData Research, but strong competition from Apple Pay and Amazon Payments are starting to erode PayPal’s market share. In the US, PayPal’s market share fell from 32.1 per cent in 2015 to …

Multiple freelance League of Legends casters have signed an open letter announcing their boycotting of the Mid-Season International over pay rates. Christopher MonteCristo” Mykles, Erik "DoA" Lonnquist, and Chris PapaSmithy” Smith were invited by Riot to cast the event, to take place in Shanghai this May, but turned down the …

Microsoft has publicly apologized for missing scheduled payments to Xbox Live Indie Game developers. A statement posted to the ID@Xbox Twitter account explains the delay was the result of "a technical issue in our payment system,” but wouldn’t delve in any further than that. "[It’s] an unfortunate error and we …

YouTubers ARE being asked to cover games for money without disclosing the deals, a new report has claimed. Eurogamer reports that John ‘TotalBiscuit’ Bain admits that he has previously been offered money by publishers to cover their titles on the condition that the agreement is not disclosed. They agreed to …

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 …

The inclusion of microtransactions in PES 2015’s Master League mode is nothing other than a time saving exercise for those with some spare cash. That’s according to Konami, which has said that non-paying players will still be able to access the same content providing they’re happy to put in the …

2K Games was only convinced to release WWE 2K 14 last year after the wrestling organisation agreed to reduce its royalties. That’s according to CageSideSeats.com, which has word from the Wrestling Observer newsletter writer Dave Meltzer that the publisher instead wanted to hold back its first WWE title since its …

GAME is being taken to the Court of Appeal by a number of the country’s largest property companies. The Telegraph reports that a consortium of landlords including Land Securities, Hammerson and British Land are making claims on missed rent payments incurred around the time of GAME’s descent into administration in …

Negativity towards the free-to-play model has led Namco Bandai to opt against discussing the payment structure it will use in free-to-play title Ace Combat Infinity. Kotaku last week claimed that the game would use ‘fuel’ as currency, asking players to either pay out for more to power their craft or …

Rockstar may offer gamers the chance to buy in-game currency using real cash in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto Online, it is being suggested. Kotaku carries word from tipsters on Reddit who claim to have found reference to the functionality in files on Rockstar’s servers that are accessible when attempting …