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Streaming video leader YouTube has released a smartphone app designed to provide kids with a safe viewing environment. YouTube Kids, which is currently only available in the US, is built from scratch to provide a safe, simple environment for kids to access a curated selection of content. Videos will auto-expand …
Read More »Tim Schafer decries ‘extremely rough treatment’ of Molyneux
Double Fine chief says reaction to Godus shortcomings have been "way out of proportion"
Read More »VIDEO: Axis creates teaser for first Guild Wars 2 expansion
Animation firm crafts artistic 'living painting' trailer for Heart of Thorns
Read More »Molyneux on Godus: ‘I made some horrendous mistakes’
"I had never done a Kickstarter campaign, Steam Early Access or mobile game before"
Read More »VIDEO: Live-action TV ad ready for Majora’s Mask 3DS launch
Nintendo has unleashed a live-action TV ready to maximise the nostalgia surrounding the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D. The 30-second short is small on detail, but gives a basic outline of the game’s plot and draws successfully on a number of iconic images and sounds …
Read More »PewDiePie and other YouTubers dismiss Nintendo’s proposed revenue sharing plan
Nintendo’s latest attempt to reach out to YouTubers has been ill received. Fuck you Nintendo,” PewDiePie said of the latest proposal, in which Nintendo would offer video creators between 60-70 per cent of their ad revenues in return for permission to create videos featuring its products. What they are missing …
Read More »Nintendo Creators Program wants to recruit YouTubers with new ad sharing offer
Wii U and 3DS platform holder Nintendo is taking another step toward repairing relations with video creators by launching a new ad revenue sharing video model. The Nintendo Creators Program offers users a 60 per cent share on ad revenue form any videos using footage from a Nintendo title. Those …
Read More »VIDEO: Unreal Engine 4 user creates stunning Paris apartment demo
Level designer Dereau Benoit demonstrates incredible detail and lighting techniques
Read More »VIDEO: John Romero reveals level design secrets while playing Doom
Double Fine's Dev Plays series continues with one of the pioneers of the first-person shooter
Read More »Services Spotlight: Axis
Glasgow-based firm Axis works with a number of games developers and publishers on creating animation and VFX content for cutscenes, trailers and commercials. The company deals with all areas of production: from idea and script creation to the direction, design and concept to the animation, rendering and post-production. Once most …
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