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Read More »PewDiePie rules YouTube once again with 4.1bn views in 2014
UK-based Swede Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjelberg was the single most watched person on YouTube in 2014. The Guardian reports that his videos were watched 4.1bn times over the year, a period at the end of which he boasted 33.5m subscribers. This time last year he had 20.9m. There may be signs …
Read More »Twitch unveils music library cleared for streaming use
The hunt for music to use in your latest stream has just got a little easier. Streaming video service Twitch has launched music.twitch.tv, a library currently consisting of over 500 songs that have all been cleared for broadcasters to use in both live and archived video footage. None of the …
Read More »New Year, New Job: How to find work as a freelance video producer
JamesBraithwaite tells MCV about the challenges of working as a freelance video producer for games developers, and which skills budding video creators should put at their top of their CV What exactly does your role entail? That depends on the client, but I do a variety of tasks. I design …
Read More »Microsoft happy for users to make money from their Xbox game footage on YouTube and Twitch
The greenlight has been given to gamers to monetise footage of their Xbox gameplay on YouTube and Twitch. Microsoft has granted users personal, non-exclusive, non-sublicenseable, non-transferable, revocable, limited license” to use game content to generate ad revenue on both video services. Any content not posted to YouTube of Twitch, however, …
Read More »VIDEO: Realtime UK provides trailer for hit MOBA Smite
CG action serves as a prelude to upcoming eSports tournament for Tencent-backed title
Read More »VIDEO: Gunpoint dev Tom Francis teaches newcomers to make games
UK indie launches YouTube series for first-time developers
Read More »Minecraft was the second most searched topic on YouTube in 2014
Frozen may have beaten gaming in the UK’s 2014 entertainment sales war, but it was a different story on YouTube. Google has revealed that Minecraft was the video giant’s second most searched category behind ‘music’ in the US throughout 2014, beating terms such as ‘movies’, ‘Frozen’, ‘Beyonce’ and even the …
Read More »TRAILER: New characters revealed in Final Fantasy XV video
RPG fans were treated to a first glimpse at two new characters in Square Enix’s upcoming Final Fantasy XV in a video released this weekend. Shown off at Japanese anime convention Jump Festa 2015, the short reveals both popular summon Titan – who is now absolutely huge – and Cid. …
Read More »Watch the third episode of Razer eSports documentary Team Razer: Great Games
The second and final instalment in Razer’s three-part eSports documentary has hit the web. This episode focuses on one of the biggest games in the world – League of Legends. When we say eSports is in Razer’s DNA, we really mean it,” Razer co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan said. We …
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