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We suspect this is not the spoiler it appears to be on face value, but regardless Microsoft’s TV spot for Halo 5: Guardians strikes a downbeat chord for fans of its main star. The video, which you can see below, depicts the global announcement of the death of the Master …
Read More »VIDEO: The Angry Birds Movie gets its first trailer
The first trailer for the big screen debut of the Angry Birds franchise has been unleashed into the wild. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely,” the description reads. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis – We’re the Millers, Horrible …
Read More »VIDEO: Live-action Destiny trailer arrives ahead of The Taken King
The Taken King is very nearly upon us, so of course it’s time for a big promotional push from Activision. This new Destiny live-action short maintains the tradition of using Led Zeppelin tracks, this time featuring ‘Black Dog’, much like the game’s most recent trailer. This new video is directed …
Read More »Until Dawn was YouTube’s top August game
PS4 horror title Until Dawn has been named as the ‘hottest’ game on YouTube in July. As reported by Kotaku, YouTube defines ‘hotness’ by combining both video watch time and uploads. Supermassive’s title was helped no doubt by the attention it was given by big names such as PewDiePie and …
Read More »VIDEO: Miyamoto shares his level design secrets
The creator of Mario breaks down World 1-1 and how it teaches players the mechanics of the iconic Super Mario Bros
Read More »Panda TV aims to be the Chinese competitor to Twitch
The son of China’s richest man is launching a live streaming site that could soon rival Amazon-owned service Twitch. Panda TV is being backed by Wang Sicong, local online celebrity and son of Wang Jianlin, who is estimated to be worth $26.5 billion (Forbes, via VentureBeat). Sicong will serve as …
Read More »PewDiePie becomes first-ever YouTube channel to exceed 10 billion views
Internet celebrity Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has become the first person to be watched more than 10 billion times on YouTube. Kjellberg’s weight within the games industry has been long known, but the news that his videos have been watched more times than there are people on the Earth (7.3 billion) …
Read More »New documentary to look at how Let’s Play videos came to power
The video production firm behind Red vs Blue and Achievement Hunter will next week release a new documentary looking at the popularity of Let’s Play videos. As well as looking back at the all-around success of the Let’s Play format, which sees a group of video creators play games while …
Read More »VIDEO: Metal Gear Solid V’s debriefing could be Kojima’s final farewell
Is this the end? With Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain now finally out worldwide, Konami and series’ creator Hideo Kojima have released what is described as a ‘debriefing’ video. The first half of the short is actually little more than self-congratulatory praise-mongering, with various bods associated with the …
Read More »VIDEO: Kojima’s launch trailer for Metal Gear Solid V is here
Will this video stand as the last piece of Metal Gear Solid content Hideo Kojima ever makes? With work having wrapped up on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain ahead of its release next Tuesday (September 1st), the video below – which boldly declares it is directed and edited …
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