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They say YouTube is the best barometer for the games industry, and if that’s the case then the sun is most definitely currently shining on Bandai Namco’s Dark Souls 3. The action RPG was named as the network’s top trending game of April 2016. This is based both on views …
Read More »YouTube removes Content ID claim revenue block
One of the main criticisms of YouTube’s Content ID system has been addressed by the video service. Content makers have for a long time bemoaned the fact that once a claim had been made on a video, they were locked out of making money from it for the duration of …
Read More »YouTube reworks Content ID to allow monetisation during disputes
‘When both a creator and someone making a claim choose to monetise a video, we will continue to run ads on that video and hold the resulting revenue separately. Once the Content ID claim or dispute is resolved, we'll pay out that revenue to the appropriate party’
Read More »PewDiePie ‘not proud’ of offensive remarks
YouTube King PewDiePie has admitted that he’s uncomfortable with some of the comments he used to make on YouTube. In a video entitled ‘Old vs. New PewDiePie’, Felix Kjellberg addressed fan criticism claiming that he is no longer the entertainer he once was. While saying that he understands why an …
Read More »It’s a vlog eat vlog world: Protecting your IP on YouTube
Tom Lingard and Aidan Grant from legal firm Stevens & Bolton advise devs on how to best target video-makers
Read More »PlayStation Access hits one million subscribers
Sony has announced that YouTube channel PlayStation Access has reached one million subscribers. The platform holder has said that that outlet has grown top be the biggest PlayStation channel in the European, Middle East and Africa regions. PlayStation Access launched in 2010, and Sony says that the site is home …
Read More »Quantum Break has option to disable licensed music for YouTubers
The developer of Quantum Break, Remedy, has given consumers the option of turning off licensed tracks in the upcoming release. Speaking to Engadget, the studio said that this was a response to feedback from YouTubers doing Let’s Plays of Remedy’s 2010 game Alan Wake. Due to YouTube’s Content ID, videos …
Read More »Remedy makes Quantum Break’s licensed music optional for YouTubers
Sites such as Twitch and YouTube have been criticised for blocking videos containing copyrighted songs
Read More »That Dragon, Cancer dev says Let’s Play has trashed sales
The developer of That Dragon, Cancer has revealed that the game has sold as few as 14k units. The emotional title is an ode to the short life of its creator Ryen Green’s son, Joel, who died of cancer at the age of five. The game received considerable press coverage, …
Read More »‘Let’s Play videos stopped us earning any money,’ says That Dragon, Cancer creator
‘We underestimated how many people would be satisfied with only watching the game instead of playing it themselves’
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