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Nintendo Placing Ads on Users' YouTube Gameplay Videos

Source: PC Magazine

Nintendo is looking to profit off YouTube videos containing its game content. As reported by Go Nintendo, the company will begin running ads on fan-made Nintendo videos, therefore stripping the creators of any revenue. Nintendo did not ...
Full article at: PC Magazine  More like this  1 day ago, 10:17am CDT

In the News | Sega Pledges Exclusive Sonic Adventure For Wii U

Source: Wired

Sonic: Lost World is coming exclusively to Wii U and 3DS. Will it be enough? Image courtesy Nintendo In a streamed Nintendo Direct video presentation, Sega said it would bring a new Sonic the Hedgehog game, subtitled Lost World, exclusive ...
Full article at: Wired  More like this  1 day ago, 10:10am CDT

Even Japanese Gamers Hate Disc-Locked Content

Source: Cinema Blend

Language barriers, cultural gaps, gender role differences...those are a few things that separate us from our Japanese gaming brethren (and sisters). However, there's one thing that ties us all together in the gaming community ...
Full article at: Cinema Blend  More like this  1 day ago, 9:51am CDT

Team Fortress 2 gets big upgrade, adds “Steampipe” content delivery

Source: VG247

Team Fortress 2 developer Valve has dropped the update-bomb today, with a brand new patch that integrates the studio’s new “Steampipe” content delivery method, among other things. Kotaku reports that Steampipe will r ...
Full article at: VG247  More like this  May 2 2013, 3:41am CDT

Gods Will Be Watching: a minimalist attempt at survival simulation

Source: That Video Game Blog

The only thing that matches the simplicity of the premise of Gods Will Be Watching is the game’s minimalist presentation. According to Kotaku, Gods Will Be Watching was created over the course of one weekend ...
Full article at: That Video Game Blog  More like this  May 1 2013, 9:25pm CDT

Famicom was red because Nintendo’s president fancied it

Source: VG247

Here’s a delightful little anecdote from the annals of industry history. The Famicom – the console better known in the west as the NES – was coloured as it was because the president of Nintendo really liked it. The Famicom – or Family Computer, ...
Full article at: VG247  More like this  May 1 2013, 7:33pm CDT

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Preview | GameDynamo

Source: N4G

9d ago - Bloody Disgusting scours the bevvy of upcoming horror games, from indie releases to AAA blockbust... | PC 10d ago - DSOGaming writes: "Frictional Games and thechineseroom have released a new set of screenshots for... | PC 39d ago - ...
Full article at: N4G  More like this  May 1 2013, 6:09pm CDT

Daily Reaction: Next Gen to Respawn Exclusive Deals, PS4 and Xbox 720 Industry Pains

Source: Playstation Lifestyle

The next generation is almost here, but with both the PS4 and the next Xbox thought to release within weeks of each other, every exclusive will count. The Daily Reaction duo of Seb and Dan discuss which console will ...
Full article at: Playstation Lifestyle  More like this  May 1 2013, 4:58pm CDT

Gearbox artist slams Dragon's Crown character design

Source: Destructoid

The Dragon's Crown "thing" shows no sign of stopping, with vehement and sometimes venomous opinions flying this way and that. To bring you up to speed, Vanillaware's upcoming brawler features a big-boobed Sorceress, t ...
Full article at: Destructoid  More like this  May 1 2013, 10:17am CDT

Report: Nintendo Didn't Make the Famicom Red, Because It Was Cheap

Source: Kotaku

Ever wonder why the Famicom (née Family Computer) was red, gold and white? It was glorious color scheme, but the story goes that cheap plastics were responsible for the console's iconic hue. That story, says one of the console's main designers, ...
Full article at: Kotaku  More like this  May 1 2013, 5:30am CDT


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