Will YouTube Change How E3 Coverage Is Viewed This Year?
With E3, the game industry’s biggest trade show, weeks away, developers are racing to get their proverbial ducks in a row (real ducks in the case of Nintendo’s Duck Hunt reboot). With this mad scramble to the E3 finish line, some studios have started locking down the most important tool in their make-gamers-flip-out-arsenal — YouTube. [...]
Television, Sports, Television: The Best Supercuts Of Microsoft’s Xbox One Reveal
Yesterday, after Microsoft revealed their next generation console, the Xbox One, disenchanted internet folk worldwide made their voices heard. The result, as made painfully obvious by the swarms of negative tweets and rage-filled Reddit posts, was not in Microsoft’s favor. Kotaku called the whole reveal event a “disaster,” adding that “the company failed spectacularly.” Of [...]
Microsoft & Steven Spielberg Unveil Xbox One-Exclusive ‘Halo’ Series
Premium television-style content is coming to Microsoft’s next generation console, Xbox One. Announced earlier today, director Steven Spielberg in conjunction with 343 Studios will release an Xbox One exclusive “Halo” series. The news of the “Halo” exclusive series hints at the possibility of more streaming exclusive shows coming from Microsoft. This could be harbinger of [...]
Live Now: Microsoft Reveals Next Generation Xbox
For the past week, Microsoft has been teasing a live event with the tagline “Xbox: A New Generation Revealed.” It’s one of the biggest tech and gaming events of 2013, and it’s streaming live right now. It’s safe to say that Microsoft will be revealing the next generation of Xbox consoles, which we can all [...]
‘Video Game High School’ Creators Developing ‘Field of Fire’ Modern Warfare Game
Rocket Jump Studios, the guys who brought you “Video Game High School,” are currently developing an action-packed video game due to popular demand from VGHS fans. Enter “Field of Fire,” a modern battlefield warfare game where you take part in Canada’s Joint Task Force 2 as they fight off the Mexican invasion. The main storyline [...]
SMOSH Gaming Channel Turns 6 Months Old: Exclusive Gamer Nation Preview Inside [VIDEO]
If SMOSH’s gaming channel were a kid, it would be learning to crawl about now. SMOSH Games just turned 6 months old — and if you are a YouTube creator in doubt about having a gaming channel, let SMOSH reassure you — their gaming channel alone is in the top 100 of subscribed channels at [...]
Kevin Pereira | Video Game Show Host & Producer
When I first heard about Kevin Pereira’s upcoming series for Machinima Prime, “Player vs. Pain,” I imagined the series to be filmed in some dark, hideous dungeon where players go head to head in a battle of S&M endurance and mastering the controller. It turns out that “Player vs. Pain” is, in fact, a gauntlet [...]
Dailymotion and Pulse Esports Team Up For Video Game Competition Channel
In a bid to compete against the video game offerings on YouTube, Dailymotion and professional video gaming organization Pulse Esports are teaming up to bring more gaming content as well as a new “eSport” tournament where teams will compete in video game competitions that will be featured on the video-streaming site, the companies announced today. [...]
Gritty Reboots On The Inspiration Behind Their ‘Pokemon Snap’ YouTube Reimagining
The YouTube generation have, through a variety of wildly successful videos, become synonymous with reimagining. Some of YouTube’s most definitive videos have been parodies (Smosh’s “Pokemon” theme) or new takes on classic, beloved games, TV shows and films (basically every Epic Rap Battles of History video). Video games in particular have become a staple [...]
Sega’s Attack On Creators Is Why YouTube Must Fix Their Broken Copyright Policy
Back in November software developer Sega began a slash-and-burn campaign against all YouTube channels they felt were in violation of copyright infringement. Strangely, the original copyright strike was specifically targeted towards channels with footage or commentary regarding the Sega Saturn RPG “Shining Force III.” It was a bizarrely focused campaign, but many industry analysts [...]
