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Everybody’s favourite Swedish gamer PewDiePie isn’t impressed with Nintendo’s plan to share Let’s-Play ad revenue with YouTubers. Back in 2013, Big N had forbid YouTubers from making money off videos featuring its content. Now they’re wanting to make a concession. They’ll still take a cut of the ad revenue, but will share a portion of…
It’s no secret that 2014 was not the best of years for Sega. The company is now beginning to explore options to streamline its business operations, including reducing its workforce. In a message to shareholders, its board of directors announced that about 300 Japanese employees have been asked to voluntarily take early retirement. The company…
Millions of Americans suddenly woke up without broadband today, as the FCC voted to change the definition of high speed internet access. The regulator approved a report, in a 3-2 vote, that asked the minimum definition be changed to 25mbps, up from 4mbps. The report came to this conclusion after taking family internet usage into account….
The PlayStation Vita death watch continues. Sony announced this morning that it would be removing both the map and YouTube apps from their handheld game console. Maps and geolocation features will be disabled in a planned firmware update in March. YouTube will disappear from the PlayStation Store as of today (January 28th), while support will…
Microsoft’s deceptively named Windows 10 is coming soon, and it will let you stream Xbox One games to your desktop. Xbox and PC have long existed as two separate entities. The new Xbox app seeks to change that by connecting Windows to Xbox Live. You’ll be able to view your achievements, chat with friends, and…
NVIDIA has taken the covers off their latest graphics card, the GeForce GTX 960. PC gaming is about to hit a quantum leap thanks to the new console generation. Which has pushed up system requirements for games considerably in the last few months. Big Green is promising that with 1024 CUDA cores, you’ll be able…
I had started this article on broken games a few days ago, when I noticed IGN had just written about the same problem. It’s an issue in the video game community that’s been festering for awhile, but is finally starting to gain mainstream attention. The gaming industry is sick. During 2014, we saw nearly every major studio…
Sonic Boom sucks. It’s considered one of the worst games of 2014, and perhaps even worse than Sonic ’06. Now Sega is looking to fix that, or rather put some lipstick on the pig with huge 1GB patch. There’s no official release notes to go along with the update. However, European gamers have noticed some fixes….