Swedish YouTube phenom Felix Kjellberg, better known to gamers as PewDiePie, has 27 million subscribers and pulls in around $4 million in ad sales per year. Most of this is straight profit, according to a profile of Kjellberg published in The Wall Street Journal. Kjellberg, 24, created PewDiePie five years ago. In December of 2012, […]
As if the goat phenomenon could get any more unbelievable, now it is being used to help fight world hunger. Goat Simulator developer Coffee Stain Studios has teamed up with Escape Goat 2 creator MagicalTimeBean and charity organization Heifer International to bring animals to poverty-stricken areas of the world. To incentivize donations to Heifer, the […]
A common criticism of certain games in The Legend of Zelda series–Skyward Sword, in particular–is that there are too many things, like tutorials, that get in your way of playing. Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma is aware of this concern and is consciously trying to avoid having it come up again in the future. “When we […]
The official Microsoft Store on eBay (via Slickdeals) is currently selling the Xbox 360 version of acclaimed open-world action game Grand Theft Auto V for $20. Shipping is free. There’s no word on when this deal will expire, so you may want to act quickly. The markdown comes a week after Rockstar Games announced that […]
Microsoft’s director of Xbox Live programming, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, will speak this week at his high school’s graduation ceremony in Connecticut, he Many high schools in Connecticut get out this week. Prior to joining Microsoft, Hryb spent more than a decade working as the director of promotions at Clear Channel for WKSS in Hartford […]
When Microsoft finally unveiled last week that a new Crackdown is in the works, you may have noticed it was never referred to as Crackdown 3. That’s due in part to Microsoft Studios boss Ken Lobb disliking that naming convention, and partially because of what the new Crackdown is. “You can blame me for 20 […]
After several conflicting reports, Microsoft has officially clarified the specifics of Kinect processing power on Xbox One. Starting this month, developers now have the ability to turn off most of the Kinect’s functionality to gain extra GPU resources, but some system-level functions cannot be disabled. GameSpot recently reported that the new Xbox software update would […]
Microsoft has announced this week’s Xbox Live deals for Gold subscribers, and they include markdowns on semi-new releases like Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Strider, as well as critically acclaimed Rockstar Games action title like Bully, Red Dead Redemption, and Max Payne 3. The discounts listed below are valid now through June 23. Of course, […]
Activision Publishing’s Other Skylanders licensing extensions for 2014 include a new global program from book company Penguin Group (which has already sold over 2.5 million Skylanders books), as well as a special Skylanders: Swap Force official guide from augmented reality company Zappar. Activision has also teamed up with Immediate Media for an official Skylanders-themed children’s […]
Forza Horizon 2, Microsoft’s upcoming 1080p open-world racing game for Xbox 360 and Xbox One, will not have microtransactions, at least not at launch. Creative director Ralph Fulton said in a new interview that “tokens,” the in-game currency used in past games to unlock cars by spending real-world money, will not be available in the […]
