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YouTube Could Go Somewhat Pay To Play

YouTube Could Go Somewhat Pay To Play

Some YouTube channel subscriptions as early as next quarter could need a monthly payment to access and play. Don’t worry too much as it is very unlikely that a channel you are subscribed to will simply switch to a payment scheme. Chances are, channels will be built around this, offering more content at a cost of around 1-5 dollars a month or 63p-£3.17 when converted, to paid subscribers. Pos...

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The Secret World Opens Competition to Allow Player-Created Music

The Secret World Opens Competition to Allow Player-Created Music

The “get your music in the game” competition held by The Secret World team will allow community members to submit their music. Their submissions will be considered for a chance to have their tunes shared with the player base of The Secret World. The winners will have their music played in various in game locations such as bars, shops, and diners. “There are a lot of talented and dedicated people i...

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R.I.P. THQ (1989-2013)

R.I.P. THQ (1989-2013)

The writing has been on the wall for a long time now, but unfortunately, it is official. THQ is no more. The long time developer of toys and video games fell victim via Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Basically, what that is in a nutshell is they couldn’t pay their bills, they were unable to pay off their debt. We won’t get in a discussion about that, though, instead, let’...

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War Thunder Beta Now Open

War Thunder Beta Now Open

War Thunder, Gaijin Entertainment’s upcoming World War II air combat MMO, has entered open beta in Europe, North America, and South America. Several weeks after open beta began in Russia, Gaijin’s Creative Director Kirill Yudintsev made this announcement: “After four years of working on War Thunder, we’re sincerely happy that we can finally present it to the gaming community all over the world.Eve...

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Latest Warface Trailer invites players for closed beta

Latest Warface Trailer invites players for closed beta

Experience the future of free-to-play online shooters with Warface, Crytek and Trion Worlds next exciting and intense fast paced action shooter made by the visual powerhouse that is CryEngine 3. A short but sweet new trailer by Crytek in conjunction with Trion Worlds shows off an exciting, visually appealing F2P online shooter – packed with guns blazing and some immerse team action. So once you en...

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Grid 2 Is Heading Your Way

Grid 2 Is Heading Your Way

The race is on, literally as Codemasters today released a new video of Grid 2 combining both dramatic live action and stunning in-game footage of two 592bhp McLaren MP4-12cs racing at the world famous Brands Hatch circuit. It is the long-awaited sequel to the BAFTA-award winning GRID , and is set to release this summer for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATI...

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Dokuro gets January 30 Release Date

Dokuro gets January 30 Release Date

GungHo Online Entertainment America confirmed that Dokuro will be available on January 30th for the Playstation Vita. It will be available as a digital download for the Vita in Europe and will cost €14.99. Dokuro has won a few awards, such as “Best PS Vita Puzzle Game” and “Original Game of the Year.” Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “What, exactly, is a Dokuro, and is it contagious?” This is...

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Halo 4 Spartan Ops Episode Seven

Halo 4 Spartan Ops Episode Seven

The Halo universe just got a little bigger with the official release of the latest Spartan Ops: Episode Seven available for download via Xbox Live Monday January 11th. A short synopsis was released earlier this month and it reads as follows; Catherine Halsey  is on a mission to take matters into her own hands and is about to make a deal with the devil. I do beleive 343 Industries decision to creat...

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Sony and Major League Gaming Bring Planetside 2 to Competitive Gaming

Sony and Major League Gaming Bring Planetside 2 to Competitive Gaming

Sony Online Entertainment and Major League Gaming (MLG) have teamed up to bring Planetside 2 to the competitive gaming audience. This partnership will include Planetside 2 in broadcast programming, online competition, and MLG events. Planetside 2 is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online first person shooter, so games are sure to be interesting. “PlanetSide 2 players are extremely loyal to t...

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CrossFire Launching as First Third-Party Free-To-Play Title on Origin

CrossFire Launching as First Third-Party Free-To-Play Title on Origin

Today SG Interactive, a leading North American free-to-play game publisher, and G4BOX Inc., a North American publisher and distributor of interactive online entertainment media, announced that starting January 25, Origin customers will be able download and play SmileGate’s breakout action title, CrossFire. This is the first free-to-play from a third-party publisher available on EA’s digital store....

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