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Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Madden NFL 16 also in top three

Last week, Google launched YouTube Gaming. It’s a site dedicated to games video. All gaming content from YouTube is available on the platform, and live-streaming has been made easier than before. It’s an enticing proposition that capitalises on the site’s already huge games audience. Games-related content is amongst YouTube’s most …

YouTube’s new Gaming portal is a genuine threat to Twitch, warn prominent video journalists. Although YouTube comfortably leads the market with video-on-demand content, Twitch has become the platform of choice for live-streaming. Something YouTube hopes to change. YouTube is late to the party, but I’d never discount it as it …

YouTube has launched its new Gaming brand, but can it rival streaming market leader Twitch? We speak to the companies themselves, as well as video journalists from around the industry, about the video giant’s entry in the streaming sector. Our Digital Counts campaign also continues, with the games media joining …

The UK games industry can decide which charities will receive a record-breaking amount of money from GamesAid next week. From September 7th for one week, GamesAid members can vote from a list of charities that have already been put forward by the games industry. Due diligence to ensure the charities …

A PS Vita edition of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is in the works, according to a new ESRB rating. The rating indicates the Vita release will be dubbed XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus, though its unclear what the addition in the title means in terms of differences from Enemy Unknown’s PC, console …

A series of tweets by Minecraft creator Markus Persson has highlighted the developer’s struggles in trying to adjust to his newfound wealth. Microsoft last year acquired Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5bn, with Notch himself netting somewhere in the region of $1.5bn. He used some of the money to buy a …

The UK trade body’s community and engagement assistant Jenny Brammall has been promoted. Brammall will now be serving as UKIE’s commercial services coordinator, I’m thrilled to continue to work with UKIE’s lovely community, especially the Video Games Ambassadors scheme and student membership who I have grown very close to,” she …

Future has promoted GamesMaster games editor Matt Gilman to editor. Gilman joined GamesMaster in 2012 as a staff writer, before being promoted to games editor in 2013. Prior to his role at the multi-format title, Gilman did freelance work for PocketGamer and Pocket Picks. His promotion to editor follows the …

Dear UK Games Industry, We have been lying to you, and we have had enough. Last week, the No.1 game in the UK charts was not the most popular game. The Chinese Room should have been celebrating its first No.1 with Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. Just as this week, …