Youtuber Dalasreview has fully pulled his title Fur Fun from Steam barely ten months after a controversial release and virtually no response from the Steam market. Fur Fun began as a game attempting to obtain crowdfunding to produce a Banjo-Kazooie style game. When those crowdfunding attempts failed, popular Spanish Youtuber Dalasreview backed the game and helped publish it, presumably also helping fund its development. When the game launched into early access last February, it immediately struck a negative response. People quickly discovered that stolen assets from Banjo Kazooie, Minecraft, and Mario were present in the game’s files, a public spat over whether or not Yooka-Laylee composer Grant Kirkhope had created music for the game resulted in the Fur Fun account publicly accusing him of lying on Twitter, and Dalasreview began filing frivolous DMCA takedown notices against Youtube videos critical of the game and its developer. In all of this controversy, it looks like the only … [Read more...] about [NM] Youtuber DalasReview Pulls Fur Fun From Steam After Game Flops
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Electronic Arts Blacklists Youtuber Over Honest Anthem Review
Today marks the official launch of Anthem and the title has been faring…not so well. It currently stands at a 61 critic rating on Metacritic and reviewers are blasting EA for a myriad of launch issues that either cropped up on launch day or weren’t fixed from the beta/head start. As it turns out, EA can’t even convince its own “Game Changers” to put a positive spin on the title. What are Game Changers? Aside from paid influencers, I’ll let the website explain: “Game Changers is EA’s community partnership program that fuses content creators and expert players directly into the game development process enabling early collaborative feedback for improvements. We also empower innovative storytelling by granting creators early access to gameplay capture.” What Game Changers doesn’t have any patience for, evidently, is honesty. Youtuber Gggmanlives is claiming he was blacklisted by Electronic Arts after posting a negative review of … [Read more...] about Electronic Arts Blacklists Youtuber Over Honest Anthem Review
In Plain English: Youtube Hauls Copyright Troll Into Court
Youtube is finally taking the fight to copyright trolls and this week filed a lawsuit against an individual for allegedly abusing the DMCA takedown system in order to extort and harass Youtube creators into paying him money. The defendant is Christopher Brady, an individual residing in Omaha, Nebraska. According to a complaint filed in the District of Nebraska, Youtube alleges that Brady has sent dozens of DMCA takedown notices making false claims of copyright infringement. The DMCA takedowns were part of a campaign to harass and extort money from the creators, with Brady threatening to send additional fraudulent notices in order to cause the termination of his victim’s Youtube accounts unless they paid him off. Brady is also accused of misusing the personal information that his victims supplied to him during the counter notification process. Youtube’s attorneys went as far as bringing attention to the DMCA’s built-in risk of abuse: “Further abuse can arise … [Read more...] about In Plain English: Youtube Hauls Copyright Troll Into Court
50 Ways To Drive Huge Amounts of Traffic from YouTube
YouTube is one of the greatest websites out there. There are millions of people who visit YouTube every day. Having all those people in one spot makes it a gold mine for internet marketers. For bloggers, it can be a great source of free website traffic. We’ve talked about making a video show for your blog, and out of all the free video hosting sites, YouTube is my favorite. Because YouTube is now owned by Google, having quality, high ranking YouTube videos is a great way to get targeted visitors to check out your site. You’ve probably seen at least one or two YouTube videos pop up on your Google search for a particularly competitive keyword. An official YouTube channel for your blog is kind of like a video page for your site. Not only can you customize it according to the look and feel of your site, but you you drive insane amounts of traffic from a global audience. Here I’m sharing 50 great tips to help you drive huge amounts of traffic from YouTube. Like this one … [Read more...] about 50 Ways To Drive Huge Amounts of Traffic from YouTube
A Must Have Growth Hacking Tool for Every YouTuber
If you’re a YouTube publisher, or thinking of starting a YouTube channel, you’re going to want to pay attention to this post. I’m going to talk about a powerhouse tool that will help you manage, optimize, and grow your YouTube channel. It’s called TubeBuddy, and it’s packed with countless powerful features that will enable you to get more out of YouTube. And one of the best parts is that all of these features are available inside your normal YouTube interface. TubeBuddy works as an extension for your browser, so there’s no need to switch back and forth to an external tool. In addition to the feature-packed premium plans, TubeBuddy offers a free version of the tool that still has plenty of helpful features. That means you can get started totally for free! Let’s take a look at all the ways this YouTube tool can grow your channel and make you more money from YouTube… TubeBuddy Features – Incredible Number of Tools Works Inside … [Read more...] about A Must Have Growth Hacking Tool for Every YouTuber