The developers at Valve have created some of the most influential titles in video game history, but the company's latest project doesn't require a controller. Valve has released Free To Play, a feature-length documentary about the video game Dota 2, on YouTube, Steam, and iTunes. Free To Play follows several players as they prepare for the Dota 2 International Tournament, which offers a million dollar prize to its champion. In particular, the film focuses on three plays from three different continents, delving into their personal lives and their experiences within the eSports community. Valve's choice to distribute Free To Play on YouTube presents the film to its target audience as directly as possible. Dota 2 is a sequel to the game that inspired League of Legends, which is one of the most popular games on both YouTube and Twitch. It's the second time in the past few months a documentary publisher has aimed...
- 3/20/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
If you're interested in learning about the rise of the most popular video game on YouTube, a full-length documentary recently released on the top video sharing site might be right up your alley. Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a 104-minute film about Markus Persson's smash hit sandbox video game, is now available for free on YouTube. The film's creators, 2 Player Productions, financed it by raising $210,000 on Kickstarter back in 2011. After it first ran on Xbox Live in December 2012, it has no arrived on YouTube, where it is already drawing the attention of the site's massive Minecraft community. The Story Of Mojang scored 183,000 views in its first five days; appearances from YouTube channels The Yogscast and The Shaft likely assisted its viewcount. Is The Story Of Mojang worth watching? Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead believes it is most appropriate for the game's rabid fan base. "For fans of Minecraft, it contains enough...
- 11/14/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
By Matt Hawkins
Video game documentaries are all the rage. You have ones dedicated to where games are played and who plays them like 100 Yen, to ones that details who makes games in the first place, like Indie Game: The Movie.
There's also documentaries that simply cover a single game, from the indie sandbox sensation Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, to Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters, which highlights what many believe to be the greatest video game of all time.
But what about the greatest game peripheral of all time? I'm talking about the Power Glove of course. Well, its time has finally come, courtesy of the forthcoming The Power of the Glove.
It promises to answer every question you've ever had about the future of gaming, as originally foretold in a 100 minute long commercial for Super Mario Bros 3 starring the Wonder Years' Fred Savage, but didn't realize you had.
Video game documentaries are all the rage. You have ones dedicated to where games are played and who plays them like 100 Yen, to ones that details who makes games in the first place, like Indie Game: The Movie.
There's also documentaries that simply cover a single game, from the indie sandbox sensation Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, to Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters, which highlights what many believe to be the greatest video game of all time.
But what about the greatest game peripheral of all time? I'm talking about the Power Glove of course. Well, its time has finally come, courtesy of the forthcoming The Power of the Glove.
It promises to answer every question you've ever had about the future of gaming, as originally foretold in a 100 minute long commercial for Super Mario Bros 3 starring the Wonder Years' Fred Savage, but didn't realize you had.
- 7/10/2013
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
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