LO2: Research

IGN (12/3/2015) 'Turkey about to ban minecraft' available at http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/03/12/mojang-responds-to-possible-minecraft-ban-in-turkey [accessed: 10/6/2015]

We used sites such as IGN and BBC News in Gaming for research into the stories for the script. Here's the page for the Minecraft story used in the script.

Stories researched:

Anticipated game Project Cars has been delayed for the third time in a row, resulting in the game’s launch date to be moved back another month. According to publisher Namco Bandai, the hyper-realistic racing sim is now expected to be released in “mid-May” time, and this was to ensure the final build matches fan expectations.
Developer Ian Bell confirms out of the critically-acclaimed racing games that this will be its most “grand and intricately detailed of them all”.

The widely loved sandbox game Minecraft, based on players having the ability to create whatever they please in an open-world, is currently facing a ban in Turkey for being “too violent” and that its depictions of violence “cannot be ignored” according to the Turkish Family and Social Policies Ministry.  This has sparked controversy for gaming fans in Turkey, as Minecraft is believed to be a game solely based on creativity and imagination, rather than an excuse to act as a violent game.

PlayStation Vue, a new project that will act as a cloud-based TV streaming service for both PlayStation 3 and 4, will begin its commercial rollout nationwide by the end of the month for select invitation-only tests. Vue will be targeting “cord-cutters”; people who ditch their traditional cable providers in favour of digital-only services. Vue will let viewers watch many different live TV and on-demand content from networks such as FOX, NBCUniversal, Viacom and CBS. 

The cost of subscribing to PlayStation Vue has not yet been announced, but will first be available on consoles and eventually iPads and other non-Sony digital devices.