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How Nexon is expanding its PC online games to mobile

August 19, 2020
Nexon is a lucky online-only video game company with five major franchises that have generated billions of dollars in revenues over the years. That’s the payback from being the first company to launch a free-to-play online game — the Kingdom of the Wilds, released on the PC in 1996. And by the end of this year, all five of those major franchises will be available on mobile devices, Nexon CEO…
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Nintendo’s Indie World delights with multiple games launching

August 19, 2020
Nintendo livestreamed one of its Indie World Showcase presentations to Twitch and YouTube this morning. This comes as fans continue to harbor anxiety about the future of the Nintendo Switch’s lineup. So far, the publisher has only revealed Pikmin 3 Deluxe for the fall, and…
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Torchlight III is coming to Switch

August 19, 2020
Nintendo announced today during its Indie World Showcase stream that Torchlight III is coming to Switch later this year. Torchlight III has been in early access on PC since June. The action role-playing game started life as Torchlight Frontiers, an MMO. It then morphed into…
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Subnautica and its sequel are launching on Nintendo Switch next year

August 19, 2020
One of the more popular indie survival games on PC and consoles is finally coming to Switch. Subnautica is launching on Nintendo’s hybrid home/handheld system in 2021. Developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment is also planning to launch the sequel, Subnautica: Below Zero, on Switch next year as well. In Subnautica, players end up marooned on a hostile ocean planet called 4546B. To survive, the…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra review: big phone, small updates

August 18, 2020
Samsung has settled into a new routine for its Galaxy Note line of smartphones: take some of the major new features from the flagship Galaxy S updates from earlier in the year, improve on them slightly, and add a stylus. Instead of being the first with new technology, the…
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The 9 biggest announcements from today’s Nintendo Indie World Showcase

August 18, 2020
The lineup of big Nintendo games is a little light at the moment, but at least we have some indie games to keep Switch owners busy. During its most recent Indie World Showcase, Nintendo showed off a number of high-profile titles coming to its tablet, including a handful of games that will be available today. Here are the biggest announcements. Supergiant, best-known for games like Transistor and…
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Bluetooth SIG plans COVID-19 exposure-tracing support for wearables

August 18, 2020
Though Apple and Google codeveloped a fairly sophisticated COVID-19 exposure-tracing system based on Bluetooth signals shared by Android phones and iPhones, the organization behind the Bluetooth standard believes there’s more to be done, specifically for wearables. Today, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that it’s working with over 130 member companies to extend the…
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