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Quake ‘revitalized edition’ is imminent as game appears on ESRB rating site

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  The Quakecon fan event starts today, and shockingly, it looks like Bethesda and id Software plan to reveal some news about the classic shooter. The Entertainment Software Rating Board in the United States has listed an M rating for Quake on its website this morning. In addition to warnings about “blood and gore”…
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Epic Games Store’s self-publishing tools enter closed beta

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  The Epic Games Store is launching a closed beta for its self-publishing tools today. You can sign up for for it here. The Epic Games Store isn’t as large as Steam, but it still has 58 million monthly active users. If you’re trying to sell a game, you can attract a lot of eyes through the platform. Also, Epic…
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Roblox bookings grow 35% to $665.5M for Q2 2021

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the second quarter ended June 30 were $665.5 million, up 35% from the same period a year ago. The San Mateo company reported a net loss of $140.1 million on revenues of $454.1 million (up 127%) for the second quarter. The results fell…
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Roblox acquires game chat startup Guilded

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Roblox, the maker of user-generated games and other content, said it has acquired the startup Guilded, a maker of platform for connecting gaming communities. Roblox didn’t disclose the…
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The RetroBeat: Doom 64 proves old shooters are still great

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  As happens more and more often these days, I felt myself burned out from in-game dialogue, text, and other passive storytelling devices. Don’t get me wrong: I like a good narrative in my…
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July NPDs, Grand Theft Auto remasters, and more | GB Decides 209

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  People love to buy Zelda games, even when it’s a remaster of one of the less-beloved entries in the series. We talk about that and July’s best-selling games during this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast. We go on to discuss those rumors of a Grand Theft Auto trilogy remaster, we learn that Coke Zero Sugar has a…
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