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Fortnite Chapter 2 apparently leaks via Apple’s app store

October 11, 2019
Epic Games is evidently lining up a change for its biggest game, as images of Fortnite Chapter 2 leaked on Apple’s App Store in the Italian language. The image above suggests some big changes, as a team of three players looks out across a river with boats floating in it. There’s a big building to the right, and it all suggests that there is a new map coming soon. The new map appears…
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Bandai Namco discounts its Switch library until October 21st

October 11, 2019
The holidays are nearly upon us. For some, that means a whole lot of traveling. Switch owners can stock up on cheap digital downloads during Bandai Namco’s publisher sale to stay occupied during flights, long drives and restless nights in lumpy childhood beds. The…
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Nintendo Switch Brain Age followup gets January launch in Europe

October 11, 2019
Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch is heading to Europe. Nintendo confirmed that the Brain Age followup is launching January 3 in that region. The publisher still hasn’t confirmed a North American release, though. Nintendo previously only announced Brain Training in Japan. The game got a trailer reveal in that country where it is debuting December 27. As with the Japanese…
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Donald Trump is the newest Twitch streamer

October 11, 2019
The 2020 presidential campaigns are well under way, and Donald Trump has added another internet outlet to reach voters: Twitch. The campaign’s first verified stream went live tonight from a rally in Minneapolis, as Trump followed Bernie Sanders’ campaign in…
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Donald Trump joins Twitch, an Amazon-owned company

October 10, 2019
President Donald Trump has joined streaming service Twitch as part of his re-election strategy. Twitch is owned by Amazon, the company led by Jeff Bezos — and both Amazon and Bezos are frequent targets for Trump’s displeasure. It appears Trump recently joined Twitch…
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How Google Stadia’s ‘negative latency’ might work

October 10, 2019
Google Stadia is going to feel more responsive than local hardware … eventually. At least, Stadia engineering boss Madj Bakar is making that claim in an interview in the latest issue of Edge magazine (via PCGamesN). That doesn’t seem possible, right?. Latency is inherent to sending video over the internet. You cannot break the laws of physics. Except, the laws of physics never counted on…
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Luigi’s Mansion gave Mario’s brother his own identity

October 10, 2019
Luigi’s Mansion 3 comes out on October 31, and it’ll be Nintendo’s biggest Switch release for the rest of the year (that doesn’t include the word Pokémon in the title). But before the Halloween launch, I’m looking back and appreciating the original Luigi’s…
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Ubisoft is turning more of its games into animated shows

October 10, 2019
French video game company Ubisoft is continuing its foray into animated television with several new shows, including a tamed Watch Dogs tale and a franchise built around Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The Watch Dogs series is described as a toned-down version of Ubisoft’s popular game franchise about hackers. The series is aimed at tweens, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s unclear…
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