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Activision Blizzard reports 20 people have exited company and 20 more disciplined

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Activision Blizzard reported that 20 people have exited company and 20 more have been disciplined in its investigation of allegations of sex discrimination at the big video game giant. The company said it has also added three full-time positions to its thics and compliance team…
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September 2021 NPD: PlayStation 5 outsells Xbox, Switch

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Console hardware is flying off manufacturing lines directly to consumers in the United States. Sony and Microsoft continue to sell every PlayStation 5 and…
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Ludia unveils DC Heroes & Villains match-3 puzzle RPG

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Ludia unveiled DC Heroes & Villains, the first match-3 puzzle role-playing game (RPG) set in the DC Universe. The mobile game will come out in 2022, and…
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AnalogueOS turns Analogue Pocket into ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Gaming’

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Analogue Pocket is still coming soon. The FPGA-powered modernized Game Boy clone with a hyper-high-resolution screen has faced plenty of delays, but Analogue has spent that time polishing up the device’s new operating system, AnalogueOS. This interface enables vintage-game…
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Steam reportedly blocks cryptocurrency and NFT games

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Valve is reportedly blocking cryptocurrency and NFT games on its Steam digital distribution network, according to Age of Rust developer SpacePirate…
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The RetroBeat: Consoles that should be in Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Nintendo announced today that it’s new tier for Nintendo Switch Online is going to costs $50 a year, and I’m still trying to process that. This costs more than twice as much as the original version of NSO, and all so that you can get access to a handful of Genesis and Nintendo…
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Nintendo Switch Online’s new tier costs an absurd $50 a year

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Last month, Nintendo announced that it would make Nintendo 64 and Genesis games available in a new tier of its Nintendo Switch Online Service. Now we know how much the price will increase, and it’s a lot. The original version of NSO online costs $20 a year ($35 for a family…
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