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Activision confirmed it will reveal Call of Duty: Vanguard as the latest installment in the shooter series at an event inside Call of Duty: Warzone at 10: 30 a.m. Pacific time on August 19.
Numerous leakers have said Vanguard is set in World War II and it involves the various soldiers such as a female Russian sniper…
Roblox bookings grow 35% to $665.5M for Q2 2021
August 17, 2021
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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…
Roblox acquires game chat startup Guilded
August 16, 2021
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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…
The RetroBeat: Doom 64 proves old shooters are still great
August 14, 2021
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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 games. But sometimes, it can feel like I’m spending more time reading and watching cutscenes than actually playing.
When this…
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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…
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U.S. consumers spent $4.6 billion on gaming in July 2021, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. This is up 10% from the same period last year, and it’s also the best July the…
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Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney told investors during an earnings call Wednesday that he would not give launch dates for highly anticipated releases of KartRider: Drift and the first game from Patrick Soderlund’s Embark Studios.
His remarks surfaced truths about game development seldom discussed in financial circles. The suits…
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Bethesda announced today that The Elder Scrolls Online is getting some graphical upgrades on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, including dynamic resolution scaling and a new HDR mode.
The Elder…
Roblox acqui-hires Jim Greer’s Bash Video platform
August 12, 2021
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Roblox has quietly acqui-hired Bash Video, a social video conferencing platform that Kongregate cofounder Jim Greer started.
It’s a small deal, as Bash Video only has six employees, but Greer is…
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Sonic and Tails are known for rolling into balls, but now they’re going to be rolling around in a giant ball. Sega is adding the pair as playable characters in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania.
Banana Mania is a compilation that includes remasters of the first three console games in the Super Monkey Ball series. It…
