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A 16-year-old takes his shot at Roblox fame as a native game maker

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Ammon Runger has been playing games on Roblox since he was 10. Then he started making games. And like many others building games on the popular user-generated content platform, Runger wants to move up the ladder to making a living creating those games. He’s part of what I call the Leisure Economy, where we get paid to…
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Valve Steam Deck is a handheld gaming PC that runs SteamOS

Valve has announced its own handheld gaming console. The Steam Deck is a compact gaming PC running a custom version of SteamOS and can play all of your Steam games while also functioning as a computer. The Steam Deck has a formfactor similar to other portable gaming consoles like Nintendo Switch or the PlayStation Vita. On either side of the display are analog sticks with the d-pad on the left and…
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June 2021 NPD: Xbox and Switch outsell the competition

Join live for the final day of Transform 2021, including the AI Innovation & Women in AI Awards. Watch now. Hardware sales had a huge month in the United States in June. Consumers snapped up $401 million in new consoles, which is up 112% compared to the same period in…
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Ubisoft delays Rainbow Six: Extraction and Riders Republic

Join live for the final day of Transform 2021, including the AI Innovation & Women in AI Awards. Watch now. Ubisoft announced today in separate blog posts that Riders Republic is delayed from September 2 to October 28, and Rainbow Six: Extraction is moving from September 16 to January 2022. The posts don’t give much detail into why the delays are happening, but these have never been rare…
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Pokémon Unite launches its MOBA action to Switch on July 21

Join executive leaders at the AI at the Edge & IoT Summit. Watch now! The Pokémon Company announced today that Pokémon Unite will launch for Switch on July 21. A mobile version should release in September. Pokémon Unite is a free-to-play MOBA, the same type of game…
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Valve’s Steam Deck merges Switch convenience with PC gaming

Join executive leaders at the AI at the Edge & IoT Summit. Watch now! Valve today has unveiled the Steam Deck, its portable PC gaming machine. Like the Nintendo Switch, it has support for a dock that will connect the device to a TV. You have to buy the dock separately. You can play games from your Steam library on the machine. The price will start at $400 with 64 GB of internal storage. A…
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