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During its Game Stack Live event this week for developers, Microsoft revealed that it is incorporating AMD’s FidelityFX tools directly into the Xbox Series X/S game development kit. This enables studios to get parity between their PC and Xbox versions of a game. But this implementation of FidelityFX also serves as a…
Hackers exploit SonicWall email security vulnerability
April 21, 2021
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(Reuters) — Hackers have targeted customers of California-based network services firm SonicWall via a previously undisclosed vulnerability in its email security product, the company and…
Call of Duty: Warzone hits 100 million downloads
April 21, 2021
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Call of Duty: Warzone has crossed into new territory with 100 million downloads since its launch in March 2020.
The free-to-play game debuted as a battle royale mode for Call of Duty…
Bandai Namco will close its Santa Clara office and move employees to Southern California
April 20, 2021
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Bandai Namco Entertainment America has decided to close its office in the Northern California city of Santa Clara and relocate the employees to a new Southern California office.
The North American branch of the Japanese maker of games (known for Japanese role-playing games, fighting games, and arcade classics…
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Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War will get new Season 3 content on April 22.
Among the big changes for Warzone is an update to its narrative. Some time ago, a…
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Microsoft is working with streaming-tech startup Rainway to bring Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming to iOS. Rainway enables low-latency streaming through browsers like Safari, Chrome, and Edge. This…
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Sony Interactive Entertainment will not close the digital stores for PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita. This is a reversal of the plans the company announced earlier this month. Sony will close the PlayStation Portable digital store on July 2, though.
“It’s clear that we made the wrong decision here,” Sony…
E3 Rewind: Nintendo’s boring and bizarre E3 2008
April 16, 2021
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In 2008, Nintendo was on top. The DS and Wii were giant hits. The company had developed a new strategy that targeted audiences that weren’t part of the core gaming demographic. Successes…
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Codemasters and its new parent company, Electronic Arts, will launch F1 2021 on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on July 16.
The title is the first joint title between Codemasters and…
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Misfits Gaming Group is leaning into female gamers with the launch of its Women of Misfits speaker series, and the esports company will turn this into a wider platform over time.
The Boca Raton, Florida-based company will use this to elevate issues for women in gaming and esports, and it’s happening at a time when…
