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Vindex‘s Belong Gaming Arenas is opening its first U.S. location in Houston, Texas, as part of a plan to expand its chain of local esports gaming centers as the pandemic eases.
Many retailers have been stung in the pandemic as they paid high rents but were forced to close. Now many countries are starting to reopen, and…
Sonic dashes into Minecraft
June 22, 2021
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Minecraft has added Sonic the Hedgehog DLC today, just in time for the Sega mascot’s 30th birthday tomorrow (June 23).
This isn’t just a pack of Sonic cosmetics. The DLC gives you access to what…
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Microsoft is getting serious again about cloud-native games. To that end, the company’s Xbox division announced today it has hired former Stadia game design director Kim Swift to oversee cloud…
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Microsoft is bringing back its custom-controller webstore after taking some time off to retool it. Xbox Design Lab is available now, and it uses the updated Xbox Series X/S gamepad. This newer controller features a share button, but it also has improved ergonomics and one of the best D-pads ever made.
If you want an…
PUBG maker Krafton will raise $5B in public offering
June 16, 2021
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Krafton, the maker of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or the battle royale shooter game known as PUBG, plans to raise $5 billion in a public offering.
Bloomberg reported that South Korea-based…
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Nintendo sped off toward the second half of 2021 today with its E3 2021 Direct presentation. During that media briefing, the company revealed a new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character, a…
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Chip Moore and Dylan Takeyama and came up with a concept for a turn-based strategy-RPG while in college. But Moore was an economics major; he wasn’t in programming or anything like that. So they turned to GameMaker and formed a team, Sword & Axe. They launched a successful Kickstarter and found a publisher, Freedom…
Metroid: Dread brings the franchise to Switch
June 15, 2021
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Nintendo announced a new 2D Metroid game today during its E3 Direct presentation. It’s called Metroid: Dread, and it’s coming out October 8.
The trailers also called the title Metroid 5, making it…
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Nintendo is making a sequel to one of best-selling Switch games. Mario Party Superstars follows up Super Mario Party, and this time the franchise is pulling from its history for a best-of collection.
Life is Strange games coming to Nintendo Switch
June 15, 2021
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Nintendo announced during its E3 Direct today that the Life is Strange: True Colors and Life is Strange: Remastered Collection are coming to the Nintendo Switch.
That’s another sign that the Switch has become a must-have for game publishers because of its huge reach.
Life is Strange: True Colors debuts on September 10…
