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Minecraft Earth shuts down, but AR gaming should bounce back

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Microsoft recently announced that Minecraft Earth will shut down in June. It stated that it wants to “reallocate” limited resources due to the pandemic in order to serve the Minecraft community better. And that’s happening, even after the popular augmented reality game made an impressive debut. It…
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Monster Hunter Rise review — Switch rises to the occasion

I’m not the biggest Monster Hunter fan in the world … although, ironically, I did enjoy Monster Hunter World. Something about the boost in presentation and graphics made it more appealing to me. I was worried that a Switch version of Monster Hunter would be…
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A Pikmin AR mobile game is coming from Nintendo and the Pokémon Go team

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Nintendo and Pokémon Go developer Niantic are aligning for a new partnership. This deal will bring the companies together to produce new augmented-reality mobile games based on Nintendo characters. They announced this collaboration will kick off with a new Pikmin smartphone app designed to “make walking…
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Microsoft confirms plan to phase out ‘Xbox Live’ branding

Microsoft is now calling its Xbox network the “Xbox Network” — clever. And this has led the company to drop the Xbox Live branding for the wider service. Microsoft will still use that original naming convention when referring to the Xbox Live Gold subscription program.
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Nintendo keeps feasting on TV ad impressions

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Nintendo continues its domination of TV ad impressions, accounting for 65% of gaming industry impressions from February 16 through March 15 — though it’s worth noting that the most-seen gaming spot during this time period was PlayStation’s “Explorers,” promoting the PS5. In total, 13 brands aired…
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Square Enix Montreal working on a Space Invaders AR game for mobile with Taito

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Square Enix revealed that its subsidiary Taito is working on a Space Invaders AR game for mobile. Space Invaders is one of oldest and most classic arcade games ever, having debuted in 1978. This AR version will bring place those pesky alien spaceships in the same environment that you’re in (granted…
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