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Call of Duty: Mobile has 500 million downloads, $1 billion in player spending since 2019

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Call of Duty: Mobile has crossed 500 million downloads worldwide since its launch in October 2019. The mobile game has also brought in over $1 billion in player spending, said Activision president Rob Kostich during today’s earnings call of parent company Activision Blizzard. The recent Tokyo Escape expansion is the highest-grossing…
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Google Stadia’s Head of Product leaves the company

A report from The Information confirmed that John Justice, Google Stadia’s Vice President and Head of Product, has left Google. 9to5Google received confirmation of Justice’s departure through a statement from Google. We can confirm John is no longer with Google and we…
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Apple v. Epic Games opening statements highlight tech antitrust arguments

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Epic Games started its antitrust trial against Apple today with its argument about why Apple’s control of its App Store for mobile games and apps is an illegal monopoly. Apple responded with an opening statement that painted Epic Games as a big corporation that is overplaying the victim role. The lawsuit started last August after Epic…
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Apple v. Epic Games trial starts with all eyes watching

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here!  The Apple v. Epic trial gets underway today in a virtual hearing in federal court. It’s fair to say this is the trial of century between a platform owner and a game maker, and the consequences for both types…
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Redmi K40 Gaming sale goes through the roof with 100,000 units in one minute

Xiaomi’s brand Redmi has launched its own understanding of what a gaming smartphone should be under the name K40 Gaming. The device runs on Dimensity 1200 chipset and comes with the latest bells and whistles like UFS 3.1 storage, LPDDR5 RAM, 67W ultra-fast charging and several solutions for cooling and heat dissipation. With such specs, it is no wonder that the Redmi K40 Gaming was a huge…
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PUBG Mobile teased for the Indian market

After PUBG Mobile received a ban in India, the company behind the game said that it would release an Indian-friendly version in the future with reduced gore, violence and nudity. The adapted version was first teased back in November 2020, but PUBG Studio has been fairly…
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Watch the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition get torn down on video

The Redmi K40 Gaming Edition is one of the most interesting new devices on the scene right now and Xiaomi thought it would be fitting to take us for a tour of its internals. The brand’s official Weibo profile shared a timely 2-minute teardown video revealing all the key…
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Returnal review, Project Dragon for Xbox, and a lot more Star Wars games | GB Decides 194

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here!  GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb dropped his Returnal review this week, and the internet handled it well. Jeff and reviews editor Mike Minotti discuss the game and the response to the review on this week’s episode of GamesBeat Decides. Also, rumors are swirling about a new Project Dragon game out of Hitman developer IO Interactive.
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