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Roblox highlights eye-popping user-made games at dev conference

September 8, 2023
Roblox highlighted some of the best new games coming to its platform at its developer conference in San Francisco today. The games include Playgrounds Basketball, Eternal Heroes and Skullbeat. Both Eternal Heroes and Skullbeat are playable in alpha form today, while Playgrounds Basketball will debut in the coming days. Roblox provided funding for the titles with the goal of supporting…
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Atari cofounder Nolan Bushnell announces education gaming startup ExoDexa

September 7, 2023
ExoDexa Holdings has teamed up with Atari cofounder Nolan Bushnell to create a startup focused on education games. The aim is to use games to shape the future of education and create a comprehensive video game platform that incorporates K-12 curricula, providing students with an engaging and effective way to learn. Leah Hanes, CEO at Los Angeles-based ExoDexa, said in a statement, “After two…
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Planetarium Labs unveils two Web3 RPGs at Korea Blockchain Week

September 6, 2023
Planetarium Labs, a community-driven Web3 gaming company, unveiled two new role-playing games at the Korean Blockchain Week in South Korea. The new RPGs included Verse8, an opensource decentralized roguelike RPG protocol, and Immortal Rising 2, a Web3 competitive idle RPG…
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Call of Duty Endowment unveils C.O.D.E. Bowl IV esports event

September 6, 2023
The Call of Duty Endowment, which raises money to create jobs for veterans, announced the C.O.D.E. Bowl IV is coming on October 5. The esports event will feature military esports teams from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, competing alongside renowned Call of…
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder hands-on — 2D Mario is exciting again

September 6, 2023
I got to attend Nintendo Live in Seattle this past weekend, and my hands-on time with Super Mario Bros. Wonder (coming out on October 20 for Switch) definitely stood out as the highlight. This is the first new 2D Mario platformer (not counting the more creation-based Mario Maker 2) since New Super Mario Bros. U came out for the Wii U back in 2012. Those “New” games were fun sidescrollers, but…
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Call of Duty partners with Modulate to use AI to fight toxicity in voice chat

August 30, 2023
Call of Duty has long had problems with toxic chat on its voice channels, and Activision announced it is doing something about in a collaboration with Modulate. Activision said it considered this to be a significant step forward in its ongoing battle against toxic and disruptive behavior within its voice chat feature. Activision said the AI-based Modulate’s ToxMod voice chat moderation system…
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