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Epic Games to launch achievements and new XR project

October 4, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Epic Games today announced it’s adding achievements to some of the games in the Epic Games Store, starting next week. It’s also announced that it was rolling out an augmented reality version of its Project Anywhere proof of concept to Microsoft HoloLens 2. Achievements, or the…
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Report: TikTok is the highest-earning mobile app, PUBG Mobile still on top of the mobile gaming world

October 2, 2021
At the onset of the pandemic app installs shot up as people searched for something to do. Now with the vaccine rollout app installs on the Google and Apple platforms are down slightly (1.2% and 2.1%, respectively, year over year), but revenues have gone up. Smartphone users spent a collective $33.6 billion on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store during the July-September quarter on apps…
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EA promotes Laura Miele to chief operating officer

October 1, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Electronic Arts promoted studios chief Laura Miele to chief operating officer. She replaces Blake Jorgensen, who will step down from his roles of chief…
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Nintendo denies the existence of the Switch Pro-totype

October 1, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Nintendo issued a denial of a recent news story about the existence of the Switch Pro, saying the story “falsely claims” that the company is working on…
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DICE reveals plans to tackle cheating in Battlefield 2042

September 30, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Cheating continues to spoil matches for players across most online multiplayer games. Battlefield 2042 developer DICE knows that a lot of players are concerned about this issue, and it is trying to get ahead of it in a blog post it posted this morning. The studio laid out its…
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Nvidia adds 4 EA games to its GeForce Now library

September 30, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Nvidia today announced as part of its GFN Thursday update that four new games from Electronic Arts will be added to its GeForce Now streaming platform. All…
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Monster Hunter Rise coming to PC in January 2022

September 30, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Capcom announced today that Monster Hunter Rise is coming to PC via Steam on January 12, 2022. A trailer for the PC version of the game dropped on the…
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Supersocial raises $5.2M to make games for the Roblox metaverse

September 30, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Making Roblox games isn’t just for teens anymore. Supersocial has raised $5.2 million to develop games for the fast-growing Roblox platform, as well as anything else that calls itself a metaverse. Columbus, Ohio-based Supersocial has 24 full-time employees making games such as…
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