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Here’s Doom running on a Samsung fridge thanks to xCloud

October 13, 2020
I’m fairly sure cars were supposed to be flying by now, but instead we’ve managed something else that would have felt like science fiction a decade ago: playing Xbox games on your fridge. That’s right, someone has managed to get Microsoft’s xCloud service running on a Samsung smart fridge. Instagram user Richard Mallard has managed this feat of modern engineering, sideloading the Android…
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Yakuza: Like A Dragon on Xbox Series X feels like a launch game

October 13, 2020
Yakuza: Like A Dragon is exactly the kind of game that I expect to find at a console launch. That is to say that it’s the same as the current-gen version with no obvious improvements. A part of this is that I’m already taking some of the benefits of the Xbox Series X for…
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Twitch Studio adds chat overlay and countdown timer tools

October 13, 2020
Twitch has updated its livestreaming software with more features, which will give streamers more ways to make their broadcasts pop. With Twitch Studio, you can now copy and paste or duplicate layers or scenes so that you can make your stream&aposs visual style more…
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Roblox files papers with SEC for public offering

October 12, 2020
User-generated game platform Roblox confirmed a recent report that it has filed papers today to go public on the U.S. stock market. CNBC previously reported that the company could go public early next year at an $8 billion valuation. Roblox said it filed a confidential draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a public offering of common stock. The price and…
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Dirt 5’s 120Hz mode is why Xbox Series X is so exciting

October 12, 2020
I love playing games on the PC because of the control I have over the experience. Even if a developer doesn’t give me an option, chances are someone in the community will build a mod to unlock any feature you can think of. I will never give that up, but it does have its…
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The ripple effect of the Epic Games v. Apple battle royale

October 11, 2020
It was only five years ago that Epic Games’ Josh Adam and Bill Bramer were onstage at Apple’s WWDC demoing Fortnite and talking about how incredible the iOS platform is for developers. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know where this is going. The legal and…
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Indie RPG 'Indivisible' won't get any more updates after studio closure

October 10, 2020
After weeks of turmoil at the studio that created it, we now have a better idea of what will happen to indie RPG Indivisible. 505 Games, the game’s publisher, announced on Friday Indivisible won’t get any additional updates after a final Nintendo Switch patch is released later this month (via Kotaku). “At this stage, apart from content that is already in submission, there will unfortunately…
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Into the Mother Lands interview: Twitch invests in an RPG show led by people of color

October 10, 2020
Critical Role has played an important roll in the rise of actual play RPG livestreams and podcasts, turning these from a niche to a major player in the streaming ecosystem. According to measurement firm StreamElements, viewers watched an aggregated 19.5 million hours of such shows on Twitch an YouTube, a 1,142% increase over 2018. 2020’s numbers are likely higher. And one of the best of these…
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