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Epic Games ‘hackers’ admit threat of leak was phony

March 5, 2024
An alleged hack of Epic Games was revealed, by the “hackers” in question, to be fake. Last week, a ransomware group claimed to have made off with 200GB of unspecified data from Epic Games, with the presumption being that it planned to extort money from the company. However, the group has now said that it doesn’t actually have such data, and was trying to pull a con on the company. The group…
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How Activision designed Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile | Chris Plummer interview

February 29, 2024
The main task for Activision is building any Call of Duty game is to “not screw it up.” And so the pending March 21 launch of Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will be a big test for the development ecosystem that the company built for its big free-to-play game release on iOS and Android. To make sure this launch would go down well with fans, Activision included the popular Verdansk and Rebirth…
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GamerSafer acquires Minecraft-focused Minehut server community

February 29, 2024
GamerSafer has acquired the Minehut server from Super Minehut community League, taking over a popular Minecraft server community. Minehut has been around since 2015 and it has had millions of players. It still has about 500,000 monthly active users, said Rodrigo Tamellini…
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Xbox confirms all four new multiplatform games

February 22, 2024
Xbox has announced the titles of the four games it’s bringing to other consoles: Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded and Sea of Thieves. Pentiment and Grounded are coming to Nintendo Switch — as previously announced in today’s Nintendo Direct — as well as PlayStations 5 and 4 on February 22 and April 16 respectively. Hi-Fi Rush is coming to PS5 on March 19, while Sea of Thieves launches on the…
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Gadget-Bot takes Kaidro anime RPG to Ronin blockchain

February 22, 2024
Gadget-Bot Productions, the creator of blockbusters such as Alita: Battle Angel and Jurassic World, will debut its anime-style RPG Kaidro on the Ronin blockchain. Headed by Peggy Chung and Robert Simons, Gadget-Bot is building Kaidro, which was inspired by a beloved webcomic…
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A Nintendo Direct and Elden Ring DLC trailer drop on the same day

February 21, 2024
February 21 is going to be a full day for gamers, as both Nintendo and Bandai Namco are dropping new details about their much-anticipated upcoming projects. Nintendo is holding its Partner Showcase at 6 am PT, while Bandai Namco is finally revealing details about Elden Ring’s big DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree at 7 am PT. It’s going to be a very interesting morning. The Nintendo Direct is…
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