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Anzu teams up with Roblox creators for in-game ads

October 13, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Anzu is teaming up with Roblox creators to develop in-game advertising on the Roblox gaming platform. Anzu said that its dynamic in-game ad solution is now available to creators of games and other experiences on the Roblox platform. With this solution, Anzu hopes to open…
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Activision unveils Ricochet anti-cheat system for Call of Duty

October 13, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Activision unveiled its Ricochet anti-cheat system for Call of Duty games as it tries to attack a longstanding cheating problem that has frustrated a lot of…
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Apple readying a handheld console to compete with Nintendo Switch

October 13, 2021
Remember when Apple launched a gaming console? Well, according to a new report, the company will try to do it again but this time, it will aim to go mass market and dethrone the Nintendo Switch. The report says Apple’s console will be a hybrid device, a combination of Switch and Sony’s PS5. That’s probably because it’s supposed to work with Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset. The source also…
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The Switch OLED is better than a Switch Pro (for Nintendo)

October 12, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  The Nintendo Switch OLED Edition is a solid upgrade to one of the most popular and successful consoles of all time. The obvious benefits are the larger, sharper screen in handheld mode. But the device also feels more premium thanks to minor refinements to the manufacturing…
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Playtika’s Wooga launches Switchcraft story-based mobile game

October 11, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Playtika’s game studio Wooga is launching Switchcraft, a narrative-based match-3 game that has been in the works for a few years. The title is the first…
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Apple appeals outcome of its legal battle with Epic Games

October 10, 2021
In response to one of the outcomes of the Apple vs. Epic Games ruling from back in September, Apple has filed to appeal the Court’s ruling. While Apple won 9 of the 10 claims made by Epic Games, it did lose on one. That one claim was that Apple was illegally stifling…
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Video games are risky, expensive, and a really good business

October 8, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Making video games is an exercise in cognitive dissonance. It is a hit-driven business where you can never know how consumers will respond. And yet you have to invest tens (sometimes hundreds) of millions of dollars just to have a shot at success. Despite that risk and expense…
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