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GamesBeat Decides 162: Was the Mario Direct a disappointment?

September 6, 2020
Nintendo finally released its Mario Direct to celebrate Super Mario’s 35th anniversary, and the GamesBeat Decides crew discusses their reaction to that on this week’s episode. Did the showcase deliver, or were there reasons for disappointment? Reviews editor Mike Minotti is also playing Marvel’s Avengers, which he thinks is solid. Both Mike and PC gaming editor Jeff Grubb, meanwhile, are…
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Karaoke game Twitch Sings will shut down at the end of the year

September 6, 2020
Twitch Sings, the streaming platform’s live karaoke game, is shutting down, the company announced. The company says it decided to close down the game effective January 1st, 2021 in order to “invest in broader tools and services that will help support and grow the entire…
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Activision edges out Sony and Nintendo in August’s TV ad spend

September 6, 2020
Gaming brands upped their outlay on TV advertising in August by 26.66% compared to July, for an estimated spend of $22.5 million. There was almost a three-way tie for top-spending brands, with Activision edging out longtime chart leader PlayStation. In total, 11 brands aired…
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Twitch will shut down its live karaoke game on January 1st

September 6, 2020
Twitch Sings will bid karaoke fans farewell after 2020. The Amazon subsidiary has announced that it’s shutting down the live karaoke game on January 1st, 2021, less than two years after it was officially launched. In its announcement, Twitch says it decided to close the platform to “invest in broader tools and services that will help support and grow the entire music community on…
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Today I learned my baby’s Fisher-Price gamepad accepts the Konami Code

September 5, 2020
My wife bought a toy game controller for our baby girl. I couldn’t have been prouder. Our six-month old already loved to drum her feet on my DualShock 4 — a born gamer. So I started absentmindedly fiddling with the so-called “Fisher-Price Game & Learn,” impressed by how many sounds they’d managed to cram into one toy. Then, a funny idea struck me. I started pressing the buttons in…
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After 27 years, 'Doom' and 'Doom 2' get widescreen support

September 5, 2020
Later this year, Doom and Doom 2 will turn 27 and 26 years old, respectively. Yet id Software still somehow found time while working on the new expansion for Doom: Eternal to update the two games (via Polygon). The update adds substantial enhancements across all the…
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The RetroBeat: Leave Super Mario Sunshine alone, ya goombas

September 5, 2020
Earlier this week, Nintendo finally announced Super Mario 3D All-Stars for Switch, a compilation with Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. But while 64 and Galaxy are often the subject of universal praise, Sunshine can be a bit more divisive. So I’m here to defend it. Why does Super Mario Sunshine even need defending? When you look at the numbers, you’d think that…
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