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F1 debuts on next-gen July 16 as first joint EA-Codemasters racing game

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Codemasters and its new parent company, Electronic Arts, will launch F1 2021 on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on July 16. The title is the first joint title between Codemasters and EA since EA’s $1.2 billion purchase of the United Kingdom game company, and the title will help EA fill a light release…
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Oxenfree II: Lost Signals heads to Switch later this year

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Nintendo revealed Oxenfree II: Lost Signals at the end of today’s Indie World Showcase. The sequel to the hit indie game is coming to Switch later this year. It’s from Night School Studio, and MWM Interactive is publishing. The original Oxenfree came out in 2016. The supernatural adventure game takes its…
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Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata proved it was better to be loved than feared

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Even before his death in 2015 at the age of 55, gamers were mythologizing former Nintendo chief executive officer Satoru Iwata. He was the CEO that took a pay cut rather than lay off employees during the lean days of the Wii U. And while working as a programmer at Hal Laboratories, he coded a solution to fit…
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Atari creates divisions for gaming and blockchain, changes CEO

Atari has divided itself into two parts, with one division that will focus on games and another that will be focused on blockchain. The gaming brand will be called Atari Gaming, while the other will be Atari Blockchain. Fred Chesnais, former CEO of Atari, will become the head of the Atari Blockchain division, while Wade Rosen, previously acting chairman of the board, will become the company’s…
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