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L.A. Thieves’ Kenny Williams on living the dream life as a pro Call of Duty esports player

February 12, 2021
The Call of Duty League started its opening matches Thursday, and they run through this weekend so that you can watch a lot of havoc on Valentine’s Day. The new league will run its full season through the summer as an online-only esports league. The league features 12 teams in city-based territories, including the brand new L.A. Thieves team taking over the berth from The Immortals. I spoke with…
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Kingdom Hearts series is coming to PC via Epic Games Store

February 12, 2021
Square Enix just announced that the Kingdom Hearts series will soon be available on PC for the first time, with multiple games in the franchise coming exclusively to the Epic Games Store on March 30. This includes the recent Kingdom Hearts III and Melody of Memory, and the…
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Zynga beats Q4 2020 expectations with bookings of $699 million, up 61%

February 11, 2021
Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting its highest-ever bookings and revenues in the fourth quarter ended December 31 thanks to the strong performance of its existing games and the newly launched Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells. The social mobile game company’s revenue was $616 million, up 52% year-over-year, and bookings of $699 million, up 61% year-over-year. The bookings and…
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Electronic Arts is acquiring mobile game developer Glu Mobile

February 11, 2021
Electronic Arts will acquire mobile game developer Glu Mobile in a deal worth $2.4 billion. Glu shareholders will receive $12.50 in cash for each share they hold, a 36% premium over the closing share price on February 5 (note: Glu has $364 million in net cash). Glu Mobile is…
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Epic Games’ MetaHuman Creator lets developers create realistic digital humans within minutes

February 10, 2021
Epic Games has unveiled its MetaHuman Creator, a new browser-based app that enables game developers and creators of real-time content to slash the time it takes to build digital humans from weeks to less than an hour. And as you can see from the images in this story, the tools can create highly realistic human characters. MetaHuman Creator runs in the cloud via Epic’s Unreal Engine with a…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie gets April 8, 2022 release date

February 10, 2021
Paramount Pictures announced today that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie will come out on April 8, 2022. The first Sonic movie came out on February 14. After redesigning its CG lead character following online backlash, the movie became a surprise hit. It was one of the last major…
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Crash Bandicoot 4 is heading to Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC

February 9, 2021
Activision Blizzard announced today that Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch on March 12 to celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary. A PC release will follow later this year. Crash Bandicoot 4 first came out for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 2. Following the success of 2017’s N. Sane Trilogy, which contained remakes of the…
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