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Nintendo will show off Switch indie games on March 17

March 16, 2020

Nintendo announced that it will host an Indie World broadcast at 10 a.m. Pacific on March 17. You can watch it here. In the past, these video presentations have coincided with the Game Developers Conference. But even with that event cancelled this year (it would’ve started today in San Francisco), Indie World will go on. The show will be 20 minutes long. Switch has become a hotbed for indies…

Xbox Series X specs revealed: Here’s what matters and why

March 16, 2020

Microsoft revealed more details about its upcoming next-gen console this morning, and that includes the full Xbox Series X specs. But while it’s always fun to stare blankly at a list of gigabytes and gigahertz, let’s dive in and pick apart what matters. Here is the full…

Xbox Series X’s ‘Quick Resume’ demo is better than magic

March 16, 2020

Microsoft is showing off many of the details of its upcoming next-gen console in the lead up to that system’s holiday release. And one of the key new features it’s demonstrating is the Xbox Series X’s Quick Resume technology. This enables you to continue playing…

Call of Duty: Warzone hits 15 million battle royale players in 4 days

March 14, 2020

Call of Duty: Warzone debuted on Tuesday as the latest free-to-play battle royale game in Activision Blizzard’s shooter series. And it hit 15 million players in four days. The game hit 6 million players in its first 24 hours on the PC and consoles. That’s a pretty good outcome for a battle royale mode that could have been an also-ran in a world full of battle royale games. But the team at…

The RetroBeat: Chrono Trigger is the fast-paced blockbuster of JRPGs

March 13, 2020

Chrono Trigger turned 25 on March 11, which has had me thinking about this classic Japanese role-playing game (whenever I’m not spending my time freaking out about the current worldwide pandemic, anyway). I don’t know many JRPG fans who wouldn’t put Chrono Trigger in…

Xbox Live is down as people huddle at home away from coronavirus

March 13, 2020

Xbox Live is down due to a number of technical disruptions. Microsoft’s online gaming service isn’t working for everybody, and the company has told players it is working to bring it back online. The Xbox Live outage is primarily keeping people from signing into the…

Call of Duty League shifts to online-only events due to coronavirus

March 12, 2020

Activision Blizzard announced that the Call of Duty League will shift to an online-only competition, shedding the in-person events because of the coronavirus. The fear of COVID-19 is taking its toll on esports events held in live venues, where there are risks of the virus spreading from person to person. Yesterday, Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch League also announced that it would cancel all…

Esports is tough: Super League Gaming lost $30.6 million on $1 million in revenue in 2019

March 12, 2020

Super League Gaming, an esports company that holds events for amateurs, reported that it lost $30.6 million in 2019, on revenues of $1 million. That illustrates the reality of how it isn’t easy to make money in the fledgling esports market, at least for some…

Epic Games acquires facial animation technology maker Cubic Motion

March 12, 2020

Epic Games has acquired Cubic Motion, a provider of automated performance-driven facial animation technology for video games, film, broadcast, and immersive experiences such as virtual reality. Cubic Motion has helped Epic on its quest to create graphically realistic virtual…

Activision Blizzard names Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and COO

March 11, 2020

Activision Blizzard has named Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and chief operating officer, effective April 7. He will report to CEO Bobby Kotick and replace Coddy Johnson, a 12-year veteran at the big game publisher. Johnson will serve as special advisor to the CEO. The Alegre appointment is significant, as Kotick has been in his role for decades. Alegre isn’t a gaming executive.