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The best games for Nintendo Switch

December 18, 2019
Nintendo’s Switch is on a roll. The youngest of the games consoles is punching above its weight with a mix of core Nintendo games that have pushed iconic characters like Mario and Link into the modern gaming age. The Switch is also a portable console, which has injected new life into older titles and indie hits that have never made it a Nintendo device before. However, the Switch’s…
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Modern Warfare is the most-played Call of Duty this generation

December 18, 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has brought a lot of momentum back to Activision Blizzard’s military shooter franchise. The publisher announced today that its multiplayer megahit surpassed $1 billion in sales worldwide. But it’s also setting records as the most-played Call…
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The legendary Nintendo PlayStation prototype is up for auction

December 18, 2019
For years it was the stuff of legend — a games console that incorporated both a CD drive and SNES cartridge slot made with the official backing of PlayStation and Nintendo? But back in 2015 we saw the magical prototype for ourselves and even had a play with it. Now…
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EA and Respawn unveil Apex Legends Global Series esports competition with $3 million in prizes

December 17, 2019
Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have unveiled the Apex Legends Global Series, a set of esports tournaments for Apex Legends with a prize pool of $3 million. The series will enable amateurs and pros to compete in online and live events. At less than a year old, Apex Legends is a young to be an esports contender. The battle royale shooter won the title of Best Multiplayer Game at last…
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'Borderlands 3' and 'Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2' hit Google Stadia

December 17, 2019
Google is slowly but surely expanding the number of games available on Stadia, giving you and your friends (thanks to those buddy passes) more titles to play together. It emerged back in August that Borderlands 3 was coming to the game streaming platform, and today’s…
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EA will host an ‘Apex Legends’ tournament series in 2020

December 17, 2019
It was probably only a matter of time, but Apex Legends is about to get its own esports league. Starting early next year, EA and developer Respawn Entertainment will invite the game’s top PC players to compete in the Apex Legends Global Series. In all, EA says the…
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Steam November top 20: Star Wars, Terminator, and Age of Empires II

December 17, 2019
A wide variety of new games are finding success on Steam, PC gaming’s most popular and most-used platform. Valve Software revealed Steam’s November top 20 in a blog post on its site today. And while a lot of big, familiar names made the cut, so did a number of new properties. Valve gathers this data by comparing the first two weeks of a game’s sales following its release. It then throws the…
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The best Xbox One games

December 17, 2019
A series of missteps put Microsoft in second place before the Xbox One even came out. While it’s likely to remain there until the next generation begins, there are a lot of people out there who have never experienced what the console has to offer. With the Xbox One X…
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Electronic Arts has earned the Star Wars license

December 17, 2019
It has taken more than six years, but Electronic Arts has finally proven itself worthy of the Star Wars video game license. The company only shipped three games since making the deal in May 2013. But after a humbling experience with Battlefront II, it has spent years turning…
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The best games for PS4

December 16, 2019
Sony’s PlayStation 4 just hit its sixth birthday, and that poses a problem. You see, game developers have seen fit to release a game for almost every day the console has been available, leaving you with well over 1,500 titles to choose from. The sheer volume of games on offer, coupled with the subjective nature of the medium, makes it impossible to definitively name “the best,&#8221…
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