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Xbox All Access financing returns with Project Scarlett upgrade option

Microsoft is bringing back Xbox All Access, in addition to expanding the availability of the program to include the UK and Australia. Stateside, the financing program will relaunch on November 18th through Amazon. Meanwhile, in Australia and across the pond, All Access will be available starting on October 29th and November 5th respectively. With the launch of the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition…
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Gothalion is the latest big Twitch streamer to switch to Mixer

Add another major streamer to the ranks of those jumping from Twitch to Mixer. Well-known Destiny streamer Cory “Gothalion” Michael (aka KingGothalion) has announced that he will exclusively stream on Mixer starting on October 29th. He explained it as not just a boost to the channel, but a “partnership” that would help gaming as a whole. It would offer…
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Fortnite’s blank screen propels a social video comeback

It’s an accomplishment to get millions of gamers to watch a blank screen, as Fortnite did during the weekend of October 12. As audiences were expecting news about Season 11, they were met with a black hole and a blank screen — an explosion, then a significant amount of…
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Steam Remote Play Together sometimes stutters

Valve launched Remote Play Together for its Steam gaming service earlier this week. This feature enables you to stream a live local multiplayer session with your friends. So even if a game doesn’t have online multiplayer, you can still hop on with a buddy across the…
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Shroud left Twitch for Mixer, and now Twitch is hiding his channel in search

Twitch stripped Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek of his verified partner badge and his channel stopped showing up in the site’s search after the popular streamer and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro announced yesterday that he was leaving the platform for Mixer. In a vacuum, those two things wouldn’t necessarily mean much because a dormant channel doesn’t need to be promoted in…
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GamesBeat Decides 129: Ubisoft and Last of Us: Part II delays

Somehow, October is almost over already. With 2019 barreling toward its demise, the GamesBeat Decides podcast is here to think for you so you can focus on finishing some games. On this week’s episode, reviews editor Mike Minotti talks more about Luigi’s Mansion 3. PC…
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The DeanBeat: Coming to terms with brutality in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Everybody has a line. We all draw it in different ways. That’s the theme of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, this year’s first-person combat game from the Infinity Ward studio and big publisher Activision. But it’s also my own reaction from playing it, which has some of the most brutal scenes I have ever seen in a video game. When I saw (but didn’t play) a couple of scenes during a preview…
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