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Star Wars Episode l: Racer launches for PS4 and Switch on May 12

Aspyr announced today Star Wars Episode l: Racer is coming out for PlayStation 4 and Switch on May 12. Episode I: Racer is, surprise, a racing game based off of the podracing sequence from 1999’s Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The game also released in 1999, first coming out for Nintendo 64 and PC. Versions for Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 followed in 2000. A seperate podracing game…
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Players Ntwrk unveils digital pop culture entertainment programs on Twitch

Players Ntwrk is launching its digital pop culture entertainment programming, starting with pilot shows on the livestreaming platform Twitch. The entertainment network draws its performers from professional athletes, esports stars, gamers, musicians, and other celebrities. The Los Angeles-based company was started by serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Stratton Sclavos. He is teaming up…
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Capcom shipped 2 million copies of Resident Evil 3 in 5 days

The Resident Evil franchise continues to deliver strong results for publisher Capcom. In a press release today, the company confirmed it shipped 2 million copies of Resident Evil 3 Remake in its first five days. That includes sales of the survival-horror adventure on…
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Call of Duty dominates PlayStation Store’s March downloads

Sony released charts showing the top downloads on the PlayStation 4’s digital store for March, and Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty franchise dominated the month. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the latest main installment in the shooter franchise that hit in September…
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Gaming industry TV ad spend is rising — blame Tom Nook

Even with much of the U.S. economy shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the gaming sector upped its advertising outlay for television to an estimated $17.3 million in March—$5.3 million more than February’s spend. As we’ve previously mentioned, gaming could be an economic bright spot with millions of Americans staying home. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the always-on TV ad…
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Call of Duty: Warzone has hit 50 million downloads in a month

Working from home has never been better thanks to Call of Duty: Warzone. Activision has announced that the battle royale version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has now hit 50 million downloads in the month since its debut on March 10. That’s an astonishing achievement for a free-to-play game, which is about the same as what Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment hit with the debut of Apex…
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