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Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt sues Atari for failing to pay him for design of VCS console

Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt has filed a lawsuit against Atari for failing to pay him for the design work he did in creating the Atari VCS console. Tin Giant, Wyatt’s company, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Colorado, alleging breach of contract and defamation. Tin Giant said that Atari owes it in excess of $261,720. Wyatt, a co-creator of the Xbox and cofounder of The Last Gameboard, said in…
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If Found debuts on iOS and Steam on May 19

If Found…, an interactive visual novel about going home, coming out, and erasing everything, will launch on May 19 on iOS and Steam. Developed by Dublin-based independent studio Dreamfeel and published by Annapurna Interactive, the game will be available for iOS on the App…
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Twitch launches Mod View to make community moderating easier

Twitch has launched a new channel mode, dubbed Mod View, for moderators of livestream sessions. Mod View is for the community moderators who wear a lot of different hats, whether they’re welcoming new community members, hyping up the chat, or swinging the ban hammer on toxic fans. Amazon’s Twitch division launched the new Mod View as part of its Mod Day celebrations. It is a highly…
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Minecraft Dungeons builds a May 26 release date

Microsoft announced today that Minecraft Dungeons will release on May 26 for PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One. Minecraft Dungeons is an action role-playing game take on the franchise. Four players can explore randomly generated dungeons together with up to four total…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remaster launches on PS4

Activision confirmed one of its worst-kept secrets: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered is now out on the PlayStation 4. The move surprised no one, as the trailer leaked via a PlayStation Store listing, and other details of the remaster were exposed by a data…
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DeepMind’s Agent57 beats humans at 57 classic Atari games

In a preprint paper published this week by DeepMind, Google parent company Alphabet’s U.K.-based research division, a team of scientists describe Agent57, which they say is the first system that outperforms humans on all 57 Atari games in the Arcade Learning Environment data set. Assuming the claim holds water, Agent57 could lay the groundwork for more capable AI decision-making models than have…
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Atari’s Pong Quest turns the classic paddle game into an RPG

Atari is taking a break from building hotels because … well, the world is taking a break from hotels. In the interim, the publisher is bringing back one of the original gaming franchises. Pong Quest is a new entry in the ball-and-paddle series that remixes the action with…
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GamesBeat Decides 144: Mario turns 35 with multiple 3D remasters

Mario is turning 35 years old this year. And as everyone knows, you celebrate a 35th anniversary with the gift of remasters.  And that’s apparently Nintendo’s plan. The company is remastering 3D Mario games like 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy and bringing them to Switch. And on this week’s GamesBeat Decides, reviews editor Mike Minotti and PC gaming editor Jeff Grubb breaks down that news and…
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