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Sony acquires Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games

Sony has announced that it’ll be acquiring Insomniac Games, the game development studio behind the Ratchet & Clank series and, most recently, Marvel’s Spider-Man for the PS4. The news isn’t totally surprising: Insomniac has long had a close relationship with Sony, developing PlayStation-exclusive titles like Spyro the Dragon, Resistance, and the aforementioned Ratchet & Clank and…
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Two Halo characters are joining ‘Gears 5’

Thirteen years into their shared history, you would think Halo and Gears of War would have already crossed over before today. After all, following Microsoft’s purchase of the Gears franchise in 2014, the two properties are the company’s biggest and most important…
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'Cyberpunk 2077' and 'Mortal Kombat 11' are coming to Google Stadia

Just before Gamescom’s opening ceremony got underway, Google revealed a bunch more games that are coming to its Stadia streaming platform. One of the bigger titles is CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. Google didn’t say exactly when the game would be available on Stadia, but its release date on other platforms is April 16th, 2020. Mortal Kombat 11 will be available on the…
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PUBG is getting cross-play for Xbox One and PS4 in October

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) will get cross-play support in early October. PUBG players on Xbox One and PS4 will be able to match and play against each other. Test servers will be the first to offer cross-play in late September, with regular PUBG servers expected…
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'PUBG' will support crossplay on PS4 and Xbox One in October

PUBG Corp has announced console crossplay is coming to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Bringing PS4 and Xbox One players together “will make the matchmaking pool bigger,” said PUBG console producer Koosung Jeong during the Inside Xbox stream at Gamescom. The…
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'Superhot' and 'Hotline Miami' hit Nintendo Switch today

Time-bending first-person shooter/puzzler Superhot is on its way to Switch. In fact, you’ll be able to play it on the go as of today after it goes on sale in Nintendo’s eShop. News of the port leaked a few days back, but now it’s official. It doesn’t seem there’ll be support for Nintendo Labo VR just yet — a VR version of the game is available for various other…
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The Morning After: The beauty of a ray-traced 'Minecraft'

Welcome back! Over the weekend, you might have missed a pretty intense graphical overhaul of Minecraft, Twitter ads as political weapons in Hong Kong and if you’ve been looking for a Sonos speaker, but portable, we’ve got more news for you and your rather specific speaker demands. And talking of speakers, Engadget has a little surprise for you later today… Some things are already…
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