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Boycott starts as Call of Duty removes Nickmercs skin for anti-Pride comment

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Some fans have started boycotting Call of Duty after Activision removed the virtual skin of popular streamer Nickmercs. The publisher removed his skin bundle after he tweeted about a Pride incident that was interpreted as anti-LGBTQ+. Nickmercs, (Nick Kolcheff) a celebrity…
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How Call of Duty dev made the shift to fantasy with Immortals of Aveum

For a Call of Duty game, Immortals of Aveum flew in under my radar. I jest, of course, as the title is the debut fantasy game from Ascendant Studios. It so happens that Bret Robbins, CEO and game director of Ascendant, dreamed of taking Call of Duty gameplay into new territory, like a fantasy game with magic. While that sounds a bit absurd, I really enjoyed the gameplay in a recent preview at…
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Gaming is helping Hollywood

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. For as long as I’ve been working in the games industry, and honestly for a long time before that there’s been an ever present topic of conversation. Rachel Kaser…
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Xbox Game Pass’s June wave includes Amnesia: The Bunker, Dordogne

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Xbox has revealed which games are coming to Game Pass in the first wave of June additions. There are a few launch-day releases, and overall it’s a richer half-month for Game Pass subscribers than we’ve seen so far. The new games launching on the service include Slayers X: Terminal…
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Street Fighter 6 review — Indestructible

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Even for a franchise with a lot of highpoints, Street Fighter 6 is a new peak for Capcom’s fighting game series. Impressively, it comes with an incredible amount of…
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Inaugural Diversity in Gaming Breakfast shows how more voices improve the industry

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. At our recent GamesBeat Summit, we hosted the Diversity in Gaming Breakfast, sponsored by Facebook Gaming. This gave us a chance to start the second day of our event with a panel that included moderator Latoya Peterson of Glow Up Games, Sheloman Byrd of Streamline Studios, Leanne Loombe of…
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