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Chip Morningstar interview: How the metaverse started with Habitat

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Learn more. The metaverse is all the rage today, and its lineage goes way back in gaming. The universe of connected virtual worlds might well become a reality worth trillions of dollars, and it might be good to think about where…
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A colorful Splatoon 3-themed Nintendo Switch OLED is on the way

Nintendo occasionally releases special-edition Switch models for its big games and Splatoon 3 will be no different. A very colorful version of the Switch OLED will be available on August 26th, a couple of weeks before the game arrives on September 9th. This version of the console costs $360 — $10 more than the regular OLED. Pre-orders are open now. The main body has gray artwork from the game on…
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Steam’s top choices for May are all about the sandboxes

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Learn more. It’s always a pleasant surprise when Steam announces the top sellers for a month. Even if they do it every month. But it’s an even nicer surprise when the theme of the month is my particular wheelhouse. The month…
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Xbox Game Pass adds Yakuza games to its packed July schedule

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Learn more. Xbox announced the first batch of games coming to Game Pass in July, and it is a doozy. Compared with June’s rather anemic second offering, the first two weeks of July will see several titles joining the platform…
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