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Bungie and PlayStation resurrect Marathon

May 25, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Sony and Bungie revealed a new Marathon game during today’s PlayStation Showcase. Marathon was Bungie’s shooter franchise before striking rich with Destiny. This is the first new entry in the series since 1996’s Marathon Infinity. This is Bungie’s first new game for PlayStation since…
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Nintendo’s Mario Day Switch bundle comes with a free game

May 16, 2023
Mar10 Day is here and to celebrate gaming’s favorite mustachioed plumber, Nintendo is offering a Switch bundled with a free Mario game for $300. The Mario Choose One bundle comes with the Switch system, the Switch dock, Joy Cons in Mario Red and a full-game download of…
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European Commission approves Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal

May 15, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. The European Commission announced today that it had approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. While it expressed reservations about the deal, it said Microsoft’s efforts to prove it wouldn’t monopolize the cloud gaming space swayed its decision. It also said that the deal…
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Microsoft permanently drops the price of Xbox Series X/S storage

May 7, 2023
Earlier this week, a handful of retailers discounted Seagate’s Xbox Series X/S Expansion Cards to new all-time low prices. Now, Microsoft is making those price cuts permanent (via Polygon). As of Friday, pricing for the Expansion Cards starts at $90 for the 512GB model, while the 1TB and 2TB variants will set you back $150 and $280, respectively. That’s 32 percent and 30 percent off the $220…
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Square Enix fans aren’t pleased with machine learning test

May 5, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Square Enix recently released a free game on Steam called “Square Enix Test Preview: The Portopia Serial Murder Case.” This remake of a 1983 text-based adventure game…
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Asus’s Republic of Gaming announces Windows gaming handheld ROG Ally

April 25, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Asus’ Republic of Gaming (ROG) division announced its first Windows Gaming handheld, the ROG Ally. Taking aim at Valve’s Steam Deck and possibly the Nintendo Switch, the ROG Ally is powered by an AMD Ryzen Z1 series processor. ROG said the device will run both triple-A Windows games and…
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