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Call of Duty: Warzone — Why Activision’s battle royale has so much traction

If you have gamers in your household, chances are one is playing Call of Duty: Warzone. The new battle royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer arrived on March 10 just in time for the lockdown in the United States and elsewhere. And it’s become my game of choice to take my mind off the pandemic. In its first month, the free-to-play game was downloaded more than 50 million times…
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Roblox believes user-generated content will bring us the Metaverse

Roblox vice president of developer relations Matt Curtis believes that the future of gaming is user-generated content (UGC), and he delved into the gaming world to show why in a talk at our GamesBeat Summit 2020 event this week. In fact, Curtis said in his talk that this could explosion of UGC lead us to the Metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such…
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When will Apple release iOS 13.5 to the public?

Apple this week released iOS 13.5 beta 3 to developers and public beta users. The update includes a trio of major changes, but when will the update be released to everyone? Read on for the details. Why did the naming change from iOS 13.4.5? Apple released two developer…
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Valve ends support for SteamVR on Mac

Valve just ended SteamVR’s support for macOS. “Legacy builds” will continue to be available. SteamVR is Valve’s PC-based virtual reality platform, supporting Windows and Linux. Mac owners can continue to use the latest versions of SteamVR by installing Windows as a secondary OS. Facebook’s competing Oculus Rift platform hasn’t supported Macs since early development kits, which…
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MobileNews

iPhone and iPad: How to stop moving faces in Group FaceTime

As video call apps have seen massive growth over the last few months during the pandemic, Apple users have found Group FaceTime’s moving tiles to offer a distracting experience. With Apple’s upcoming iOS 13.5 software arrives the option to stop moving faces in Group…
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Google Assistant can launch Stadia games directly on Android and Chromebooks

Google’s long-term vision for Assistant in Stadia is as a guide that can suggest YouTube walkthroughs when you’re stuck. Until then, you can use it to open games on your Chromecast-connected televisions. Google Assistant also works to launch games directly on Android phones and Chromebooks. Most people are familiar with issuing commands like “OK Google, play Destiny 2 on Livingroom TV”…
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