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EA sunsets classic Battlefield titles in April

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Electronic Arts announced today that it will delist three of of its classic games from storefronts in April, in preparation for shutting off their online services later this year. These include Battlefield 1943, Bad Company and Bad Company 2. All three games are set to vanish from storefronts…
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Square Enix CEO steps down amid big changes in gaming

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Square Enix announced that it will replace its president and CEO Yosuke Matsuda, who is stepping down from the job after many years in the role. He will be replaced by…
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Top 5 stories of the week: AI buzz and CES unveils a self-driving — baby stroller?

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Happy New Year! This first week of 2023 has already been a whirlwind of AI and excitement from CES 2023, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Senior writer/editor Sharon Goldman was kept busy with, among other AI news, DALL-E and ChatGPT.
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Square Enix shakeups and esports Olympics | Kaser Focus

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. It’s March already? Where did the time go? (Oh right, it went into Forspoken and Octopath Traveler II and Fire Emblem Engage and Dead Space, etc etc.) It’s been an…
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My 13 favorite AI stories of 2022 | The AI Beat

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Last week was a relatively quiet one in the artificial intelligence (AI) universe. I was grateful — honestly, a brief respite…
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Square Enix CEO steps down amid big changes in gaming

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Square Enix announced that it will replace its president and CEO Yosuke Matsuda, who is stepping down from the job after many years in the role. He will be replaced by Takashi Kiryu, who is currently the chief strategy officer. This comes after the company made heavy investments in blockchain…
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Nintendo to hold Pokémon Presents livestream on Feb 27

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Nintendo and the Pokémon Company announced today that it will hold a Pokémon Presents livestream next week. More specifically, it will hold the event on Pokémon Day…
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Activision Blizzard reaches fiscal highs in Q4 2022

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Activision Blizzard has reported record breaking results for both 2022 and its fourth quarter in its most recent financial results. For its annual performance, Activision Blizzard’s net bookings were $8.51 billion in 2022, up nearly 2% compared to 2021’s $8.35 billion. Net bookings for the…
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