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“Games are a cultural force,” says Kate Edwards in her closing remarks on this panel on the geopolitical dynamics of games. In the last few years, gamers have been negative on the way developers model geopolitics in games. Always convinced that someone is trying to message them with…
The time has come to say farewell to Bethesda’s PC games launcher. Starting today, players can transfer their games library, as well as DLC, virtual currency, in-game items and their friends list to their Steam account. Users still have until May 11th to play their heart…
Gran Turismo 7 review — a pleasant drive
March 2, 2022
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I’m not exactly what you would call a car guy. Gran Turismo 7 — which comes out on March 4 for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 — wants to change…
Xbox Game Pass gets Guardians of the Galaxy in March
March 2, 2022
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Xbox today announced the newest additions to Game Pass. The list of games being added for the first half of March includes Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Kentucky Route Zero, and Far: Changing Tides, among others.
Ship adventure Far: Changing Tides launches today, and makes…
Pokémon GO, UNITE, Masters EX, and Café ReMix for iOS get special events for 26th franchise anniversary
February 28, 2022
Pokémon just turned 26. With that, some of the games available for iPhone users are getting special events this week, including Pokémon GO, UNITE, Masters EX, and Café ReMix. Read on as we round up everything new with these iOS games.
Pokémon GO
Starting with…
Capcom announces Street Fighter 6
February 21, 2022
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That Capcom Countdown timer has finally ended, and with that comes the anticipated reveal for Street Fighter 6.
This will be first new numbered entry in…
Why Sony is acquiring Bungie | GB Decides bonus episode
February 1, 2022
Sony announced today that it is spending $3.6 billion to acquire Destiny developer Bungie. This is the latest in a series of massive acquisitions in the gaming space this month. That started with Take-Take Interactive picking up Zynga, then continued with Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard. Now, acquisitions season has reached its culmination — at least for now. But why is this happening…
Roblox’s year-end data reveals its metaverse advantage
January 27, 2022
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Roblox had an explosive growth year in 2021, and today the company released some data that shows how it’s a leading contender in the…
Epic Games’ Kim Libreri on how real the metaverse can look
January 27, 2022
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If there is a small circle of people to ask how realistic we can get when we try to make a world seem flawlessly realistic in the metaverse, Kim…
Gaming will lead us to the metaverse
January 26, 2022
When CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed Facebook’s name to Meta and committed to the metaverse, he said that gaming would lead the way.
That’s an interesting comment, considering that Facebook has billions of social media users, while game companies like Roblox and Microsoft (Minecraft) have amassed hundreds of millions of gamers. In fact, the entire game industry’s reach is about as big as…