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Major League Gaming's huge Counter-Strike event in 2016.

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Activision Blizzard’s Mike Sepso will speak on esports going mainstream at GamesBeat 2016

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 1, 2016
6 min

Our next speaker for our GamesBeat 2016 event is Mike Sepso, senior vice president for Activision Blizzard. Sepso was the cofounder of MLG, which Activision Blizzard...

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6 min

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Forget the NX — Nintendo gets into the shoe game with Vans

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 1, 2016
1 min

We’re all wondering what Nintendo is going to do next. Few of us expected shoes. The Japanese game maker is in a transition period...

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1 min

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Skylanders embraces user-generated content with Skylanders Imaginators

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 1, 2016
4 min

The Toys-to-Life sphere is experiencing something of an upheaval right now. With sales of Skylanders down from last year, the amiibo craze cooling off...

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4 min

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Usens raises $20 million for mobile AR and VR hand-and-head tracking

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 1, 2016
2 min

Usens has raised $20 million to develop natural hand and head tracking for augmented reality and virtual reality applications. The company is built around...

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2 min

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Brandnew IO launches influencer marketing platform

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 1, 2016
3 min

Berlin’s Brandnew IO has a new influencer marketing platform that helps brands chase people who have become big on social media. In an age...

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3 min

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First speakers for DICE Europe’s World Builders event include CCP’s Hilmar Veigar Petursson

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 1, 2016
1 min

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has posted its first speakers for its fourth-annual DICE Europe event. Among the speakers at conference include CCP chief...

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AMD’s $200 Radeon RX 480 video card gets gamers ‘VR ready’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 1, 2016
2 min

AMD is about to come to the next-gen graphics-processing fight with something inexpensive. The microprocessor company announced its Radeon RX 480 graphics card at Computex...

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It’s OK to get mad with Overwatch players for ruining your game — but don’t be an ass

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 1, 2016
5 min

I know it’s difficult to believe, but I’ve noticed some Overwatch players getting frustrated with one another. The main point of contention is —...

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5 min

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AMD launches new mobile processors for powerful entertainment laptops

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 1, 2016
2 min

Advanced Micro Devices is unveiling its seventh-generation accelerated processing units — which combine graphics and computing in a single chip — for mobile entertainment...

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Nearly 60% of mobile gamers watch an ad or take a survey 10 times a week

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 1, 2016
2 min

More than half of highly engaged mobile games watch video ads, complete surveys, or install apps to earn virtual in-game currency rewards, according to...

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