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Oculus Rift exclusive card battler Dragon Front is VR’s first stab at challenging Hearthstone

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 26, 2016
4 min

High Voltage Software is creating a collectible card game, Dragon Front, as an exclusive for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. The game plays...

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Gaming’s chief lobbyist reflects on how gaming won the violence debate

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 26, 2016
4 min

Mike Gallagher came out swinging in defense of the game industry in a recent talk. He has to be feisty, as he’s the industry’s...

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Activision closes King deal, and new Pokémon announced

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 26, 2016
3 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Fire Emblem: Fates is a hit, we learn more about the Iron Maiden mobile game, and...

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The DeanBeat: Nine memorable moments from gaming’s elite DICE Summit

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 26, 2016
8 min

Last week, I heard a lot of smart people talking about the game industry at the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in...

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Sun and Moon are Pokémon’s next games — coming this holiday

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 26, 2016
1 min

Nintendo revealed Pokémon Sun and Moon today, the next entries in its popular series that has so far sold over 200 million games. We don’t know much about Sun and Moon yet, other than that they will come out worldwide this holiday season.

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Unicorn story: How this young woman went from student to indie game studio chief

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 26, 2016
8 min

The game and tech industry has heard a lot of chatter about diversity, recruiting women and minorities into development, and encouraging girls to become engineers....