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Industrial Light and Magic is talking VR — and likely Star Wars — at Game Developers Conference

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 16, 2016
2 min

Lucasfilm is bringing some (industrial) magic to virtual reality. Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects arm of Star Wars studio Lucasfilm, announced today...

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Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson’s Game Developers Conference honor cements his legacy

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 16, 2016
1 min

The man behind Minecraft can add another “notch” to his list of accolades. The Game Developers Choice Awards, which give out peer-voted honors during...

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Fallout 4’s DLC has you building robots, capturing creatures for Pokémon-style pit fights

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 16, 2016
1 min

The PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC open-world game was the third best-selling release of 2015, according to market research firm The NPD Group, and additional content like this can encourage everyone who owns it to spend more money and prevent them from trading Fallout 4 for in-store credit at places like GameStop.

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U.S. game industry hits $23.5B in 2015 — with software revenue up 7% to $16.5B

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 16, 2016
2 min

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today that the U.S. gaming industry — including sales of home consoles, software, mobile games, and other digital products — generated $23.5 billion in revenue in 2015. This is an increase from 2014, which earned $22.4 billion.

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You can target enemies in Ubisoft’s The Division using Tobii’s eye-tracking technology

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 16, 2016
5 min

Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s The Division is one of the biggest video games coming out this spring. And Tobii hopes to make it stand out...

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The International Mobile Game Awards announces its nominees for 2016

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 16, 2016
2 min

Disclaimer: IMGA paid for my travel to France so I could serve as a judge. My coverage remains objective. 2015 was a good year...

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Golfstream turns golf into a hilarious augmented reality sport

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 16, 2016
5 min

Golf can be a pretty sedate sport, and a virtual version of it could be just as boring. So Sameer Gupta, the cofounder of...

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Some Xbox Live services are down once again

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 15, 2016
1 min

You may have trouble hooking up with friends on Xbox One. Xbox Live isn’t working for everyone right now, according to a number of...

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Here’s a Street Fighter V PC vs. PlayStation 4 graphics comparison

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 15, 2016
1 min

Graphics aren’t everything, but if you have a choice, many would rather have the prettier experience. YouTube channel DigitalFoundry did a graphics comparison for...

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Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge leaked from every angle

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 15, 2016
2 min

Samsung shipped more phones than any other company in 2015, meaning its upcoming flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge devices are once again...

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