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Red Dead Redemption is playable on Xbox One after getting backward compatibility

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 6, 2016
2 min

Update on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time: It looks like Microsoft has patched this. If you go through the process detailed below, you...

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Watch us play Unravel, an adorable puzzle platformer from Electronic Arts

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 5, 2016
1 min

Electronic Arts isn’t a publisher known for taking risks, but it is giving at least one smaller game a chance in 2016. Next week,...

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Big in Tehran: Inside Iran’s $140M console and PC market

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 5, 2016
3 min

I’ve chalked up 2015 revenue for the PC and console games market in Iran to approximately $140 million, based on research firm Newzoo’s latest...

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Ubisoft hypes up Trackmania Turbo’s VR capabilities with 360-degree video app

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 5, 2016
2 min

Someone should follow the money to see if Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot has invested heavily in Dramamine or a barf-bag company, because his...

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H1Z1 zombie game splits into two strains — and spreads to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 5, 2016
2 min

The thing about a zombie virus is that it spreads so fast you can’t contain it. Now, publisher Daybreak is finding that something similar is...

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Hearthstone’s big changes, and Nintendo’s mobile debut imminent

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 5, 2016
3 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Nintendo’s earnings fall a little short of expectations, someone builds a calculator inside Super Mario Maker,...