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Star Wars: Battlefront surpasses 13M copies sold-in as fans can’t repel hype of that magnitude

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 28, 2016
1 min

It looks like Star Wars was a wise investment for Electronic Arts. Star Wars: Battlefront, the multiplayer shooter from developer DICE, surpassed 13 million...

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Star Wars: Battlefront helps EA beat Wall Street’s quarterly expectations

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2016
2 min

Big video game publisher Electronic Arts charmed investors again as it reported third fiscal quarter earnings that beat expectations for the three months ended...

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Xbox Live now has 48M active players

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 28, 2016
1 min

Microsoft doesn’t share its hardware numbers anymore, but it’s happy to tell us that a lot of people are using its online gaming service. Xbox...

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Microsoft sees $25.7 billion in Q2 2016 revenue, $1.3 billion generated by Surface

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 28, 2016
2 min

Microsoft today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2016, including revenue of $25.69 billion and earnings per share of $0.78. In Q2...

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Warframe’s new Nezha class highlights Ring of Fire update on PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 28, 2016
1 min

One of the most popular free-to-play games on consoles gets a big update today. Warframe, the sci-fi shooter from developer Digital Extremes, has a lot of...

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GamesBeat 2016 is moving to L.A. on Aug. 1-3. And we’re kicking it off with a new VR day

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2016
2 min

We’re pleased to announce today that GamesBeat 2016 is heading south to Los Angeles. And it’s going to have a new one-day event dubbed VR...

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Indiepocalpyse slays another: Starward Rogue studio cutting jobs due to low sales

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 28, 2016
3 min

Making games is a rough business, as another studio ships a product only to layoff most of its staff. ArcenGames founder Chris Park revealed...

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Vive VR headset test: We try a dozen games — and one makes us sick

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2016
7 min

SEATTLE — I played the HTC Vive virtual reality headset with a full set of near-finished games at an event held by Valve, the...

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Kiip powers Taco Bell’s mobile loyalty program Explore

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2016
3 min

In the digital age, loyalty programs are getting an overhaul. Today’s example is an alliance between mobile rewards company Kiip and fast-food chain Taco...

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Upsight pushes further into mobile game monetization with Fuse Powered acquisition

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2016
5 min

Upsight is on a march to become a one-stop shop for helping mobile game developers make money. And it is taking a big step...

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