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World of Warcraft monthly subscribers fall slightly to 5.5M — and Blizzard will no longer report player numbers

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 3, 2015
1 min

I don’t think Blizzard wants us to watch World of Warcraft’s subscription numbers continue to shrink. Activision Blizzard revealed today that its popular MMO...

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Konami apologizes for Pro Evolution Soccer 2016’s incomplete roster updates

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 3, 2015
2 min

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 players are stuck with team rosters that don’t reflect real life. Publisher Konami has officially apologized for failing to properly...

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Need for Speed reboot offers fun, even if its always-online is just crass commercialism

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 3, 2015
9 min

The Need for Speed franchise, which turned 18 this year, has become older than some of the players who’ll buy it. Unfortunately, this latest reboot might...

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World of Tanks developer Wargaming helps Twitch rival Hitbox with $4M funding round

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 3, 2015
3 min

Hitbox, a European startup that can stream gameplay at 4K resolution, has raised $4 million from World of Tanks developer Wargaming and others to...

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Games are riding high in Apple TV App Store as Top Charts reveal early trends (update)

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 3, 2015
2 min

Correction 1:13 p.m. Pacific: Beat Sports is in the top spot for Paid and Grossing apps. We have corrected the error that stated it...

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Activision buys Candy Crush Saga publisher King for $5.9B

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 3, 2015
3 min

One of the biggest publishers of traditional games in the world now also owns one of the biggest mobile publishers. Call of Duty, World...

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3 min

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Marvel Puzzle Quest gets fired up with Jean Grey’s Phoenix

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 2, 2015
1 min

When a comics publisher needs to give its books a boost, it often promotes a big in-world event. Now, game developers are using the...

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The App Store is burying some Apple TV apps — and developers are fuming

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 2, 2015
4 min

One of the big innovations with the new Apple TV is that it has full app support, but some early supporters this device are feeling...

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4 min

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Windows 10 adoption passes 25% on Steam

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 2, 2015
2 min

Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for October, and it revealed that more than one in every four gamers on Steam is...

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III is getting modding and map-making tools on PC

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 2, 2015
2 min

The Call of Duty community will have the capability to help the next game in the series grow in ways the developer never predicted....

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