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Dragon Quest Heroes gives the legendary series a fresh action perspective

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 22, 2015
4 min

Koei-Tecmo’s Omega Force team might be some of the busiest people in gaming. After striking success with the Dynasty Warriors hack-‘n’-slash formula back on...

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Xbox Live grows to 39M active gamers — but Xbox hardware sales down 17% from a year ago

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 22, 2015
2 min

Microsoft didn’t say how many Xbox 360s and Xbox Ones it sold last quarter, but it does point out that its online-gaming service is...

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Lucky’s Tale developer Playful raises $25M to fund its virtual reality development

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 22, 2015
2 min

Investors are looking ahead, and they like what they see from one of the first companies highly focused on producing original virtual-reality games. Playful...

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Vivendi buys bigger stake in Ubisoft and Gameloft

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 22, 2015
2 min

Vivendi is getting back into the game in a big way. The French media company revealed today that it now owns a 10.4 percent...

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Activision Blizzard creates new esports division on the eve of BlizzCon’s championships

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 22, 2015
2 min

Actvision Blizzard announced this morning that it’s creating a new division focused on its “esports ecosystem.” The new division wasn’t named in the release,...