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Hands-on: YouTube Gaming is a quick, good-looking, and feature-packed Twitch competitor

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 26, 2015
3 min

Last year, Google was considering purchasing the livestreaming site Twitch. That fell through, but this didn’t stop the company from pushing forward with a gaming...

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FBI arrests former Game of War developer for threatening to distribute trade secrets

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 26, 2015
2 min

Don’t mess with mobile game developers. They’ve got the Federal Bureau of Investigations on their side. A former developer at studio Machine Zone, which...

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N++ is this year’s most addictive co-op experience

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 26, 2015
3 min

When I sat down to play N++, I really didn’t expect my kids to become its biggest fans. On the surface, I thought that...

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Extreme Exorcism is a NEStalgic take on ghost hunting — with shotguns

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 26, 2015
4 min

Golden Ruby Games president Mike Christatos sat down in our respective email inboxes to uncover the generational (and happenstance) inspirations for their upcoming action-platformer, Extreme Exorcism.

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Street Fighter V beta tries again on August 28

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 26, 2015
1 min

It’s time for Round 2. Capcom announced today that the PlayStation 4 beta Street Fighter V goes active again on at 4 p.m. Pacific...

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Heroes of the Storm’s Infernal Shrines Battleground is now live

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 26, 2015
1 min

The Heroes of the Storm have a new arena to wage war in. Blizzard released the newest Battleground, Infernal Shrines, today for its multiplayer...

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Hearthstone’s designers on The Grand Tournament and the future danger of too many cards

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 26, 2015
9 min

Earlier this week, the World of Warcraft maker launched the second expansion for its successful digital card game (which makes $20 million a month, according to Superdata). The Grand Tournament adds 132 new cards to Hearthstone, which gives players plenty of options to mess around with for new decks.