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Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold price increase feels like manipulation

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 22, 2021
3 min

Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox Live Gold from $60 per year to $60 every six months. It included some caveats to that,...

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Puzzle Quest 3 announced as a free-to-play sequel

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 21, 2021
1 min

505 Games has announced Puzzle Quest 3 today, a new installment in the franchise that combines match-3 puzzle mechanics with RPG-inspired progression and story...

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Peter Moore, former leader at Sega, EA, and Microsoft, has joined the board at Nifty Games.

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Former EA exec Peter Moore returns to gaming as Unity SVP of sports and live entertainment

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 21, 2021
1 min

Peter Moore made his mark on video games as one of the top bosses at Electronic Arts, Microsoft Xbox, and Sega of America. And...

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Devsisters launches Cookie Run: Kingdom mobile RPG

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 21, 2021
1 min

Devsisters is launching Cookie Run: Kingdom today as the latest title in a franchise that has had more than 100 million downloads. It’s a...

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Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 20, 2021
2 min

Web browser maker Opera has acquired YoYo Games, the maker of the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine, for $10 million, and it has also...

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Tilting Point has been very active in mobile games.

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Tilting Point opens a mobile game studio in Russia

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 20, 2021
2 min

Tilting Point has opened a new studio in St. Petersburg, Russia, as part of its effort to establish a multidisciplinary team to work on...

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Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir is coming to Roblox.

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Toya and Zag Games team up for Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir adventure game on Roblox

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 19, 2021
3 min

Israeli game studio Toya has teamed up with Zag Games to create a new game for Roblox: Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir. The game...

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning comes to Switch on March 16

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 19, 2021
1 min

THQ Nordic announced today that Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning will release for Switch on March 16. Kingdoms of Amalur first debuted in 2012. The...