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RuneScape has 300 million registered users.

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RuneScape publisher Jagex acquired by The Carlyle Group for at least $530 million

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 25, 2021
1 min

Investment firm The Carlyle Group has acquired RuneScape publisher Jagex for at least $530 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Daily...

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GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) ‘core’ Mario games

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 24, 2021
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Many Mario games are some of the best pieces of digital entertainment ever created. The series seemed like an obvious choice for a new...

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PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 23, 2021
2 min

PlayStation has continued its domination of gaming industry TV advertising into the new year, racking up over 425.7 million ad impressions from mid-December to...

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Xbox Live Gold is not increasing its price.

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Microsoft reverses Xbox Live Gold price increase, free-to-play games set free

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 23, 2021
2 min

Earlier today, Microsoft announced a price increase for Xbox Live Gold, the subscription service that lets Xbox users play games online. Somehow, Microsoft was...

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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...