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IMGA’s mobile game award contenders pit big hits like Lineage 2 against indies such as Bury Me, My Love

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 22, 2018
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The 14th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) has announced 174 nominations in 13 different categories, including the Grand Prix award. Most of the...

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FanAI raises $2.5 million to use AI to monetize esports audiences

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 22, 2018
2 min

FanAI has raised $2.5 million in seed funding for its platform that uses artificial intelligence to monetize esports fans. Esports ventures are getting a...

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The IndieBeat: How Way of the Passive Fist’s animators helped make it accessible

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 22, 2018
11 min

Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling brawler … in which you never throw a punch. Rather than tussling with your enemies, it’s all...

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GameChanger Charity celebrates $18 million of donations with content platform for kids in hospitals

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 22, 2018
2 min

GameChanger Charity has received $18 million worth of donations in the last two months toward its goal of using video games to help sick kids....

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Little Dragons Café is Harvest Moon creator’s newest project with Aksys Games

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 22, 2018
1 min

Yasuhiro Wada has previously espoused his love for “nature, animals, and caring for other people,” which his classic game Harvest Moon clearly expressed. Little...

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Nintendo 3DS had its best January sales since 2013

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 21, 2018
1 min

The Nintendo 3DS handheld console just had its best January since 2013 in terms of consoles sold, according to the NPD Group. For hardware dollar sales,...

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Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One sales are all on fire

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 21, 2018
1 min

Hardware sales doubled year-over-year in January, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all benefited from that spending. “Hardware spending...

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January 2018 NPD: Switch leads console sales; PlayStation 4 is No. 1 for revenues

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 21, 2018
1 min

More people bought Nintendo Switch consoles than Xbox One or PlayStation 4 systems in January in the U.S., but consumers spent more money on...

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The RetroBeat: Nintendo’s legendary Star Fox turns 25, but does it have a future?

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 21, 2018
3 min

Star Fox came out for the Super Nintendo on February 21, 1993. Yup, the space shooter with anthropomorphic animals turns 25 years old today. I...

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Apple applies to expand Apple TV trademark to video games in over 60 countries

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 21, 2018
2 min

Although Apple’s gaming track record has largely rewarded enthusiasm with disappointment, a new Apple TV trademark application discovered by Patently Apple indicates that the company...

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