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Nintendo Switch Online service will debut in 2018

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2018
2 min

Nintendo will debut a paid multiplayer gaming service dubbed Nintendo Switch Online in September 2018. The Kyoto, Japan-based company made the announcement during its...

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Decentralization in the form of NFTs is coming to videos.

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Blockchain could trigger the game industry’s next evolution

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 31, 2018
11 min

Technology is mostly incremental. We make batteries last 20 percent longer. We make glass strong enough to serve as the front surface of a...

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Goat Simulator studio Coffee Stain gets majority share in Gone North Games

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 31, 2018
1 min

Goat Simulator developer Coffee Stain announced today that it has acquired a majority share in studio Gone North Games, which will now be called Coffee Stain...

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Nintendo revenues grow 175% as Switch crosses 14.86 million consoles sold

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 31, 2018
1 min

Nintendo reported some astonishing growth numbers on the strength of its Switch hybrid mobile-home console, which sold 14.86 million units during 2017. The Japanese...

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Death Coming brings pixel art soul-harvesting puzzles to iOS in February

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 30, 2018
1 min

The Grim Reaper eventually arrives for us all — whether you’re on PC or mobile. Next Studio’s darkly comic puzzler Death Coming will launch...

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Why ex-Activision Skylanders executive is marketing Osmo’s educational games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 30, 2018
6 min

Skylanders inaugurated the “toys to life” industry that combined physical toys and digital games. It became a billion-dollar business for Activision, and John Coyne...