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Microsoft starts taking preorders for HoloLens Development Edition, shipping March 30

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 29, 2016
4 min

Microsoft today announced that it’s starting to send developers invitations to preorder the $3,000 HoloLens Development Edition version of its HoloLens augmented reality headset....

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mNectar’s new Spectra streaming network turns ads into playable games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 25, 2016
3 min

MNectar came up with unique way to get players to view ads on mobile by creating playable segments of games that could be streamed...

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UC Davis uses a game to chart its future

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 23, 2016
2 min

If you want new ideas, you may need to come up with fresh ways of soliciting them. And that’s why the University of California at...

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Zynga puts its San Francisco headquarters up for sale

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 23, 2016
1 min

Zynga has put its San Francisco headquarters up for sale, confirming a report today from the San Francisco blog SFist. The social mobile game company’s headcount...

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Twitch competitor DingIt rounds up 20M monthly viewers

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 22, 2016
1 min

Twitch shouldn’t be, well, twitching just yet, but another site wants a piece of that streaming pie. DingIt, a global streaming site specializing in...

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg appears at Samsung event to talk VR, confirms Minecraft is coming to Oculus

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 21, 2016
2 min

BARCELONA, Spain — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered a much-needed shot of adrenaline to Samsung’s Unpacked press conference by making an unannounced appearance on...

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Facebook says people have watched 1 million hours of video with Samsung Gear VR, forms Social VR team

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 21, 2016
2 min

Facebook today announced a few updates for its virtual reality (VR) efforts. The company said it has established a formal Social VR team that...

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What Twitch and esports can teach us about building successful media companies

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 19, 2016
4 min

From a 2011 spinoff of Justin.tv to a $1 billion acquisition by Amazon in 2014, Twitch has taken over esports viewing and led the...

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Google Play Games drops Google+ integration

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 18, 2016
2 min

You no longer need a Google+ account to enjoy the benefits of connected gaming on Android. Google is introducing Gamer IDs to its Google...

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The Walking Dead Season Two -- Episode Two: A House Divided

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Amazon adds zombie apocalypse reference to its AWS terms

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 10, 2016
2 min

Public cloud infrastructure provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) is getting snarky. And it’s not even April Fools’ Day. In conjunction with the launch last...

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