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The Ascent is the latest Game Pass release to succeed beyond Xbox’s service

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 4, 2021
2 min

The Ascent generated $5 million in revenue and topped the Steam global sales chart over its opening weekend. That’s according to publisher Curve Digital,...

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Amazon’s New World delayed a month to September 28

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 4, 2021
1 min

Amazon Games announced today that it is pushing back New World‘s release by a month, sliding its original August 31 debut to September 28....

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Sensorium demos AI-driven avatars as latest virtual beings

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2021
3 min

Sensorium Galaxy is an upcoming virtual world that will blend human and AI characters so that people can have unscripted conversations with virtual beings....

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Mythical launches Burberry NFTs in Blankos Block Party

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2021
2 min

Luxury clothing brand Burberry is dropping its non-fungible token (NFT) collection in Mythical Games’ Blankos Block Party blockchain game. The launch of the limited-edition...

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Tilting Point acquires publishing rights for WhaleApp’s Hidden Hotel: Miami Mystery

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2021
2 min

Tilting Point will become the exclusive publisher for Hidden Hotel: Miami Mystery, and developer WhaleApp will focus on development and live ops for the...

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Planetarium nabs $2.6M for decentralized RPG Nine Chronicles

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 4, 2021
5 min

Planetarium said its decentralized role-playing game Nine Chronicles, which uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) so players can own and make their game assets, has raised $2.6 million....

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What are the best GameCube games, Monster Hunter: Rise sales, and more | Last of the Nintendogs 005

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 3, 2021
1 min

[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/last-of-the-nintendogs/embed/episodes/005-RIP-DR–MARIO-e15dvrh” height=”102px” width=”625px” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] On this episode of Last of the Nintendogs, California’s civil suit against Blizzard continues to take shape. Monster...

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Activision Blizzard promises change while dodging employee demands

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 3, 2021
2 min

During today’s investor call, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick promised that change would come to the troubled publisher. However, he and other leaders failed...