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Cris Tales review: Time is on your side (update)

Posted byby Jason Wilson
July 27, 2021
4 min

I dig alternate history stories, but I’m not always a fan of time-travel tales. It can get confusing, and often, time travel becomes either...

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Discord improves conversations by finally adding threads

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
5 min

Discord conversations can often get into the hundreds of messages, and to simplify that chatter, the company is launching “threads.” And as simple as...

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Game Devs of Color Expo remains all-virtual when it kicks off September

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
4 min

The Game Devs of Color Expo will take place as an online-only event from September 23 to September 27. The sixth annual event will...

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Why ex-Sony boss Shawn Layden is helping Streamline Media Group go global

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
6 min

Streamline Media Group is a game services company in Malaysia and the U.S., and it’s giving itself a boost in the global gaming market...

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Eloelo raises $2.1M for creator-led social gaming platform in India

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
3 min

Eloelo, a startup that is India’s fastest growing creator-led live social gaming platform, has raised $2.1 million in funding. Founded in August 2020 by...

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Plitch is trying to make game cheats normal again

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 26, 2021
2 min

[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/how-games-make-money/embed/episodes/How-Plitch-is-trying-to-bring-back-game-cheats-e1521mk” height=”102px” width=”700px” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] A quarter of a century ago, cheating in video games was normal. A generation of video game fans...

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Why Jam City canceled its $1.2B SPAC

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 26, 2021
3 min

Mobile game publisher Jam City decided to call off its plan to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) because of “current...

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Splitgate won’t launch into 1.0 until August as 1047 Games deals with servers

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 26, 2021
1 min

Developer 1047 Games is extending its open beta for Splitgate into August. The studio originally planned to launch the Portal-style competitive shooter into its...