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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting Halloween fun and reprinted Amiibo cards

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 25, 2020
1 min

Nintendo announced today that Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ Halloween event will start September 30 via a free update. It’ll also be reprinting more of...

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The DeanBeat: Agent Venture makes Zoom time fun again

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 25, 2020
8 min

Escape rooms have taken a big hit during the pandemic. But they’ve moved online, into Zoom calls and other video solutions, and that may...

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Konami brings Metal Gear Solid and more to GOG

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 25, 2020
1 min

GOG announced today that is has partnered with Konami to bring many of its classic games to the PC gaming store. Starting today, Metal...

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How QuadPay’s interest-free PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X payment plan works

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 25, 2020
3 min

If you feel the need to keep up with cutting-edge video game hardware, 2020 is a rough year thanks to the PlayStation 5, Xbox...

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4D Factory acquires majority stake in HBO game publishing spinoff Neon Media

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 25, 2020
3 min

Media technology holding company 4D Factory has acquired a majority stake in early-stage game and transmedia startup Neon Media. That Seattle-based company, whose CEO...

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Epic Games acquires kid tech platform SuperAwesome

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 25, 2020
2 min

Epic Games has announced the acquisition of SuperAwesome, a pioneer in the “kid tech” market that provides children with what it says are safe...

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Sensor Tower: These genres are thriving in the $2 billion U.S. mobile-RPG market

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 24, 2020
2 min

The game industry continues to show off how it’s benefiting from the pandemic. This time, it’s mobile role-playing games bringing in more dough, according...

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Apple and Facebook spin antitrust claims: We’re misunderstood

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 24, 2020
4 min

In late July, a Congressional subcommittee successfully compelled four major tech company CEOs to formally answer questions about allegedly monopolistic business practices — a...