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ChargeUp Games debuts as developer-friendly mobile game publisher

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 17, 2020
3 min

ChargeUp Games is debuting today as a new mobile game publisher that will focus on a developer-friendly strategy in the ultra-competitive $100 billion mobile...

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Roundguard interview: How Wonderbelly blended Peggle with roguelite RPGs

Posted byby Jason Wilson
June 17, 2020
16 min

“Peggle mixed with a dungeon crawler” sounds like a natural fit for an intriguing game. Yet since Peggle’s peg-smashing debut in 2007, no one...

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New Pokémon Snap planned for Nintendo Switch

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 17, 2020
1 min

Surprise! Pokémon Snap is back, Jack! It only took a bit over 20 years. The Pokémon Company announced New Pokémon Snap today for Switch....

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Pokémon Smile helps kids brush their teeth

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 17, 2020
1 min

Pokémon Go? How about Pokémon Go Away, Cavities! The Pokémon Company today announced and released Pokémon Smile, a mobile game that will help kids...

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Amazon and Techstars announce inaugural Alexa Next Stage cohort

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 17, 2020
4 min

The Alexa Fund, Amazon’s $200 million venture fund for voice-focused startups, and Techstars today revealed the inaugural cohort of companies participating in Alexa Next...

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Zynga launches voice game Words With Friends Word Pop for Amazon Alexa

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 17, 2020
2 min

Zynga has launched Words With Friends Word Pop as a new voice game for Amazon Alexa. The launch on Alexa-enabled devices is part of...

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Teatime Games launches Trivia Royale with 1,000-player matches on iOS

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 17, 2020
3 min

Teatime is launching Trivia Royale, a mobile game where 1,000 players compete against each other in a last-person standing trivia face-off. The game is...

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Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour comes to Switch on June 23

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 16, 2020
1 min

Duke Nukem 3D is coming to Switch, with Gearbox Software releasing the 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour of the classic first-person shooter for Nintendo’s...