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How Xbox Game Pass is giving fans the first Battletoads in 26 years

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 21, 2020
2 min

Developers Rare and Dlala Studios just released Battletoads for PC and Xbox. This is the latest entry in the classic beat-’em-up series, but it’s...

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Spellbreak studio wants crossplay and cross-progression to be standard in gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 21, 2020
3 min

Cross-progression is a lofty goal for any game developer to tackle in a day when games like Fortnite run on any, OK, almost any,...

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The DeanBeat: Gaming mental health conference encourages men to seek help

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 21, 2020
4 min

Brett Schnepf was a veteran of the game industry, with decades of experience. Earlier this month, he killed himself. In a GoFundMe campaign for...

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Hitman 3’s Agatha Christie-style trailer is everything I want

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 21, 2020
1 min

Hitman 3 is coming this January, and developer IO Interactive has me more excited for it than ever before. The studio dropped the latest...

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Microsoft Flight Simulator could push PC-hardware spending to $2.6 billion

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 20, 2020
2 min

Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the games that could push people to spend even more money upgrading their PC rigs. Market-intelligence firm Jon...

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Ubisoft will showcase 13 indie game studios at virtual Gamescom

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 20, 2020
2 min

Ubisoft said it will showcase 13 indie game studios at the virtual Gamescom event through its Ubisoft Entrepreneurs program. Gamescom normally draws hundreds of...