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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — The single-player campaign begins with a couple of blasts

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 24, 2019
2 min

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare starts out with a notice that says it has mature content. You have to click on it where it...

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Illumix goes free-to-play with Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 24, 2019
2 min

Illumix said that Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery, the next installment in the popular horror series, will be the first free-to-play game...

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SuperData: Facebook sold 180,000 Oculus Quests in Q3 2019

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 24, 2019
1 min

Back in September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at Oculus Connect 6 that the company was making Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets as fast...

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Mike Ybarra joins Blizzard after years as Xbox services boss

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 24, 2019
2 min

Blizzard Entertainment is getting a new executive from Microsoft. Mike Ybarra is taking on the role of executive vice president and general manager at...

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Conan O’Brien is also in Death Stranding, I guess

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 24, 2019
2 min

Gaming auteur and famous-friend-haver Hideo Kojima is putting yet another one of his buddies into Death Stranding. On last night’s Conan, host Conan O’Brien revealed...

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3 problems studios face when developing games for famous IPs

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 23, 2019
7 min

Branding is a powerful thing. Back in 1976, Sega’s The Fonz arcade game was the first-ever licensed game. And ever since, games based on...

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Xbox One hardware falters, but software and services are bright spots

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 23, 2019
2 min

Xbox One hardware sales are continuing to fall, and that put a drag on Microsoft’s gaming division. Xbox revenues for Q1 of fiscal 2020...

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Microsoft reports $33.1 billion in Q1 2020 revenue: Azure up 59%, Surface down 4%, and LinkedIn up 25%

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 23, 2019
3 min

Microsoft today reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2020, including revenue of $33.1 billion, net income of $10.7 billion, and earnings per...