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The DeanBeat: How Germany does gaming events right with Gamescom

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 23, 2019
5 min

In the past, Gamescom (the giant fan event in Cologne, Germany) was a sideshow for the worldwide game industry. Companies could choose to come...

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Gears Pop is Clash Royale with cover mechanics

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 23, 2019
1 min

As someone who pretends to have refined tastes, Gears Pop is a nightmare. A free-to-play mobile version of Gears featuring Funko Pop versions of...

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Sphero acquires modular electronics company LittleBits

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 23, 2019
3 min

Sphero, the nine-year-old Colorado-based company best known for its lineup of programmable robots, this week completed a major acquisition that catapults it to the...

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Microsoft widens its efforts to support DirectX 12 games on Windows 7

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 23, 2019
1 min

DirectX 12 works on Windows 7, but that wasn’t always the case. Microsoft originally only supported the newest graphics API on Windows 10 and...

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Fortnite team nerfs B.R.U.T.E. mech to bring back more variety

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 23, 2019
2 min

I hate and fear change. This is why bipedal walking tanks frighten me. They change the calculus of war in real life and, more...

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Baby Rage unveils plans for crossplay VR-PC shooter game Extreme Tactical Executioners

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 23, 2019
2 min

Baby Rage has launched a new virtual reality game called Extreme Tactical Executions (xTx). By itself, that’s not unusual. But this game was designed...

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Minecraft Earth beta expands to Android

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 22, 2019
1 min

Microsoft and the Minecraft Team want to give Minecraft players a chance to try the franchise’s new AR game on Android. Minecraft Earth is...

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Black Desert brings its MMO action to PS4

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 22, 2019
1 min

PlayStation 4 owners have a new massively multiplayer online role-playing game option. Pearl Abyss announced today that Black Desert is now available on the...