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Samsung’s new 970 Evo Plus improves an already excellent SSD

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 22, 2019
2 min

The Samsung 970 Evo is already one of the best SSDs you can get for a desktop PC. It is fast with a relatively...

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PUBG’s best new map is now live on consoles

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 22, 2019
2 min

Console players are getting the best new PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds map today. Vikendi, the snowy 6-kilometer-by-6-kilometer mountainous landscape, hit PC in December. It is launching...

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Nintendo announces open Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2 tournaments

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 22, 2019
1 min

Nintendo has announced new U.S. tournaments for its Switch games Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2. These will be online qualifiers open to...

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Quake 2 is the best argument for Nvidia’s ray tracing

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 22, 2019
2 min

If you want to see the potential of ray tracing, you should look to Quake 2. A new mod called Q2VKPT (Quake 2 with...

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Resident Evil 2 review — Too much fun to be scared

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 22, 2019
4 min

I have enough stress in my life. I’m a parent to a young kid. We’ve got another one arriving any minute now. The future...

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Hothead serves up a mobile game publishing division

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 22, 2019
2 min

Hothead Games has a slew of successful mobile games, such as Kill Shot, Hero Hunters, and the Big Win sports series. Now it’s going...

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Minecraft Marketplace December 2018’s top 10 creations: Exponential growth

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 21, 2019
6 min

December was the Minecraft Marketplace’s biggest month yet. Downloads skyrocketed to 10,872,443 on Windows 10, iOS and Android, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. December...

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Why India’s ed-tech firm Byju’s paid $120 million for kids AR game maker Osmo

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 21, 2019
9 min

Last week, India’s ed-tech startup Byju acquired Osmo, a kid-focused augmented reality games for iPhones and iPads, for $120 million. That was a big move that...