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The ‘e’ in esports also stands for ‘engagement’

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 10, 2019
4 min

Who would have thought we’d live in a world where we’d even fathom video games worthy of consideration as an Olympic sport? Or where...

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Xbox ousts PlayStation to dominate game industry TV spend in February

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 10, 2019
2 min

Thanks to a big outlay during the Super Bowl, Microsoft’s Xbox has overtaken the gaming industry’s longtime spend leader PlayStation. Xbox accounted for over...

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Lone Echo’s Olivia Rhodes is VR’s best character yet

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 10, 2019
3 min

“Bulldogs are a symbol of the British spirit,” Captain Oliva “Liv” Rhodes tells you as you inspect her Union Jack-sporting dog ornament wearing a...

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Microsoft: Consumer AR’s path is ‘measured in years’

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 10, 2019
2 min

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 reveal event last week made one thing clear: This is a device for the enterprise. If the multiple demos from business partners...

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Carolyn Petit interview — A good reception for Queer Tropes in Video Games series

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 9, 2019
8 min

Surprisingly, Carolyn Petit didn’t get a lot of hate this week. Petit was out in front as the host of Queer Tropes in Video...

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Carbonated Games teases mobile shooter on Amazon Lumberyard

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 9, 2019
2 min

Carbonated Games has been quiet for a few years, but soon it will start making some news about its mobile multiplayer shooter game. CEO...

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Valve loses VR engineers in recent layoff

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 9, 2019
3 min

Thirteen employees at Valve Corporation were let go recently, including people working in VR. Images leaked late last year show what appeared to be a Valve-built...

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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Sandbox and gaming improvements

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 9, 2019
2 min

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with Windows Sandbox and gaming improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18351 (made available...