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Zwift raises $120 million to expand its virtual training worlds for cyclists, runners, and esport contests

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 19, 2018
3 min

Zwift, a Long Beach, California-based startup that develops virtual worlds for cyclists and runners, has raised $120 million in a series B round of...

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Hearthstone new nerfs will end the reign of the game’s most powerful decks

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 19, 2018
3 min

So long, Odd Paladin and Shudderwock Shaman. These popular Hearthstone decks should be far less powerful once the next wave of nerfs come to...

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November 2018 NPD: Nintendo Switch outsells PS4 in dollar sales

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 18, 2018
1 min

November was another big month for video game hardware. Nintendo Switch outsold the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in terms of dollar sales, according...

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Spyro Reignited Trilogy has stronger debut month than all past Spyro games combined

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 18, 2018
1 min

Spyro the Dragon has some fire left in him. Spyro Reignited Trilogy was the No. 9 best-selling game in the U.S. in November, according...

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November 2018 NPD: Red Dead on top with strong debut from Pikachu

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 18, 2018
5 min

The video game industry in the United States was flat year-over-year in November, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. U.S. consumers spent $2.693...

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Path of Exile: Betrayal sets new expansion record for concurrent players

Posted byby Jason Wilson
December 18, 2018
1 min

Path of Exile may be in for a Betrayal, but it’s not coming from its players. A studio spokesperson from Grinding Gear Games said today...

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Ring of Elysium: How Tencent built a different kind of battle royale

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 18, 2018
4 min

Presented by Intel It seems foolish for any developer to compete with battle royale giants Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. But the rising popularity of...

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Telltale lead writer slings to Spider-Man studio Insomniac Games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 18, 2018
2 min

Insomniac Games is one of the developers scooping up talent from the dissolution of The Walking Dead studio Telltale Games. Former Telltale lead writer...

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Master Chief’s guardian, Bonnie Ross, talks about Halo and diversity

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 18, 2018
7 min

Even Master Chief, the hero of the Halo universe, needs a guardian. And Bonnie Ross, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and head of 343 Industries, has been...

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Bonnie Ross, the ‘Halo boss,’ to be inducted into game industry Hall of Fame

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 18, 2018
3 min

Bonnie Ross is the Halo boss, and for that, she is being inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Ross...

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