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Indie devs can now use the same voice-comms tool as Fortnite for free

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 6, 2018
2 min

The quality of in-game voice and text chat could soon improve in smaller games. Vivox, the company that provides the communications technology in massive...

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Microsoft brings Xbox One voice control to Amazon Echo speakers and Windows 10 PCs

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 6, 2018
1 min

Microsoft today introduced Xbox voice control with AI assistants Cortana and Alexa. Xbox One control is available in a range of places where you...

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AMD marches out new Athlon, Athlon Pro, and Ryzen Pro desktop processors

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2018
2 min

Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out its latest processors based on the Zen architecture that will attack the low end of rival Intel’s product...

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CEO Robin Jung tells why Pearl Abyss bought Eve Online maker

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2018
6 min

Pearl Abyss, the maker of Black Desert Online, has agreed to buy Eve Online maker CCP for $425 million. The move is a big...

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TP-Link launches gaming router for 4K video stream era

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2018
2 min

TP-Link, a consumer and business networking gear, has unveiled a new gaming router for the age of 4K video streaming. The Archer C5400X MU-MIMO...

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Hilmar Veigar Pétursson interview — Why CCP thinks Iceland and South Korea are a good mix

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2018
8 min

Hilmar Veigar Pétursson has worked at Eve Online maker CCP Games, Iceland’s biggest game studio, for 18 years, and he has been CEO since 2004. Today,...

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery launches big Year 5 update

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2018
2 min

Time flies when you’re having fun in Jam City’s Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. The mobile game publisher is launching the Year 5 update of...

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Nintendo is delaying today’s Direct video event due to major earthquake

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 6, 2018
1 min

Nintendo planned to livestream one of its Direct video broadcasts today, but the company has decided to delay the Switch/3DS-focused event due to a...