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Kinit app lets iOS users earn and spend Kin cryptocurrency in apps

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 22, 2018
2 min

The Kik messenger service launched its Kin cryptocurrency last fall, and now it is launching its Kinit app on iOS to let people earn...

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ReadyUp esports team management firm acquires Ready Up Live gamer community

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 22, 2018
2 min

ReadyUp, a platform for player connection and team management for gaming and esports, has acquired Ready Up Live, a gaming community site. ReadyUp and...

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Gabe Newell struggles to say ‘triple-kill’ for his Dota 2 voice pack

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 22, 2018
1 min

Gabe Newell might have founded Valve, the company that made Half-Life and Steam, but he doesn’t understand the concept of “three.” And that’s a...

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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with 8 bug fixes ahead of October 2018 Update

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 22, 2018
2 min

Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17744 from the RS5 branch. The changes are only bug fixes: eight of them, to be exact.

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Facebook will forego 30% share of Instant Games in-app revenue on Android

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 22, 2018
2 min

Facebook has announced it is going to forego its 30 percent share of Instant Games in-app revenue on the Android platform. Instant Games are casual titles...

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Social media’s future is live-event AR

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 22, 2018
4 min

Imagine 10,000 people simultaneously engaged with each other, all in the same place at the same time. A mixture of the real and virtual,...

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Torchlight Frontiers trailer reveals gameplay of the action RPG

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 22, 2018
1 min

Publisher Perfect World Entertainment is reviving the Torchlight franchise with a third entry in the series. Earlier this month, the company announced that Torchlight...