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Alien: Descent puts the Xenomorphs into a wireless VR arcade experience

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 19, 2018
2 min

FoxNext Destinations and Pure Imagination Studios's Alien: Descent is a new location-based virtual reality experience based on the hit movie franchise — and unlike other similar games, players won't be weighed down by a PC backpack. It opens on April 26, and folks can sign up for tickets now on its webpage.

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Underworld: Ascendant reminds me why I don’t like immersive sims (spoiler: I’m bad)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 18, 2018
7 min

I could hear the developers and public relations pros from OtherSide Entertainment and 505 Games discussing my strategy just over my shoulder. In a conference...

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The RetroBeat: Sega needs to show the Saturn more love

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 18, 2018
3 min

Sega has been making a lot of retro gaming announcements. It’s going to start releasing old Genesis and Master System games like Sonic the...

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Din’s Legacy is a Diablo-like starring good-hearted orcs that mutate

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 18, 2018
1 min

Din’s Legacy adds another dimension to the rift between orcs and elves. It’s a dark fantasy role-playing game starring the Mutated, a subgroup of orcs...

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Battlefield V team loves that Call of Duty may ditch its campaign

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 18, 2018
3 min

The Battlefield team at developer DICE is ecstatic today, according to a source familiar with the studio. That’s because Call of Duty: Black Ops 4...

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Battlefield V battle royale prototype in the works at DICE

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 18, 2018
2 min

EA’s DICE studio is testing a battle royale mode for Battlefield V that features similar gameplay to megahits like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, according to...

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World of Demons brings Platinum’s action expertise to mobile

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 18, 2018
2 min

Platinum Games excels at making slick action games for consoles and PC. Now the Japanese studio is teaming up with mobile publisher DeNA on...

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Call of Duty: WWII Alexa Skill gives you a personal multiplayer coach

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 18, 2018
3 min

I’ve always needed a personal coach when it comes to multiplayer combat for Call of Duty, and now Activision is providing one via Amazon’s...

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Facebook is testing a new playable ad format for trying games, no installation required

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 18, 2018
2 min

Facebook has started testing a new “playable ad” format today with a couple dozen game developers. The ad is meant to let users get...

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8 Circuit Studios will use blockchain to build the Metaverse

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 18, 2018
3 min

8 Circuit Studios hopes to use blockchain, cryptocurrency, and other collaboration tools to build the Metaverse, the digital universe envisioned in novels by William...

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