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Beamdog’s Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition takes up the community mantle of the original

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 22, 2018
8 min

Persistence It wasn’t just single-player modules that Neverwinter Nights excelled at. The game also made the most of its online focus through persistent worlds....

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Oculus’s handling of personal data is an ‘existential crisis’

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 22, 2018
4 min

Facebook is overhauling the Oculus privacy policy and terms of service as the company prepares to launch its first standalone VR headset. The change comes amid...

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Arden’s Wake shows how Penrose is getting better at telling stories in VR

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 22, 2018
3 min

The fourth production from VR studio Penrose, Arden’s Wake: Tide’s Fall, is debuting at Tribeca and it touches upon well-worn territory for this team....

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The Middle East is fertile ground for esports

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 21, 2018
4 min

When we talk about the geography of esports, many names spring to our mind: big supporting countries like South Korea, USA, Sweden and competitive...

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Valve acquires Firewatch developer Campo Santo

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 21, 2018
1 min

Indie studio Campo Santo announced today that it’s joining Valve. Its 12-person team will be moving to Washington, and the acquisition will not affect...

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‘Minority Report’ adviser John Underkoffler ponders the user interfaces of the future

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 21, 2018
2 min

John Underkoffler is the CEO of Oblong Industries, and he is perhaps best known as the science advisor for the landmark sci-fi film Minority Report. Long...

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Dennis ‘Thresh’ Fong on competitive gaming, then and now

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 21, 2018
2 min

Back when he was known as “Thresh,” Dennis Fong was the original professional gamer. He’s also the CEO of game video sharing site Plays.tv,...

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Tamatem has built a thriving mobile business by bringing games to the Arab world

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 21, 2018
5 min

Mobile publisher Tamatem has brought 40 games to the Arabic-language market and racked up millions of downloads. Its newest title is Airport City, a...

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Nintendo Labo could be the second coming of Wii Fit

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 21, 2018
4 min

Nintendo Labo hit the world today with an unusual quiet. Warm impressions of the winsome cardboard construction kits and their attendant video games flitted...

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Consoles need to ditch discs and embrace digital downloads

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 21, 2018
5 min

Sorry, cartridge and disc collectors — in the foreseeable future, console gaming is going to become either download only or download first. This might...

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