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Ubisoft announces new studios in Mumbai and Odesa

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 22, 2018
4 min

In what’s beginning to become a tradition, Ubisoft is using the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to announce more studios are joining its...

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The Curse of Monkey Island is easy to buy again thanks to GOG

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 22, 2018
1 min

The Curse of Monkey Island is a beautiful, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure game from LucasArt’s golden age. It’s also been nearly impossible to buy, as...

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A Way Out review — a jailbreak that doesn’t f*** the Oscars … but comes close

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 22, 2018
7 min

I’ve finished playing the new two-player co-op game A Way Out from Electronic Arts and development studio Hazelight. Josef Fares, the writer director of the game, comically...

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Bad North shows that even bloody Viking battles can be artsy and cute

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 22, 2018
3 min

Bad North is a real-time strategy game that features adorable vikings and hectic terrain-based combat. It’s the debut game from indie studio Plausible Concept...

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The IndieBeat: Dead Static Drive is ‘Grand Theft Cthulhu’ on Route 66

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 22, 2018
10 min

Developer Mike Blackney describes Dead Static Drive as “Grand Theft Cthulhu.” It’s his debut game, which he’s developing under the moniker Team Fanclub. Though...

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GameviewAR turns Counter-Strike shootouts into AR esports replays

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 22, 2018
1 min

There’s probably no better way to show off Google’s ARCore augmented reality tech than a tabletop version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. So that’s what Grab...

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GamesBeat Summit: Diversity under spotlight

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 22, 2018
5 min

One of the highlights of the GamesBeat Summit 2018 event this year is our diversity panel, featuring Rebecca Heineman, CEO of Olde Sküül; Matt Conn, Founder...