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February NPD 2018: Monster Hunter repeats as top game in the U.S.

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 20, 2018
4 min

Gaming consumers in the United States are dropping money on hardware and games even as February had a dearth of earth-shattering new releases. The...

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CryptoKitties blockchain sensation raises $12 million

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2018
2 min

CryptoKitties became a sensation after it debuted in November as a collectible game built on top of a blockchain and the Ethereum cryptocurrency. Now the...

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Sea of Thieves is mesmerizing and hilarious

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 20, 2018
2 min

Microsoft and developer Rare launched Sea of Thieves last night for Windows 10 and Xbox One. After an hour-and-a-half with the final retail build,...

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Ubisoft evades hostile takeover by swapping Vivendi for Tencent

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 20, 2018
2 min

Ubisoft is announcing today that French multimedia conglomerate Vivendi is selling all of its shares in the game maker. This ends Vivendi’s bid to...

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HTC stealthily releases Vive Tracker 2018 for $99

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 20, 2018
1 min

Roughly one year after releasing the original Vive Tracker to developers and less than six months after the consumer release, HTC has quietly started to...

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Resolution Games reveals AR fishing game Bait! Under the Surface

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2018
3 min

Resolution Games scored a hit with its Bait! virtual reality fishing game on the Samsung Gear VR in 2016 and the Google Daydream in...

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Sea of Thieves servers crushed under wave of would-be pirates

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 20, 2018
1 min

Sea of Thieves is an online piracy simulator where you can work together with a crew to sail a ship to remote islands and into uncharted waters. You perform missions for computer-controlled characters, and you can get into battles with other players in their boats.

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Unity emphasizes quality over quantity in latest game engine improvements

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2018
3 min

Unity CEO John Riccitiello said at a developer event that the company reaches billions of players through its game engine customers, who generate billions...