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Two guys, a girl, and a Poképlace: Ryan Reynolds is Detective Pikachu

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 7, 2017
2 min

Hollywood studio Legendary has hired Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds to play the lead role in its upcoming Detective Pikachu film, according to Hollywood Reporter. Nintendo and The Pokémon...

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VR isn’t dead. It was just taking a nap

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 6, 2017
4 min

It has been almost two years since the first high-end VR headsets hit the shelves, generating excitement and headlines insisting that the future is...

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Hearthstone: Kobolds & Catacombs’ 5 most intriguing cards

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 6, 2017
3 min

Hearthstone’s Kobolds & Catacombs expansion launches for PC and mobile on December 7. We’ve now seen all 135 new cards in the set, and...

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Steam drops Bitcoin support due to volatility and $20 transaction fees

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 6, 2017
2 min

Bitcoin is causing too many complications for Valve, so the company has announced that it will no longer accept the digital cryptocurrency. Valve runs...

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Steambirds Alliance is a bullet hell co-op shooter where you can play nice

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 6, 2017
3 min

Spry Fox has been making a new kind of bullet hell game for the past five years, and the indie studio is finally ready...

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Bridge Constructor Portal revives Valve’s murderous but lovable GlaDOS

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 6, 2017
2 min

Crossing rivers with suspension bridges or steel rebar is folksy and quaint, but those methods are too old fashioned for Aperture Science. And in...

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The Game Awards balances revelations, gamer culture, and celebrities

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 6, 2017
4 min

The Game Awards takes place on at 5:30 pm Pacific time Thursday. Now in its fourth year, the event gives gamers their chance to beat...

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YouTube’s top game-trailer ads of 2017 — Minions get more hits than Star Wars: Battlefront II

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 6, 2017
2 min

The various Google brands are looking back on 2017, and YouTube is revealing its top videos of the year. That includes the “game trailer”...

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Baton Rouge is transforming from a college town into a gaming hub

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 6, 2017
3 min

Though well-known for its diehard sports fans, excellent cuisine, and epic tailgates, Louisiana’s capital Baton Rouge has leveraged its film production industry, research university,...

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Where Thoughts Go is an anonymous VR social space on an alien planet

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 6, 2017
3 min

Where Thoughts Go is a social network that takes the form of an ethereal virtual reality world. Visitors leave anonymous voice logs that appear...

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