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October 2017 NPD: Middle-earth: Shadow of War emerges with the One Ring (of top sales)

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 16, 2017
3 min

Middle-earth and ancient Egypt were popular destinations last month as Monolith Productions’ Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Origins reached No. 1 and 2 respectively on...

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NCSoft will shut servers for MXM MOBA in January, just months after June launch

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 16, 2017
2 min

NCSoft created MXM (Master X Master) as a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game to take on Riot Games’ League of Legends. And it...

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While gamers ask for loot-box regulation, Trump’s FCC plans to deregulate net neutrality

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 16, 2017
3 min

According to the discourse surrounding the core gaming scene right now, loot boxes and similar business models are the greatest threat to interactive entertainment....

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Vivendi says it won’t make hostile takeover bid for Ubisoft in near-term

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 16, 2017
2 min

Media conglomerate Vivendi spent perhaps $683 million acquiring about a quarter of the stock of French video game publisher Ubisoft over the past year...

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Nintendo Switch outsold PlayStation 4, Xbox One last month in the U.S.

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 16, 2017
1 min

It’s Mario time, and Mario time means Nintendo is going to sell some consoles. The company revealed today that its hybrid home/handheld Switch was...

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Facebook releases tools and tips for livestream creators

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 16, 2017
2 min

Facebook is gunning to be the social network for gamers and other passionate communities, and it is releasing a couple of new tools that...

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Overwatch’s new healer Moira is live

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 16, 2017
1 min

Overwatch's 26th character, Moira, is now live. Overwatch has over 35 million players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The team-based shooter adds new heroes and maps at a steady rate for free to keep its players engaged.

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Ubisoft Berlin will open in early 2018 and help on Far Cry series

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 16, 2017
1 min

Ubisoft Entertainment is opening a new studio in Berlin in early 2018. Its first project will be to collaborate on the Far Cry series,...

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Teslagrad followup World to the West is journeying to Switch

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 16, 2017
1 min

Rain Games announced today that it is bringing it indie action-adventure game World to the West to the Switch on January 18. Last week,...

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Dead by Daylight slashes its way to more than 3 million in sales

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 16, 2017
1 min

Publisher Starbreeze and developer Behaviour Digital announced today that they’ve sold more than 3 million copies of their multiplayer horror game, Dead by Daylight. Dead...

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