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Splatoon 2 review — still fresh on the Switch

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 18, 2017
5 min

Some sequels don’t really have to do much. For Splatoon 2, many fans would have been happy to just have something similar to the...

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Dragon Ball Fighterz adds Piccolo and Krillin

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 18, 2017
1 min

Two of the franchise’s biggest supporting characters are joining Dragon Ball Fighterz roster. Krillin and Piccolo are the fighting game’s newest additions, with the...

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D&D Beyond’s Dungeon Master and player tools will launch August 15 [update]

Posted byby Jason Wilson
July 18, 2017
4 min

Dungeons & Dragons has flirted with digital offerings over the years. But these have been static, closed off from interaction in a game that...

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Doodle Jump bounces into casinos as a ‘gamblified’ game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 18, 2017
2 min

Doodle Jump has been downloaded more than 250 million times as a mobile game. But now it is headed into casinos as a “gamblified”...

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Microsoft’s Xbox Design Lab is now even better

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 18, 2017
2 min

Microsoft has updated its Xbox Design Lab site that enables fans to customize their gamepads, and we’ve tested out some of the new materials, colors,...

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds beats GTA V’s peak Steam players record

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 17, 2017
2 min

The last-player-standing shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds isn’t just a breakout Early Access hit on Steam — it’s one of that PC gaming community’s most popular...

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Windjammers launches August 29 on PS4, Vita thanks to retro revival house DotEmu

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 17, 2017
1 min

Fans of the classic game Windjammers will have a chance to revisit it starting on August 29. Developer DotEmu, who specializes in bringing back retro...

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Leap Motion raises $50 million for key component of VR’s growth: hand-tracking tech

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 17, 2017
2 min

Leap Motion has raised $50 million for its virtual reality hand-tracking technology. J.P. Morgan Asset Management led the round. It’s a big vote of...