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Google selects Android app and game nominees for the 2017 Play Awards

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 24, 2017
2 min

Google has unveiled the nominees for the Google Play Awards 2017, scheduled for May 18 at 6:30 p.m. Pacific during the company’s I/O 2017...

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Elite: Dangerous and Planet Coaster parley digital success into retail game releases

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 24, 2017
1 min

Boxes may seem quaint for PC gaming these days, but retail releases can still bring in new customers. That’s why Frontier Developments is bringing...

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Star Trek: Bridge Crew makes zapping Klingons in VR a hoot

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 24, 2017
6 min

Some say that virtual reality is going to be the most social medium ever, and that’s the feeling I got from playing a demo of...

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Mad Max developer Avalanche scores $10 million from Nordic film giant

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 24, 2017
1 min

The studio behind Just Cause has grappled itself a big investment. Avalanche Studios announced today that it has received $10 million from Nordisk Film, the...

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HP moves into VR and AR with investment in Venture Reality Fund

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 24, 2017
2 min

HP is putting on its headsets. One of the world’s oldest technology companies is investing in the fledgling virtual reality market by becoming an investor...

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MSI’s latest gaming laptop with Kaby Lake is a multitasking beast

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 24, 2017
4 min

I’ve said before that gaming laptops are starting to make a lot of sense once again, but that’s only if the companies that manufacturer...

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Netmarble Games raises $2.3 billion in South Korea’s second-biggest IPO

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 23, 2017
2 min

Netmarble Games, South Korea's largest mobile games maker, has raised $2.3 billion in the country's second-biggest share sale, just weeks after one of its domestic-only titles sold so well it was named the world's best-selling mobile game.

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The reality of M&A for augmented and virtual reality

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 23, 2017
3 min

Despite Facebook’s blockbuster $3 billion Oculus acquisition in 2014, augmented and virtual reality has been too early stage for large scale mergers and acquisitions...