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Destiny 2 is a test: Can Bungie live up to its promises?

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 20, 2017
6 min

Bungie made promises for Destiny that went unfulfilled for years, and clearly wants to avoid a repetition with Destiny 2. Thursday’s gameplay reveal for...

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SteamVR Home beta test gets new social features

Posted byby Jason Wilson
May 20, 2017
2 min

SteamVR is an essential platform for virtual reality and, starting today, exploring it is about to get a whole lot better. In a community post...

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Destiny broke my heart. But I’m ready to open up to Destiny 2

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 19, 2017
4 min

I like Destiny, but I don’t love it. I’m hoping I’ll love Destiny 2. Bungie recently revealed a ton of details about the online...

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Why Destiny 2 is on Blizzard’s launcher, not Steam

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 19, 2017
4 min

Destiny 2 is coming to PC … eventually, but it’s not coming to Steam. But this doesn’t signify that Activision Blizzard is preparing to battle...

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How video games help improve real-world AI

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 19, 2017
3 min

For decades, video games have been criticized for purportedly wasting time, stifling creativity, and even influencing violent behaviors. Now, it seems that video games...

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Danger Zone is a worthy successor to Burnout’s crash mode

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 19, 2017
3 min

The Burnout series is gone, and nothing has filled the vacuum it left behind. Forza Horizon 3 is wonderful, but it doesn’t have the...

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How Improbable convinced SoftBank to invest $502 million in its platform for massive online game worlds

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 19, 2017
3 min

London-based technology firm Improbable has had a very improbable week. The company raised a whopping $502 million from Japan’s SoftBank for its SpatialOS platform for...

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Destiny 2 takes shape, and Google pursues standalone VR

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 19, 2017
3 min

Hello, and welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Nintendo wins April, with the Switch hitting the top console spot while Mario Kart...