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Sega wants to revitalize its ‘dormant IPs’ while focusing more on PC games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 15, 2017
2 min

For the first time in many years, Sega seems like it has a strong vision for how it wants to approach game industry. And...

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Pa-Rappa, Gitaroo Man devs put Rap Rabbit rhythm game on Kickstarter

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 15, 2017
1 min

Back, fund, it’s all in the mind. Rap Rabbit has launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. It’s a rhythm-based game from the creators of PaRappa the Rapper and Gitaroo Man, which are some of the biggest classics in the genre. Rap Rabbit is asking for $1,102,921.

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Rob Reid and Adam Gazzaley on putting the science in sci-fi

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 15, 2017
2 min

Two of our speakers at GamesBeat Summit 2017 really embodied the confluence of tech, science fiction, and games. Rob Reid, founder of Listen.com and author of...

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Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney fears the Metaverse will be a proprietary technology

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 15, 2017
2 min

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, believes the future of gaming is coming faster than we think. But he’s also worried that industry giants...

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Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is flying to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 15, 2017
1 min

Lego is going back to one the biggest franchises in its licensed stable. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that Lego Marvel Super Heroes...

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Former Disney leader will guide NBCUniversal into mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 15, 2017
4 min

Disney has staged a big retreat from internally-built games. And NBCUniversal is going to benefit from that, as it has hired Disney’s former mobile...

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Aquantia’s chips will enable blazing-fast local area network games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 15, 2017
3 min

Aquantia is introducing new network interface cards (NICs) that can transfer data on home and enterprise networks at multiple gigabits per second. In doing...

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Dreadnought’s lead producer breaks down big ships and the evolution of online payment models

Posted byby Jason Wilson
May 15, 2017
12 min

The idea behind Dreadnought is something I’ve wanted in video games since I spent my mornings watching Star Blazers before rushing off to elementary...