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Google app for Android is getting shortcuts to games, calendar events, and nearby restaurants

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 10, 2017
2 min

Google today updated the beta version of its Google app for Android with shortcuts to various potentially useful widgets, which are, for the most...

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Razer confirms 2 prototype laptops stolen from CES

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 9, 2017
2 min

Theft has struck one of gaming’s biggest hardware companies. Razer confirmed to GamesBeat that two of its Project Valerie laptop prototypes were stolen from...

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Microsoft confirms Platinum Games’ Scalebound is canceled

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 9, 2017
1 min

Microsoft is starting 2017 by killing off a notable console exclusive. Earlier today, Kotaku reported that the publisher had cancelled the action-role-playing game Scalebound. Microsoft...

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Top 5 dormant Nintendo franchises that should return on Switch? GamesBeat Decides

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 9, 2017
1 min

Nintendo will soon give us all the details about its upcoming Switch console and games on Thursday and Friday, but we’re not going to...

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Hearthstone’s Winter Championship will fly south to the Bahamas — with a $250,000 prize purse

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 9, 2017
1 min

Considering how cold and miserable it is in most of the Northern Hemisphere right now, the Bahamas sound lovely … especially with some high-level...

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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with a massive list of features and improvements

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 9, 2017
6 min

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a ridiculously long list of improvements. This is the first new build of...

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Dragon Ball gaming trivia: Learn Goku and Vegeta’s death battle and Majin Buu’s babies

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 9, 2017
1 min

YouTube channel Did You Know Gaming‘s latest video looks at some of the little-known facts and cut content from video games based on the popular Dragon Ball Z anime. The show (and the manga that inspired it) features plenty of fighting of action, so it’s always translated well to the gaming space.