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Nintendo will air its first-ever Super Bowl ad to support the launch of the Switch console

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 1, 2017
2 min

Nintendo isn’t just getting ready for the March 3 launch of its upcoming Switch console. It’s prepping for some football as well. With billions...

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Windows 10 passes 25% market share, Vista drops below 1%

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 1, 2017
2 min

A year and a half after its release, Windows 10 has passed 25 percent market share. That means one in four computers are now...

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Magic: The Gathering expands its Twitch presence to 36 Pro Tour and other events in 2017

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 1, 2017
2 min

Wizards of the Coast and Amazon’s livestreaming subsidiary today announced that they’ll work together to broadcast 36 Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour competitions and other organized-play events this year.

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Torment: Tides of Numenera is a pimple-poppin’ journey in the belly of a transdimensional beast

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 1, 2017
3 min

The role-playing game from the crowdfunding maestros at Inxile Entertainment (Wasteland 2) comes out February 28 (Techland is the publisher) for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It raised nearly $4.2 million on Kickstarter in 2012, making it the second-highest game campaign in the platform’s history.

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Jagex creates RuneScape audio adventure with Amazon Alexa

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2017
2 min

Alexa, play RuneScape. Fantasy role-playing gamemaker Jagex has created an exclusive audio adventure based on its popular RuneScape PC game for Amazon’s Alexa voice-based intelligent personal assistant.

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FlowPlay launches Dynasty Football fantasy sports card strategy game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2017
2 min

FlowPlay is launching a new fantasy-sports mobile game, Dynasty Football. The free-to-play strategy card game merges real-world stats and the drafting mechanics of fantasy...

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Nintendo President spells out how Pokémon generated big financial results

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2017
4 min

Nintendo reported better-than-expected growth in its third fiscal quarter ended December 31 yesterday, and today, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima credited the growth of the...

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Nintendo still aims to ship 2 million Switch consoles by March

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2017
2 min

After reporting positive earnings on Monday night, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima laid out Nintendo’s strategy in a speech, and he reiterated the company’s expectation...