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2016 was the year of lootboxes in video games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 27, 2016
2 min

A lot of gaming trends rose to prominence in 2016, but here at GamesBeat, we’ve focused on the one trend we saw again and...

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Watch a historical rundown of the Super Game Boy

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 27, 2016
1 min

Portable consoles are great and all, but sometimes nothing beats gaming on a couch in front of a big screen. YouTube channel Gaming Historian...

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GamesBeat’s top 10 AR and VR stories of the year: Pikachu and sex

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 27, 2016
4 min

In 2016, we finally got high-end virtual reality headsets from Oculus, HTC, and Sony, but it was a yellow-electric rat and the adult-film industry...

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Halo 5 player re-creates the Enterprise D from ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 27, 2016
1 min

Halo 5’s Forge mode allows players to make their own levels, and some fans have gotten pretty creative. As a big Star Trek fan, I especially enjoy this creation by the YouTube channel Starship Forge of the Enterprise D from The Next Generation.

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The history and little-known facts of Pokémon Stadium

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 27, 2016
1 min

Before Pokémon made us go, it turned us into Nintendo 64 gladiators. YouTube channel Did You know Gaming‘s latest video looks at Pokémon Stadium, the Nintendo 64...

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2016’s most overlooked games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 27, 2016
3 min

You had plenty of amazing games to play in 2016, and that’s a problem because you probably missed out on some other amazing games...

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GamesBeat community manager Mike Minotti’s top 10 games of 2016

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 27, 2016
4 min

It’s hard to find a common link between all of the excellent games released in 2016. This isn’t the year of the bow or...

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Former Sony Online Entertainment boss’s Pixelmage Games studio shuts down

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 27, 2016
2 min

The Hero’s Song isn’t over until the rubenesque hero lady sings. Pixelmage Games, the studio responsible for Hero’s Song, has shut down, according to...