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World of Warcraft: Legion’s launch trailer shows Azeroth’s peril

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 29, 2016
1 min

World of Warcraft’s sixth expansion comes out tomorrow, and the developer has marked the occasion by releasing a new trailer. World of Warcraft was once a phenomenon with over 12 million subscribers, but those numbers have fallen for the nearly 12-year-old online game.

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Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six: Siege SWAT team shooter gets its third Pro League season

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 29, 2016
2 min

This will pit the best teams in the world against one another in the SWAT-team simulator while giving up-and-coming squads a chance to get into the Pro League through weekly tournaments. A $150,000 prize pool is up for grabs this season, and teams can register with ESL, the organizer that is managing the Pro League.

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Candy Crush Saga’s $1,400 whales are popular: TV, film, and music want their cash, too

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 29, 2016
2 min

Digital distribution is affecting all forms of media, and gaming has figured out an answer that other industries are starting to look to. Candy...

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Google Play unveils indie festival featuring 30 new games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 29, 2016
1 min

Winning over the hearts and minds of developers is a great way to make your platform succeed. That is part of why Google is announcing today...

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Minecraft will get bosses for iOS, Android, Samsung Gear VR, and Windows 10

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 29, 2016
1 min

Minecraft is getting ready to add a few surprises for explorers of its mobile, Windows 10, and Gear VR versions. Microsoft announced today that...

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Genvid Technologies raises $1.5 million to make esports broadcasts more interactive

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 29, 2016
4 min

Genvid Technologies has raised $1.5 million to enable a new kind of esports livestream broadcast. Investors in New York-based Genvid include Los Angeles-based March Capital Partners,...

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Why Luigi wears green and other trivia

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 29, 2016
1 min

Luigi apparently means “renowned fighter” in Italian. YouTube channel Did You Know Gaming‘s latest video looks at Mario’s brother, sharing plenty of trivia and...

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Leap Motion’s Interaction Engine puts the handy into hand-tracking

Posted byby Jason Wilson
August 28, 2016
2 min

Controller-free hand-tracking company Leap Motion is preparing for the day we ditch our position-tracked controllers with its new Interaction Engine, which is launching as...

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Dexmo Exoskeleton glove helps you feel objects that exist in VR

Posted byby Jason Wilson
August 28, 2016
2 min

A company called Dexta Robotics recently unveiled a new product that could end up revolutionizing the way VR hand-tracking and interaction takes place. It’s called...

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Turkey’s puzzle game maker Gram Games shoots for another big hit with Six!

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 28, 2016
2 min

First came 1010! Then Merged! And now there’s Six! That’s a lot of exclamation points from Gram Games, the Turkish company that has specialized...

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