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Sacramento Kings app lets you hail an Uber and talk to a chat bot

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 19, 2016
2 min

The NBA’s Sacramento Kings are getting a new mobile app to go with their new basketball arena, the Golden 1 Center. The app will serve...

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DDoS cyberattack hits Battle.net: Overwatch, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft are down

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 18, 2016
1 min

Justice isn’t raining from the sky for once, and it’s not because I shot Pharah with Ana’s sleeper dart. Blizzard’s Battle.net servers are experiencing...

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How developers created the story behind Mafia III and its lead character Lincoln Clay

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 18, 2016
12 min

After a deep playthrough, I’ve become very interested in the narrative story of the Mafia III video game coming from publisher 2K Games (a Take-Two Interactive...

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Drilling down into PS4 Pro’s 4K graphics on Horizon Zero Dawn

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 18, 2016
6 min

Sony touted the 4K graphics capabilities of its PlayStation Pro video game console at its event in New York City a couple of weeks...

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VR/AR’s biggest obstacle: Lack of content

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 18, 2016
2 min

What was once nothing more than a pipe dream for science fiction enthusiasts is now a commercially released product, as virtual reality devices are readily...

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Sony’s AnywhereVR brings your smartphone into PlayStation VR

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 18, 2016
2 min

Sony is set to bring your smartphone into virtual reality for the first time with PlayStation VR, offering you “supreme relaxation.” Really. The company’s...

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Video game lawyers will converge on Montreal to discuss privacy and esports rules

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 17, 2016
2 min

Video game industry lawyers will converge on Montreal in November to discuss legal issues such as privacy, esports regulations, and fair use rights for...

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Mobile games continue to spend big on TV advertising

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 17, 2016
2 min

Where, oh where, have the console games gone? GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real time, to bring you a monthly report on how gaming brands are spending. The results below are for the top five spending gaming industry brands in August.