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Rockstar’s beloved Red Dead Redemption gets Xbox One backward compatibility

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 5, 2016
1 min

Rockstar Games revealed today that Red Dead Redemption, the open world cowboy game that originally came out for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2010, will become available via the Xbox One’s backward compatibility service on July 8.

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Spain’s Digital Legends Entertainment evolves with realistic mobile shooter Afterpulse

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 5, 2016
3 min

Digital Legends Entertainment is one of the companies that has carved out a niche in mobile shooters. The Spanish game studio has made popular touchscreen...

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Nintendo’s Miyamoto wants to make VR safe for kids

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 5, 2016
2 min

Nintendo’s doesn’t seem high on this virtual reality trend. Speaking in a question and answer session with shareholders, famous Nintendo game developer Shigeru Miyamoto talked...

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Nintendo and Brexit: Uncertainty awaits NX’s 2017 launch in $3.8B U.K. market

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 5, 2016
2 min

Even Nintendo is concerned about the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union. During a question and answer session with shareholders on June 29, Nintendo president Tatsumi...

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Telltale’s Dan Connors never gets tired of a good interactive story

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 5, 2016
8 min

Disclosure: The organizers of Gamelab paid my way to Barcelona. Our coverage remains objective. Telltale Games has always focused on interactive storytelling in its...

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Enjoy these gaming fireworks to celebrate Fourth of July

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 4, 2016
1 min

We put together a little fireworks display of our own using video games. Come watch!

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Please, no more whining about the price of VR games

Posted byby Jason Wilson
July 4, 2016
6 min

Pricing a piece of software is difficult. When you consider that video games are not only pieces of software but also immersive and interactive...

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How Heroes of the Storm plucks new characters from Blizzard’s massive stable

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 3, 2016
6 min

We need a hero. Dozens, actually. That’s why Blizzard doesn’t stop churning them out. The company behind hits like World of Warcraft supports its free-to-play...