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Disney Infinity canceled: The entertainment company pulls out of console-game publishing

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 10, 2016
2 min

Disney is hitting the ejector-seat button on its interactive-gaming-toy business. The company told investors today that it is ending its Disney Infinity gaming franchise. This...

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Star Wars: Battlefront has shipped over 14 million copies

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 10, 2016
1 min

This feat is almost as impressive as making the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs. Publisher Electronic Arts revealed during its 2016 fiscal year...

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Star Wars: Battlefront’s ongoing success helps EA earnings beat Wall Street’s expectations

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2016
3 min

Electronic Arts reported better-than-expected results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, thanks to the strength of the Star Wars: Battlefront shooter game....

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Lionsgate’s Pilgrim Media Group teams up with ESL to create esports TV shows

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2016
2 min

Lionsgate‘s Pilgrim Media Group is pairing up with competitive game tournament organizer ESL to create unscripted digital and television programming around esports. The question...

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Star developer Cliff Bleszinski invests in crowdfunding game site Fig

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 10, 2016
2 min

Gaming’s own crowdfunding and investment site is getting a new, big-name investor. Cliff Bleszinski, the founder of Boss Key Productions and former director of...

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Mass Effect: Andromeda prepares for a big pre-E3 showing

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 10, 2016
2 min

Few new game franchises have matched the ambition of BioWare’s Mass Effect trilogy, and Electronic Arts might laugh a whole new generation of Mass...

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The Witcher III’s last expansion — and Geralt’s final story — gets a May 31 release date

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 10, 2016
1 min

This new content sounds like it’s about as big as most standalone games. Developer CD Projekt Red revealed today that Blood and Wine, the last...

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Pokémon Sun and Moon’s November 18 release date and starters revealed

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 10, 2016
1 min

Nintendo has finally given us a better look at the next Pokémon games. A new trailer for the Sun and Moon versions revealed that the...

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Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End — greatness, from small beginnings

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2016
11 min

Editor’s note: This post has some story spoilers, though we’ve avoided the biggest spoilers. Check out our official review of Uncharted 4 here. Sic...

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With Offworld Trading Company, a revolutionary idea takes its tepid first steps

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 10, 2016
6 min

Real-time strategy games may let you bandy about huge blobs of units in attempt to overcome the other player’s blobs, but what you’re really doing is trying to make your numbers go up faster than the opponents, whether it be resources or units.

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