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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s first victory: 6M bot messages on Facebook

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 3, 2016
2 min

If you stand between people and a Call of Duty reveal, you’ll suddenly become popular (even if you’re a bot). To promote the reveal...

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USC Games builds a Bridge between students and professional developers

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
May 3, 2016
7 min

For most college students, the summer months offer a brief escape from endless lectures and exams. But for a small group of young game...

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Plants vs. Zombies blooms into its 7th birthday by bringing back a flamethrowing pumpkin

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 3, 2016
1 min

It’s time to celebrate the Seven Years War. No, not that one. Plants vs. Zombies, a tower defense game where players use viscous flora...

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Dishonored 2 gets a November 11 release date

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 3, 2016
1 min

The holiday season is always filled with blockbuster games. Add Dishonored 2 to this year’s collection of Christmas gift hopefuls. Publisher Bethesda revealed today...

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III announced with a rain of corpses

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 3, 2016
1 min

You know a teaser is epic when it ends with a melodic siren. A reveal trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III came...

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Turtle Beach partners with esports team OpTic Gaming for new headset

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 3, 2016
3 min

Turtle Beach has turned to seasoned esports team OpTic Gaming to promote its new gaming headset. OpTic Gaming’s competitive esports teams will wear the...

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The game industry must learn that uncompensated crunch isn’t normal

Posted byby Jason Wilson
May 3, 2016
3 min

After the International Game Developers Association announced our renewed focus on crunch time at GDC 2016, including ensuring fair compensation for the persistent practice...

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French government announces plans to legalize and regulate esports industry

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 3, 2016
2 min

As part of a sweeping set of digital reforms under consideration, the French government has taken steps to simultaneously embrace and regulate the esports...