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The Elder Scrolls: Legends starts its closed beta and sure looks like Hearthstone

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 21, 2016
1 min

Hearthstone’s popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed. Publisher Bethesda Softworks announced today that its digital card game The Elder Scrolls: Legends has entered its closed beta test. The...

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India’s Nazara Games invests in U.K. mobile studio Mastermind Sports

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 21, 2016
2 min

Nazara Games, a mobile game developer and publisher in India, has invested in London-based mobile game studio Mastermind Sports. India is a small but...

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Zengaming gets $2.8M in funding to expand its social network for the esports business

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 21, 2016
2 min

Competitive gaming is growing quickly, and one of the sites trying to make your dreams of going pro a reality is building up to serve...

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Game deals rebounded in Q1, but mobile game investments plunged

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 21, 2016
1 min

Games deals rebounded in the first quarter of the year, with game startups raising more than $500 million, according to tech adviser Digi-Capital. But...

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Why Sony needs the PlayStation 4 ‘Neo’ — even if you hate it

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 21, 2016
6 min

The repeatedly rumored upgraded PlayStation 4 and Xbox One systems are a new spin on an old trick. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One may...

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How Hearthstone’s nerfs transform the world’s biggest digital card game

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 20, 2016
5 min

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is about to change, and I’m not talking about the expansion. Sure, Whispers of the Old Gods will bring a...

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DeNA West is bringing its VR game Protocol Zero to more platforms with Sidekick’s help

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 20, 2016
1 min

Protocol Zero is looking to expand outside of Gear VR. Mobile developer DeNA West announced today it will release its first-person action game to...

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Dunks come to Rocket League next week with Hoops update

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 20, 2016
2 min

Car soccer is transforming into car basketball. Rocket League will get a Hoops Mode update on Tuesday that will introduce a new way to play the popular digital auto sport. It debuts simultaneously on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam.

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How European game developers view unpaid ‘crunch,’ diversity, and VR

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 20, 2016
2 min

The Quo Vadis game development conference in Berlin has been good for judging the sentiment and state of the European game industry. That’s been...

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Blizzard reveals Hearthstone’s upcoming card nerfs

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 20, 2016
3 min

Blizzard revealed which of the Classic cards from its popular digital game Hearthstone will soon see changes. The developer is doing this to address balancing issues, as many of the Basic and Standard minions and spells have dominated the game since its release in 2014.

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