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Grand Theft Auto producer’s camp fires back at Take-Two countersuit: It’s ‘sparse’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 12, 2016
3 min

Former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies is suing Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two and developer Rockstar. In response, Take-Two has filed a countersuit that...

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This flying saucer is Facebook’s virtual reality 360-degree camera

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 12, 2016
1 min

Facebook has created a 360-degree camera to capture virtual reality imagery from its Oculus Rift headset. The Facebook Surround 360 camera solves a problem that...

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Zuckerberg: Future VR and AR gadgets will look like ordinary glasses

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 12, 2016
2 min

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said that virtual reality and augmented reality of the future will be accessible by a powerful gadget that looks...

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Ubisoft’s The Division spent more on ads than any other game in March

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 12, 2016
2 min

Game brands continued ramping down in March, with the industry spending an estimated $35.7 million on 20,541 airings of 92 commercial spots. It’s down...

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Azubu’s new esports viewer offers higher resolution than Twitch

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 12, 2016
1 min

If you can’t compete with Twitch’s viewership, you can try to beat them with quality. Esports streaming site Azubu announced a new HTML 5 viewer...

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The Division’s free Incursion update is now available

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 12, 2016
1 min

While a publisher can’t make direct money by giving away an update of this size for free, it can keep a player base engaged, which is especially important for an online title like The Division.

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Like father, like son: A second-generation game developer launches Plight mobile game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 12, 2016
3 min

James Castle didn’t fall too far from the tree. He just graduated from college and is launching a mobile game that he built from...

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Call of Duty World League champions look back on a year of Black Ops III esports

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
April 12, 2016
5 min

The road to the Call of Duty Championship isn’t an easy one. It’s filled with gut-wrenching losses, surprise upsets, and an ever-shifting play field...

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes out another esports viewership record

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 12, 2016
1 min

Activision’s newly acquired Major League Gaming division is pulling in huge audiences even when it broadcasts games that don’t belong to the giant publisher....

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Hover Junkers is virtual reality’s best multiplayer game

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 12, 2016
3 min

While the rest of the industry is figuring out virtual reality, I’m going to continue enjoying an HTC Vive game that already knows how...

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