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Pac-Man 256 comes to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC with multiplayer

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 23, 2016
2 min

This is all part of Bandai Namco’s continuing efforts to let smaller developers like Hipster Whale and its co-studio, 3 Sprockets, use beloved properties like Pac-Man to generate as much income as possible from the $99.6 billion gaming industry.

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Overwatch developers’ guide: How to win without shooting

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 23, 2016
11 min

When the good ship Overwatch launches for PC and consoles today, it will carry with it more than just the historic fans of team...

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With its Vive launch under way, HTC builds the case for VR in your living room

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2016
7 min

The HTC Vive debuted in the first week of April, bringing high-end virtual reality on the PC to consumers. HTC says it managed to...

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E3 Live is a new public event that lets fans try unreleased video games

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 23, 2016
1 min

You don’t need to be a journalist or industry person to experience a little E3 magic this year. The Entertainment Software Association, which puts...

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Facebook buys VR audio company Two Big Ears, debuts ‘Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation’

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 23, 2016
1 min

Today Facebook announced it’s acquired Two Big Ears, a spatial audio technology company, for an undisclosed sum. Now part of Facebook, Two Big Ears’ Spatial...

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Nexon’s Owen Mahoney: Artistry is key to solving mobile gaming’s malaise

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2016
13 min

At his core, Owen Mahoney is a business guy. But the chief executive of Asian gaming giant Nexon doesn’t talk like one. At our...

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Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End sells 2.7 million copies in one week, beats a PlayStation 4 record

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 23, 2016
1 min

Nathan Drake doesn’t need to discover a lost city or an ancient treasure to make a lot of money. He just needs to star...

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Our inspirational GamesBeat Summit ‘lightning round’ talks on lessons for game developers (video)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2016
14 min

What happens when you give a really smart person just five minutes to talk in front of an important audience? We found out at...

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (video)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2016
2 min

Editor’s note: We previously published a transcript of our fireside chat with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. Now we’re publishing the video below. Sweeney’s...

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Hitman Go: VR Edition is Square Enix experimenting with virtual reality

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 22, 2016
2 min

New games keep coming out for virtual reality, and sometimes those releases are actually quite old. Hitman Go: VR Edition is one of the latest...

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