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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Cortana in 3 more languages

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 4, 2016
3 min

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a big focus on Cortana. The company also shared that all firmware updates...

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ESL and Twitch extend their successful live esports partnership

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 4, 2016
2 min

Live esports isn’t going anywhere. Twitch, the leading site for livestreaming gameplay video, announced today that it has extended its partnership with the ESL...

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E3 loses two more as Disney, Wargaming decide the show floor doesn’t make sense

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 4, 2016
4 min

Electronic Arts said in January that it would drop its booth on the show floor of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game industry’s biggest trade show in the U.S. Then Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. game company, dropped out of the show floor earlier this week.

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Epic’s Tim Sweeney questions Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 4, 2016
7 min

Tim Sweeney is of the best-known technical experts in the game industry and the CEO of Gears of War creator Epic Games, and he stirred...

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CastAR founder Jeri Ellsworth will augment our speakers at GamesBeat Summit 2016

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 4, 2016
8 min

We’re happy to announce that Jeri Ellsworth, cofounder of augmented reality glasses maker CastAR, will be one of our speakers for the second annual GamesBeat...

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: The future of Disney Infinity, and Zynga’s new CEO

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 4, 2016
4 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we continue our celebration of Pokémon’s 20th anniversary, Nintendo announces some new games, and we get...