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Niantic raises $5 million to forge ahead with Pokémon Go

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 25, 2016
2 min

Niantic, the former Google division that is working on a Pokémon Go location-based mobile game, has raised $5 million in an expanded seed funding...

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Pac-Man: Puzzle Tour is another Candy Crush clone

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 25, 2016
2 min

Pac-Man is one of the first gaming franchises that fans turned into a phenomenon. But these days, the yellow pizza-shaped hero is spending more...

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Capcom boosts its rerelease strategy with Resident Evil 4, RE5, and RE6 for PS4 and Xbox One

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 25, 2016
1 min

Capcom announced today that Resident Evil 6, RE 5, and RE 4 are coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One throughout the year as digital downloads. They’ll each cost $20. The series has sold over 66 million copies, making it one of Capcom’s most important franchises.

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Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast turns iconic metal band’s mascot into a mobile gaming star

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 25, 2016
11 min

Few bands could probably inspire a mobile role-playing game, but Iron Maiden has always been special. Since forming in 1975, the heavy metal group...

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How Bruce Shelley brought a board gamer’s view into designing Civilization

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 25, 2016
12 min

Before he worked on Civilization with legendary game designer Sid Meier, Bruce Shelley was a board game designer at companies such as Avalon Hill....

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Mobile virtual reality on track to hit $861M in revenues this year

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 25, 2016
2 min

You’re going to need a big ol’ pile of cash if you want to get into high-end virtual reality on the PC, but that...

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Bandai Namco brings permadeath dungeon crawler Necropolis to consoles

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 25, 2016
3 min

andai Namco Entertainment America has teamed up with Jordan Weisman’s Harebrained Schemes to bring Necropolis, a permadeath dungeon-action game, to home gaming consoles. Longtime game creator Weisman,...