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Fire Emblem: Fates is a family tiff on an epic — and pricey — scale

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 26, 2016
4 min

The decisions you make will guide how you play through the most recent entry in the grid-based tactical-role-playing Fire Emblem series when it releases February 19 for $40 for the Nintendo 3DS (of course, you very well could end up paying $100 for the entire — as I’ll explain shortly).

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League of Legends, Clash of Clans, and CrossFire drive digital games to $61.3B in 2015

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 26, 2016
3 min

There’s no putting the digital genie back in the bottle. Digital-game revenue grew to $61.3 billion in 2015, up 8 percent, according to a...

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Discord raises $20M for voice comm app for multiplayer mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 26, 2016
3 min

Discord, the maker of a popular voice communications app for games, has raised $20 million in a round of funding headed by Greylock Partners....

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PlayStation Network’s down for some gamers (update)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 26, 2016
1 min

PlayStation Network isn’t working for everyone right now. It is down intermittently, which is preventing people from logging into Sony’s online gaming service. This is causing players to encounter errors when they go to boot up online multiplayer games like Call of Duty: Black Ops III or Destiny.

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Platinum Games confirms Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan — here’s a trailer and more details

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 26, 2016
1 min

The Xbox online store leaked details of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan a little ahead of time, and now publisher Activision has released the official trailer, which you can watch below.

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Games still dominated the iOS app store in Q4

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 26, 2016
2 min

Games dominate the revenue charts on the iOS App Store. That’s no surprise. Even as other non-game brands and product companies adapt to mobile,...

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Helpshift’s automated customer support tools reach more than 1.3B devices

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 26, 2016
2 min

Helpshift, a customer relationship management (CRM) company focused on providing help in mobile apps, announced today that its customers are using Helpshift on more...

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Sony combines network entertainment and PlayStation into a single business unit

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 26, 2016
2 min

Sony has reshuffled two of its major corporate divisions with the goal of improving service to consumers. Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment...