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Mario Kart meets Star Wars, and it’s fantastic

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 10, 2016
1 min

YouTube channel Dark Pixel created this awesome video which combines Mario Kart with Star Wars. Instead of riding around in miniature cars, Mario and friends are flying through space in X-wings, TIE fighters, and other iconic spaceships from the galactic franchise.

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Pantomime lets VR headset and smartphone users share a virtual space

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 10, 2016
5 min

A startup called Pantomime came up with a nifty system of enabling people to peer into animated virtual worlds without the need to wear virtual...

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Hearthstone designers discuss Standard, Wild’s relevancy, and putting off new classes

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 10, 2016
10 min

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is preparing for its biggest changes ever. Last week, Blizzard Entertainment announced that its splitting the traditional 1-on-1 competition mode of...

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Frozen Synapse 2 announced for this year

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 10, 2016
1 min

Because who wants to freeze a synapse just once? Independent developer Mode 7 Games revealed Frozen Synapse 2 today, a sequel to its 2011...

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Transformers: Earth Wars requires Hasbro, Backflip, and Space Ape to come together like Devastator

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 10, 2016
2 min

Hasbro, Backflip Studios, and Space Ape Games have teamed up to create Transformers: Earth Wars, a real-time strategy combat game for mobile devices. Transformers:...

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Mobile games hit $34.8B in 2015, taking 85% of all app revenues

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 10, 2016
1 min

Games generated approximately 85 percent of mobile app market revenue in 2015, representing a total of $34.8 billion across the globe, according to a report on...

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Studio chief wants players to show their assassination creativity in Hitman

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 10, 2016
11 min

Assassins are modern anti-heroes, doing the dirty work of their corporate or government overseers. If the jobs is done right, then the assassin will...

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Hitman reboot takes ‘assassination tourism’ to new heights (hands-on)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 10, 2016
9 min

Hitman is in its 16th year, but the stealth assassination game is going through a major reboot. Like Lara Croft with the 2013 reboot...

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Sweden’s Stugan game accelerator gets its first mobile game launch

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 10, 2016
2 min

Stugan, the mobile game accelerator in Sweden, gets its first official game launch today with the unveiling of Prism. Prism is an iOS puzzle...

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The esports industry has a lot to learn from the daily fantasy sports mess

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 10, 2016
4 min

DraftKings and FanDuel are capping off what’s been nothing short of an astonishing NFL season for daily fantasy sports. These companies hit the ground...

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