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The overlooked games of 2015 — Odallus: The Dark Call

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 31, 2015
3 min

Shovel Knight is perhaps the prime example of modern retro done right, but it also sold itself with its unique evolution of 1989 NES game DuckTales’ pogo mechanics, something retro game fans have been clamoring for decades now.

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GamesBeat community manager Mike Minotti’s top 10 games of 2015

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 31, 2015
3 min

GamesBeat already picked its games of the year, but now it’s my turn. I like to think I have pretty varied tastes. I’m down...

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Why 2016 will see the birth of a new generation of gaming

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 31, 2015
3 min

Netflix launched its video streaming service in 2007, while Spotify first went public in 2008, and since then streaming has been on the up and up, except in one area: games.

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How Satoru Iwata’s dedication brought Pokémon to the West

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 31, 2015
2 min

Without Satoru Iwata, the Pokémon phenomenon might never have left Japan. The former Nintendo president, who sadly passed away earlier this year, played a huge part in bringing the...

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PlayStation 4 hacked to run Linux, Pokémon

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 31, 2015
2 min

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One systems are just PCs, and now hardware hackers have started doing some very cool things with at least...

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Our 5 most anticipated games of 2016

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 30, 2015
3 min

2015 is behind us. December 30 and December 31 represent something closer to a transition period where we can start looking ahead. Let’s do...

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Valve: DDoS cyberattack caused the Steam caching catastrophe (cachetastrophe?)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 30, 2015
2 min

On Christmas, the Steam digital gaming store and community broke and caused all kinds of strange errors. Now, Valve is coming out to explain more...

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2015’s biggest moments in esports

Posted byby Jason Wilson
December 30, 2015
3 min

In the past several years, and for what will likely be several more, every year has been — and will continue to be —...

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Firefall developer Red 5 Studios denies that it didn’t pay employees

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 30, 2015
1 min

What is going on at Red 5 Studios? Reports on Monday indicated that the developer behind the PC massively multiplayer online shooter Firefall failed to meet its employee payroll on Christmas day. However, Red 5 now tells GamesBeat that this is untrue.

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Watch ‘Star Wars’ droid BB-8 destroy villages in Besiege

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 30, 2015
1 min

Star Wars is everywhere — and that includes medieval destruction simulators. The soccer-ball-like droid BB-8 is one of the best new characters in The Force...

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