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This Hearthstone esports team’s newest sponsor is Full Tilt, an online poker company

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 22, 2015
1 min

Well, I guess they’re both card games. The online poker company Full Tilt is now sponsoring G2 Esports’ Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft team. Hearthstone has over $40 million players and earns $20 million a month.

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Glu CEO predicts the trends that will be hot next year in mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 22, 2015
9 min

Glu Mobile has seen some ups and downs in the past year in mobile games. The San Francisco game publisher’s fortunes will rise and...

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Firewatch crafts relationships through … radio

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 22, 2015
5 min

Your most constant companion in the forests of Firewatch speaks can only connect to you through a walke-talkie. I spoke to the game's writer Sean Vanaman to discuss the challenges of writing such a relationship.

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You can now play Angry Birds Friends, Monopoly, Risk, and more on your Chromecast

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 22, 2015
1 min

In case you didn’t know, Google’s Chromecast is capable of playing games. Oh, you knew that already? Well, did you know Angry Birds Friends...

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Industry pioneer wants to bring brand management to esports

Posted byby Jason Wilson
December 22, 2015
12 min

One of the great things about quickly expanding industries is the incredible minds that opportunity attracts. In the year that Dictionary.com recognized esports, it...

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2015’s best video game stories: Life is Strange, Until Dawn, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 22, 2015
5 min

2015 isn’t short of great and memorable video game stories, whether it’s playing the role of a detective and solving a murder, escaping the...

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PlayStation Network finally gets the GoPro Channel

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 22, 2015
1 min

Better late than never. GoPro is announcing today that its GoPro Channel action sports videos will now be available for viewing on the PlayStation...

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the best-reviewed new game of 2015

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 22, 2015
1 min

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, the last collaboration between series creator Hideo Kojima and publisher Konami, has topped Metacritic’s game-of-the-year chart. The popular review aggregator site reports that The Phantom Pain scored an average of 95 out of 100 for its Xbox One version.

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Nvidia’s Shield gaming tablet is one of the first to get Android Marshmallow

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 21, 2015
1 min

Following last month’s rerelease of Nvidia’s Android gaming tablet, the company has begun upgrading the 8-inch Shield K1 slate from Lollipop to Marshmallow. The device is for...

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Magic: The Gathering — Puzzle Quest captures the essence of the beloved card game

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 21, 2015
3 min

If you’re like me, you’re probably a little tired of the match-3 game. But Magic: The Gathering can make anything better — including these...

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