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Tapjoy’s newest feature makes setting digital currency sales in apps and games easy

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 17, 2015
2 min

Mobile gaming developers have a new tool in the viscous fight for user-retention. Monetization platform Tapjoy announced the launch of Personalized Currency Sales today....

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Steam Controller update lets you carry your custom configurations to any PC

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 17, 2015
1 min

You can now take your Steam Controller to a friend’s house, and it’ll remember how you like to play. A Steam Beta update released...

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UploadVR raises $1.25M in funding from China’s Shanda Group

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 17, 2015
2 min

A year ago, UploadVR was formed as one of many meetups for developers interested in virtual reality. Today, the company has raised $1.25 million...

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League of Legends studio is now completely owned by China’s Tencent

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 16, 2015
2 min

Riot Games, the maker of the enormously popular League of Legends multiplayer online arena battler (MOBA), is now 100 percent-owned by China’s Tencent. Los Angeles-based...

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Japanese megapublisher Colopl announces $50M fund for virtual reality gaming

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 16, 2015
2 min

While traditional gaming powers in Japan are nearly all focused on mobile, one of the country’s biggest publishers is looking toward a virtual future....

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Incredible Minecraft mod brings its redstone gadgets into the real world

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 16, 2015
2 min

Minecraft is an excellent way to lose dozens of hours engineering virtual buildings and machines, but now an interesting new company has devised a...

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Nexon’s Ghost in the Shell embodies everything good about 2007’s Shadowrun shooter

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 16, 2015
5 min

As a digital artist and game industry press goon, I won’t blame you if you peg me as a fan of anime and manga....

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2015’s biggest gaming trends: Nintendo embraces online, open worlds take over, and more

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 16, 2015
3 min

We’ve had the year of the bow. We’ve had the year of Luigi. What was 2015 the year of? It can be hard to...

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Halo 5 developer finally releases Forge mode as part of Cartographers Gift update

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 16, 2015
2 min

Community builders can finally reshape Halo 5 to their liking. Developer 343 Industries launched the Cartographer’s Gift update for Halo 5: Guardians today on...

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CastAR will return $1M in Kickstarter money and postpone augmented reality glasses shipments

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 16, 2015
3 min

CastAR is postponing the launch of its augmented reality glasses, but it is also doing something unusual. The startup is returning all of the $1 million...

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