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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Nintendo’s first mobile game and Halo 5 reviewed

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 30, 2015
4 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we give our impressions of the Overwatch beta, and Sony announces some new games in Paris....

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A deep dive into gaming’s struggles with diversity

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 30, 2015
22 min

The game industry’s lack of diversity came into sharp focus last year during Gamergate, the Internet hate movement that led to harassment of female...

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Here are Nintendo 64 and PSP games (impractically) running on a smartwatch

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 30, 2015
1 min

It’s Friday, so let’s look at something fun and kind of useless. YouTube user Hacking Jules has Nintendo 64 and PlayStation Portable emulators running on an...

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The DeanBeat: Seattle event marks the accelerated growth of virtual reality and augmented reality

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 30, 2015
9 min

SEATTLE — It’s not easy to find benchmarks for the excitement around virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — two technologies that are...

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pains ships 5 million copies in its first month

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 30, 2015
1 min

Snake’s last mission is a hit. Konami revealed today that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has shipped 5 million copies, including downloads,...

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EA CEO sees strong momentum heading into holidays for Star Wars Battlefront

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 29, 2015
2 min

Electronic Arts chief executive Andrew Wilson said that the video game publisher has “strong momentum” moving into the holiday season as it prepares to...