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Double Fine, InXile, and Obsidian bigwigs create Kickstarter competitor for games — with equity for backers

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 18, 2015
14 min

Kickstarter might not be the best place for developers to crowdfund their games anymore. Justin Bailey has launched Fig, a new crowdfunding site built specifically...

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Scooby-Doo and the gang break into Lego Dimensions

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 18, 2015
2 min

Warner Bros. combats the imminent release of Disney Infinity and Skylanders SuperChargers by highlighting its big brands for Lego Dimensions in a new Scooby-Doo trailer. The clip stars Scooby, Shaggy, and the Mystery Machine from the cartoon show.

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Animal Jam brings its social network for kids to mobile

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 18, 2015
2 min

WildWorks today launched an iPad version of Animal Jam, the game it says is the world’s biggest social network for kids. Animal Jam — Play...

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Helpshift grows revenues 500% in a year

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 18, 2015
2 min

Helpshift, a customer relationship management (CRM) company focused on mobile apps, announced today that it has grown revenues 500 percent since it raised funding...

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Activision unveils Skylanders Battlecast free-to-play mobile card game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 18, 2015
2 min

ctivision Publishing announced today that it is launching a new free-to-play mobile card-battle game: Skylanders Battlecast. The new title coming in 2016 takes the...

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Watch us play Galak-Z for the first time

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 17, 2015
1 min

It’s time for some hyper-violent Japanese cartoons from the 1980s — only, we’re all out of those. So let’s just settle for a new...

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Hearthstone’s next Tavern Brawl gives you a chance to play with Grand Tournament cards

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 17, 2015
1 min

Blizzard is preparing for a Brawl at Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft’s The Grand Tournament. On Wednesday, as normal, the publisher opens a new Tournament...

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Heroes of the Storm guide: a Blizzard designer’s tips for playing Kharazim, Rexxar, Artanis, & Infernal Shrines

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 17, 2015
11 min

Start planning your Heroes of the Storm strategy now, folks. We asked designer Kent-Erik Hagman from Blizzard Entertainment to tell us his best tips...

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Hob is the latest game from Torchlight developer Runic Games

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 17, 2015
1 min

Runic Games announced its next project today, Hob, which is for PC and consoles. Hob is a text-less, dialogue-less adventure game. “Hob is set on a beautiful and dangerous unknown world, with buzzing life above and the whirrs of mysterious machinery below,” Runic Games noted in a press release sent to GamesBeat.

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China’s iDreamSky pays $10M for majority stake in Silicon Valley game startup Rumble Entertainment

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 17, 2015
4 min

The acquisition gives Chinese company a footing in Western markets.

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