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Destiny’s exotic-weapon merchant Xur won’t have an exotic weapon this weekend

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 17, 2015
1 min

Every Friday in Bungie’s sci-fi shooter Destiny, a merchant named Xur appears in its central tower. This is a big deal for Destiny diehards, because he always brings an exotic weapon with him. Well, except for this week.

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Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Arkham Knight fans

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 17, 2015
4 min

Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical -- yes, a musical! -- is something fans of The Dark Knight's latest gaming adventure should check out.

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Pac-Man Bounce is Bandai Namco’s latest attempt to resurrect an old franchise on mobile

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 17, 2015
2 min

Pac-Man Bounce is a puzzle game rather than a twitch-style arcade experience.

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5 ways to make your players happy

Posted byby Jason Wilson
July 17, 2015
4 min

A number of game design mechanics can help make sure your players love your game and don’t bolt after day one.

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Microsoft’s latest iPhone game (yes, iPhone) is Age of Empires: Castle Siege

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 17, 2015
2 min

Age of Empires comes to iOS with cross-platform play.

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The Flock designer discusses decision to shut game down after a set number of player kills

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 17, 2015
3 min

The Flock will cease to exist after so many player kills. We get the designer's perspective on this ballsy move.

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Remembering Iwata, Angry Birds 2, and comparing MOBAs

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 17, 2015
3 min

Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat.

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The DeanBeat: Fallout Shelter is a rare free-to-play hardcore mobile gaming hit

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 17, 2015
7 min

The game has been a big hit with Fallout fans, but its designers could learn a lot from mobile experts.

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This Hearthstone deck stops your opponent from taking their turn

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 17, 2015
2 min

Hearthstone players have finally found a use for Nozdormu the impatient dragon.

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Online gambling firm 888 clinches deal to buy Bwin.party for $1.4B

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 17, 2015
1 min

Online gambling firm 888 said it would buy peer Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at about 898 million pounds ($1.40 billion).

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