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Yahtzee With Buddies brings the popular family dice game to mobile — and to Apple Watch

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 9, 2015
1 min

Yahtzee With Buddies takes the famed family game online as a free-to-play multiplayer experience coming to iOS and Android tablets now — and to the Apple Watch when it launches later this month, making Yahtzee With Buddies one of the first games for that new platform.

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Comparison video shows off Mario Kart 8’s new super-fast 200cc mode

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 9, 2015
1 min

Nintendo's doing a good job of keeping Mario Kart 8 fresh.

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130M downloads on, Angry Birds Go now lets you play against friends on the same Wi-Fi network

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 9, 2015
2 min

Almost 18 months after Rovio unleashed Angry Birds Go on the mobile masses, the Finnish games giant has revealed a new multipayer mode that lets you pit your wits against friends.

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Don Mattrick gets about $15M for leaving Zynga

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 8, 2015
1 min

Mattrick will get a severance, his stock, and a bonus.

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Mattrick out, Pincus in at Zynga: Share price falls 10%

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 8, 2015
1 min

Wall Street isn't happy about Pincus returning as CEO.

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Why CEO Don Mattrick is done at Zynga

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 8, 2015
5 min

Mistakes with Zynga's biggest game and a failure to deliver any new hits likely led to Mattrick's departure.

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Zynga replaces CEO Don Mattrick with a familiar face — founder Mark Pincus

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 8, 2015
4 min

Mark Pincus returns to day-to-day control of Zynga.

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Nintendo releases Code Name: STEAM update with fan-demanded fast-forwarding

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 8, 2015
2 min

One of the 3DS's biggest releases of 2015 is now a better game after its April update.

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How Math Blaster’s floppy disk fundamentals fit on Facebook

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 8, 2015
4 min

How do you get the social media generation involved in an edutainment series that started on Floppy Disk? I spoke to JumpStart developer Gary Mahan about how they brought the classic Math Blaster to Facebook.

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Crimean gamers blocked from World of Warcraft, Steam due to U.S. sanctions

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 8, 2015
2 min

Russia's actions have resulted in Blizzard ending its service in Crimea.

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