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New Evolve patch weakens its strongest monster

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 25, 2015
1 min

Evolve’s 1.3 patch, which comes out today for PC and next week for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, weakens many of the abilities of the Wraith monster. Developer Turtle Rock has reduced the speed of her Warp and Warp Blast abilities, and the duration of her Supernova spell is reduced by 50 percent.

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Square Enix taps DeNA for its free-to-play expertise for Final Fantasy: Record Keeper

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 25, 2015
6 min

Final Fantasy maker pulls in a partner to bring one of its biggest mobile games to market.

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Sweden’s Stugan game accelerator takes shape

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 25, 2015
2 min

Stugan's mentors include developers of titles such as Candy Crush Saga and Minecraft.

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How one studio is finding repeated success with Flappy Bird-style games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 25, 2015
2 min

Ketchapp and Crossy Road have picked up and run with a style of gaming on mobile that Flappy Bird proved was hugely popular.

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PS4 system update 2.50 arrives this week; adds capability to suspend and resume games

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 25, 2015
1 min

First promised two years ago, the PlayStation 4 finally gets its suspend and resume feature.

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Dota 2 makes $18M per month for Valve — but League of Legends makes that much every 5 days

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 24, 2015
2 min

Dota 2 and League of Legends continue to grow as more players around the world turn to free-to-play competitive games.

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Microsoft on Minecon and Minecraft: ‘We want to listen, learn, and be inspired’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 24, 2015
2 min

Minecon remains Mojang's show despite Microsoft taking over the company.

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New texture pack makes Minecraft obnoxiously colorful

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 24, 2015
1 min

The Pattern Texture Pack is available today for all console versions of the popular block-building game. It adds colorful, bright patterns and new, knitted-looking animals. You can apply the textures to old or new Minecraft worlds. The pack cost $1.