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The DeanBeat: The next-generation console war has taken shape

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 16, 2015
5 min

In next-generation consoles, Sony has outsold its rivals with its PlayStation 4 game console. Microsoft is a fairly distant No. 2 with the Xbox One. And Nintendo is all but out of the running with its Wii U.

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H1Z1 now best-selling game on Steam, criticized for ‘pay-to-win’ mechanics

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 16, 2015
2 min

Sony's new zombie survival game is selling great, but player reaction isn't so hot.

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PlayStation Network and Xbox Live DDoS arrest: U.K. authorities grab an 18-year-old man

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 16, 2015
2 min

British authorities, with support from the FBI, have arrested a man in England in connection with a recent spate of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks aimed at Sony and Microsoft.

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Disney claims Infinity 2.0 beat out Skylanders in toy-game hybrid sales

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 16, 2015
2 min

Disney Infinity 2.0 Edition outsells rivals from Activision and Nintendo.

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Nexon to make mobile game based on the Lego franchise

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 16, 2015
1 min

Will the LEGO magic carry over from films and video games to mobile devices?

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Kalypso opens a dedicated mobile division in Germany

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 16, 2015
1 min

Kalypso Media Mobile opens in Hamburg, Germany, giving global independent developer Kalypso Media Group an avenue into the $25 billion dollar mobile games market. Marcus Behrens, formerly of a senior manager at German developer Bigpoint Games, will head up this new division as its publishing director.