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Game companies that have joined PlayApartTogether.

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40 more game companies join WHO #PlayApartTogether coronavirus awareness campaign

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 5, 2020
1 min

40 more game companies have joined the World Health Organization (WHO) #PlayApartTogether coronavirus awareness campaign. And more the campaign has gained more than 4.7 billion consumer...

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VR swordfighting and more -- with LAN support for Oculus Quest?

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Ironlights’ VR melee shenanigans launches April 9, with crossplay for multiplayer

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 5, 2020
2 min

Multiplayer VR melee game Ironlights is launching on April 9 for PC VR headsets via Oculus and Steam, as well as on the Oculus Store...

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The Intellivision Amico has a wood-paneled VIP model.

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Intellivision takes more than 10,000 VIP edition preorders for Amico console in a few days

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 4, 2020
2 min

Intellivision Entertainment‘s Amico retro video game console is proving popular with gamers who are anticipating its October launch in spite of the coronavirus pandemic....

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Swarm has you blasting baddies with Spider-Man-esque swinging.

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Swarm puts Spider-Man-style swinging into a VR arcade shooter

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 4, 2020
2 min

We’ve seen a few Spider-Man swinging demos on the Oculus Quest and PC VR (both official and non-official), but now an upcoming VR game...

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The RetroBeat: The magic of the original Final Fantasy VII

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 3, 2020
3 min

We’re getting close to the April 10 launch of Final Fantasy VII Remake for PlayStation 4. So before we all get caught up with...

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The DeanBeat: Subspace emerges with $26 million to fix internet bottlenecks for multiplayer games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 3, 2020
7 min

Subspace exists because the internet still has a lot of bottlenecks. The Los Angeles startup came out of stealth in the past week to...

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The Atari VCS isn't coming to crowdfunding backers until next year

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Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt sues Atari for failing to pay him for design of VCS console

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 3, 2020
2 min

Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt has filed a lawsuit against Atari for failing to pay him for the design work he did in creating the...

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USC Games and Jam City will host digital gaming showcase on May 12

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 2, 2020
4 min

The show is going on at the University of Southern California’s gaming showcase. Normally, the USC Games Expo is a physical event where students...

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A kiss at a dance in The Last of Us Part II

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Sony delays The Last of Us Part II indefinitely

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 2, 2020
1 min

Sony announced today that The Last of Us Part II has been delayed indefinitely. The Naughty Dog game was supposed to release for PlayStation...

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App Annie: Q1 mobile game downloads up 20% as players stay in

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 2, 2020
1 min

All of that social distancing is helping mobile gaming grow, according to mobile market data and analytics App Annie. Global mobile game downloads were...

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