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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets its own Game Developers Conference panel

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 13, 2017
1 min

Nintendo wants to talk some Zelda. The Japanese game company announced today that it will hold a panel about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which goes on from February 27 to March 3.

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Hands-on with the Halo Wars 2 single-player campaign on Xbox One

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 13, 2017
4 min

Microsoft’s next big exclusive on the Xbox One and Windows is Halo Wars 2, which debuts on February 21. I’ve gotten an early look...

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The PlayStation 4 Pro helped push the PS4 family to massive success in the 2010s.

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Xbox One had its best January yet in the U.S., but PlayStation 4 still won the month

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
1 min

Microsoft and Sony both have something to brag about when it comes to 2017’s console sales. According to Microsoft, the Xbox One console had...

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Activision Blizzard more than doubled the money it earned from in-game sales in 2016

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
1 min

This whole “games as a service” thing is really working out for Activision Blizzard. The publisher had a record fourth quarter and a huge year...

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Skylanders won’t get a new console game in 2017

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
1 min

After a long run of annual releases, Skylanders is taking a different direction. Activision Blizzard announced today during its financial call for the fourth...

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Activision Blizzard hits record $2 billion in sales driven by Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Hearthstone

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
2 min

It was a gigantic quarter for Activision Blizzard. The publisher announced today that it achieved GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles, or earned) revenues of $2.01...