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GTA Online gets some bonus content on Twitch Prime.

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Take-Two rides catalog sales and live operations to $841.1 million in revenue for Q3 2020

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 5, 2020
3 min

Take-Two Interactive reported today that revenue for its second fiscal quarter (third calendar quarter ended September 30) fell 2% to $841.1 million. That’s pretty...

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EA spells out how to play its games on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 5, 2020
3 min

Electronic Arts finally revealed more details for how its games will work on the next-generation consoles’ backward-compatibility features. EA will have a bunch of...

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Razer Book 13 laptop is a productivity laptop from a gaming brand

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 5, 2020
2 min

Razer is launching its Razer Book 13 productivity laptop with Intel 11th Gen Intel Core processors in a very thin case today. And yes,...

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Nintendo got a big pandemic push for games and Switch sales

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 5, 2020
1 min

Nintendo‘s Switch hybrid game console has been on fire during the pandemic, as Nintendo detailed in a report on sales for the six months...

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Streamloots raises $7.2 million for influencer monetization

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2020
3 min

Influencers are making their mark on games and social media, and the latest proof of that is Streamloots‘ announcement that it has raised $7.2...

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Tencent leads $25 million round for Avakin Life maker Lockwood Publishing

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 4, 2020
4 min

Tencent has led a $25 million investment in Lockwood Publishing, the maker of the 3D virtual world Avakin Life. It’s a bet that makers...

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Twin Mirror is the latest Dontnod game coming on the Epic Games Store on December 1.

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Dontnod expands with back-to-back games and a new studio in Montreal

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 3, 2020
8 min

Dontnod Entertainment has become one of the leaders in storytelling games. If there’s any doubt about that, consider its release schedule. Microsoft published Tell...

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Builder's Journey is Light Brick Studio's Apple Arcade game.

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Lego Ventures spins out Light Brick Studio to make digital learning games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 3, 2020
2 min

One of Lego‘s bricks has escaped. The Lego Group’s investment arm, Lego Ventures, has spun out a new game venture called Light Brick Studio...

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The Fracture Jaw mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops -- Cold War.

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Treyarch and Raven reveal more about Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War’s campaign and Zombies

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 3, 2020
2 min

Treyarch and Raven Software revealed more details about the Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War single-player campaign and Zombies mode. Raven revealed...

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The old Toy Soldiers debuted on Xbox Live in 2012

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Acclaim cofounder Gregory Fischbach starts publisher Accelerate Games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 2, 2020
3 min

Greg Fischbach is back in the game with the unveiling of new game publisher Accelerate Games. The startup is the first game enterprise in...

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