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It's time for the How Games Make Money podcast.

Posted inin Business

How security and copyright protection shaped video games as a business

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 25, 2020
1 min

On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb talks to ModernVintageGamer. He’s a YouTuber and game developer who works with Limited...

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1 min

Amazon Games' New World debuts in May 2020.

Posted inin Gameplay

Amazon’s New World preview — Taking down a fort with siege guns and magic

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 25, 2020
5 min

Amazon postponed the launch of its New World massively multiplayer online role-playing game from July until 2021. But that doesn’t mean you can’t play...

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5 min

What do ROB, the New Nintendo 3DS, and the DualSense have in common? Planned obsolescence.

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What a Switch Pro, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo’s R.O.B. have in common

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 24, 2020
5 min

Nintendo is preparing a new model of its Switch hardware for the first quarter of 2021, according to a report out of Taipei newspaper...

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5 min

Posted inin Development

Unity files for IPO, reveals $163 million loss for 2019 and 1.5 million monthly users

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 24, 2020
4 min

Unity Technologies has filed for an initial public offering to help its business of making it easier for developers to create video games and...

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4 min

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Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World continues the classic sidescroller series

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 24, 2020
1 min

The Wonder Boy series is getting a new installment with Asha in Monster World, as IGN reported today. A full reveal will happen during...

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1 min

Epic Games is launching the Free Fortnite Cup. Guess who the villain is?

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Microsoft legal filing supports Unreal Engine’s continued access to Apple tools

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 23, 2020
5 min

Microsoft filed a legal document today backing Epic Games’ request to prevent Apple from cutting off support for its Unreal Engine game development toolset....

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5 min

Rocksteady Games showed off Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

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Rocksteady shows off Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League for 2022

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 23, 2020
2 min

Rocksteady Studios today showed the first scenes from its Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League video game coming in 2022. The Warner Bros.-owned studio...