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Nintendo Switch Lite guide: How to share digital games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 23, 2019
8 min

Nintendo has released a revised version of its hybrid home/handheld Switch console called the Switch Lite. And this has led to a number of...

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8 min

Louis Vuitton created the new League of Legends trophy.

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Louis Vuitton partners with Riot Games on League of Legends World Championship

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 23, 2019
3 min

Louis Vuitton and Riot Games announced they will collaborate on the League of Legends World Championship that kicks off October 2 and culminates in...

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3 min

The numbers go up, just like in any good RPG.

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NPD: Video game business is still growing despite disruption

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 20, 2019
2 min

Video games are going through a transition period. But this shift isn’t necessarily about the jump from one console generation to another. Instead, companies...

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2 min

Magic: The Gathering -- Arena is holding a party -- and you can win every card in Standard during the event.

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Magic: The Gathering — Arena’s new challenges give you a shot to win every card in Standard

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 20, 2019
2 min

Wizards of the Coast is running a new set of events in Magic: The Gathering — Arena that really take the cake gingerbread. Beginning...

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2 min

Not the Minecraft character creator. This is a Minecraft murder creator.

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Minecraft finally gets in-game character creator

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 20, 2019
1 min

Minecraft is finally going to make it easy to make the blocky version of yourself. Microsoft is adding the Minecraft Character Creator to the...

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1 min

Niko Partners forecast for cloud gaming in Asia.

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Niko Partners: Asia cloud gaming to reach $3 billion and 60 million gamers by 2023

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 20, 2019
2 min

Cloud gaming platform and service revenue in Asia will grow from $270 million and three million consumers in 2019 to $3 billion and 60...

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2 min

Yes, I did get Spongebob because of this.

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Steam Labs gets even more experiments and updates to aid discovery

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 19, 2019
2 min

Valve is continuing to build on its Steam Labs experiments with rapid iteration and prototyping. Today, the company is launching a number of new...

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2 min

Twitch is planning to help spruce up IGDB's data and technology.

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Twitch acquires IGDB to better index the games broadcasters are playing

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 19, 2019
2 min

Twitch now owns and operates the Internet Games Database. Amazon’s livestreaming company acquired the IGDB to improve how people can search for games on...