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China's game revenues will pass $42 billion by 2022.

Niko Partners: China will surpass 768 million gamers and $42 billion in game revenue by 2022 (updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 7, 2018
2 min

China’s growth as the world’s top game market will continue unabated. Market researcher Niko Partners predicts that China’s gamers will exceed 1 billion people...

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CryptoKitties will auction off three Steph Curry kitties.

Warriors’ Steph Curry will auction off celebrity CryptoKitties (updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 7, 2018
2 min

CryptoKitties took off with its cute blockchain-based collectible kittens last fall. Now, it is bringing sports celebrities into mix, starting with collectibles from Golden...

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Atari's upcoming Tempest 4000 was developed by Llamasoft, a two-person game studio, and features crowdsourced music.

What will all-digital gaming mean for developers, especially indies?

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 6, 2018
5 min

The great thing about editorials is that they inspire people — you and me alike — to think about how we feel about the...

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Call of Duty on mobile could change in the future.

How Fortnite is affecting Activision and Call of Duty

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 4, 2018
2 min

Call of Duty could get a battle royale mode when Black Ops 4 launches in October, but last player-standing shooters like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s...

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Beat Saber has been a huge hit on PCs, and needs to come to PSVR at E3.

Beat Saber is a musical Jedi obstacle course

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 4, 2018
2 min

Developer Hyperbolic Magnetism’s Beat Saber is the virtual reality rhythm game I never knew I wanted. It arms you with pseudo-lightsabers and barrages you with...

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Astro Gaming becomes DreamHack Open 2018’s main sponsor

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 4, 2018
1 min

Astro Gaming, a company that specializes in gaming equipment and lifestyle products, is serving as DreamHack Open 2018’s main sponsor. DreamHack announced today that...

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HTC sets 2018 Vive Ecosystem Conference for May 25, promises VR, AI, and 5G surprises

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 4, 2018
1 min

Following Oculus’ big showing at F8 this week, it’s nearly HTC’s turn to make some announcements. Vive China president Alvin Wang Graylin today confirmed...

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Desktop Dungeons’ developer brings strategy to the sky in Volantia

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 4, 2018
2 min

Volantia is a serene strategy game about islands in the sky. It’s the second commercial title from Marc Luck, who developed Desktop Dungeons at...

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 gets ‘significant dedicated resources’ on PC

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 3, 2018
2 min

Activision won’t reveal the details of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 until its May 17 event, but it did make some promises about...

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Overwatch League viewership is growing, and expansion teams are coming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 3, 2018
1 min

Viewership for Overwatch League esports broadcasts is growing, and Activision Blizzard is engaged in negotiations to add more expansion teams this year. Blizzard Entertainment...

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