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Cooler Master's ControlPad brings nuance to PC keyboard controls.

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Cooler Master’s analog keypad hits its crowdfunding goal

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 16, 2018
2 min

I really like the keyboard and mouse, but I often miss analog controls. I grew up with the Nintendo 64 controller, which is a...

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2 min

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Hearthstone’s in-game tournaments are on hold so Blizzard doesn’t disappoint you

Posted byby Jason Wilson
October 16, 2018
10 min

Hearthstone announced a in-game tournaments in February. But on September 18, publisher Blizzard Entertainment revealed that this long-anticipated multiplayer feature was going on hiatus....

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10 min

Fox McCloud brings a twist to Starlink: Battle for Atlas's campaign.

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Starlink: Battle for Atlas — Toys-to-life with toys that are fun

Posted byby Jason Wilson
October 15, 2018
6 min

Starlink: Battle for Atlas is a significant step forward for the toys-to-life movement. This petered out after Disney killed Infinity and Activision didn’t make...

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6 min

Jared Ficklin is chief creative technologist at Argodesign

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How Argodesign will help Magic Leap design the look and feel of spatial computing

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 14, 2018
15 min

One of the interesting talks during Magic Leap’s laborious three-hour keynote presentation last week was by Jared Ficklin, creative technologist and partner at Argodesign,...

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15 min

Imperator: Rome is Paradox's first game with its improved development engine.

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The engine behind Paradox Development Studio’s future games

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 14, 2018
5 min

Since Europa Universalis III, Paradox Development Studio’s grand strategy games have owed a debt to Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz, or at least his...

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5 min

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Paradox’s new CEO Ebba Ljungerud on fans, growing, and karaoke

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 13, 2018
5 min

Paradox Interactive‘s new CEO, Ebba Ljungerud, sits in a small conference room just above the chaos of the publisher’s second public convention. Below, around...

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5 min

Andreas Sennheiser is co-CEO of German sound technology firm Sennheiser.

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Andreas Sennheiser interview: How Magic Leap’s AR glasses will enable ‘transparent audio’

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 12, 2018
8 min

Without sound, visuals are nothing. This week, German audio company Sennheiser reinforced that point as it launched its Ambeo AR One headphones for use with Magic Leap‘s augmented reality...