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SuperData: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite made a $200 million dent in January

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 27, 2018
1 min

PUBG Corp.’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Epic Games’s Fortnite: Battle Royale are still going strong despite big launches like Capcom’s Monster Hunter: World last month....

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Todd Hollenshead takes his id Software expertise to Nerve Software

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 27, 2018
3 min

Todd Hollenshead, the former president and CEO of id Software, has joined Nerve Software as its business manager. He’ll be the top business guy alongside...

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3 min

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Moss review — the most enchanting VR adventure stars a plucky mouse

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 27, 2018
4 min

Moss plunks you into a fairy-tale world. Instead of cutscenes, you flip through the gilded pages of a book as a kindly narrator unravels...

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4 min

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EA is hiring a new brain for leading the next Plants vs. Zombies mobile game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 26, 2018
1 min

Electronic Arts is hiring for a general manager in its Shanghai office to create a new Plants vs. Zombies mobile game. The Redwood City,...

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PureBDcraft’s four-year journey onto the Minecraft Marketplace

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 26, 2018
3 min

Since I started covering the Minecraft Marketplace, one thing I’ve learned is that many of the community creators have spent years working on their...

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3 min

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Vulkan graphics will enable faster games and apps on Apple platforms

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 26, 2018
3 min

The Khronos Group, a consortium of hardware and software companies, has announced that the Vulkan graphics technology has been ported to Apple’s platforms, allowing...

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Hearthstone’s esports team has two secret weapons: a Halo vet and an Olympic aspirant

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 26, 2018
11 min

Blizzard Entertainment doesn’t follow anyone’s playbook. It writes its own. We’ve seen that with games like Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. And this approach applies...

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11 min

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Learning Lion and Finka in Rainbow Six: Siege

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 26, 2018
3 min

One of the things I like best about Rainbow Six: Siege is that it’s OK to learn on the job. The tactical hero shooter...

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3 min

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Rainbow Six: Siege’s Outbreak horde mode is a smart fit

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 23, 2018
2 min

As Ubisoft prepares to launch its third season, Rainbow Six: Siege is more popular than ever. But the publisher is introducing something outside of...

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Twitch has fixed a bug that put messages in the wrong archives.

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1,000 Dreams Fund and Twitch launch charity event for women streamers

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 23, 2018
2 min

The nonprofit 1,000 Dreams Fund (1DF) is celebrating Women’s History Month with its Twitch BroadcastHER Grant for women creators who livestream. From March 1 to...

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