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Microsoft launches global tournament to celebrate 25 years of wasting time with Solitaire

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 18, 2015
1 min

Microsoft may be embracing new games such as Candy Crush Saga, but the company isn't forgetting its roots as it prepares to celebrate 25 years of Solitaire on Windows.

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Microsoft will not offer free Windows 10 upgrades to pirates

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 15, 2015
2 min

If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. All that talk about pirates getting free Windows 10 upgrades? Not happening. In January, we learned that for one year, Microsoft would offer free Windows 10 upgrades to those running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1.

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April 2015 NPD: Xbox One outsells PS4; Mortal Kombat X tops software chart

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 14, 2015
3 min

Console sales dipped a little while software was up 13 percent.

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Xbox One outsold PlayStation 4 in April, according to research firm NPD

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 14, 2015
2 min

Microsoft is boasting about a big increase in console sales for its home system.

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Microsoft stokes Killer Instinct engagement with $100K for tournaments

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 12, 2015
2 min

Microsoft's free-to-play fighting game has an engaged audience, and the company is rewarding them.

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Unity’s John Riccitiello is bored with Clash of Clans clones — but not platform wars and virtual reality

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 12, 2015
10 min

The CEO of Unity Technologies wants to democratize game development and make developers rich through services.

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Gaming’s veterans tell how to break into the business (part 2)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 12, 2015
10 min

Game veterans talk about the games of the future at the Quo Vadis game event in Berlin.

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Atari founder Nolan Bushnell is still gaming’s showman at 72

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 11, 2015
10 min

Read our on-stage interview to find out why he's still so inspiring to gaming's leaders.

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Minecraft celebrates three years on console with free skins for Xbox One and Xbox 360

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 7, 2015
1 min

The three skin packs are only available for the next 10 days, so best grab them quick.

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Unity chief John Riccitiello on clash of big ideas: ‘Sony f***ing nailed it, and they deserve the victory’

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 6, 2015
5 min

Riccitiello described an inevitable -- but expensive -- future of VR and the 'demoralizing' frequency of copycats in game development at the GamesBeat Summit.

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