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Conan Exiles is Funcom’s biggest hit after selling 1.4 million copies

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 5, 2018
2 min

Funcom’s open-world survival adventure Conan Exiles has emerged victorious, becoming the developer’s fastest-selling and best-selling title. It initially launched in Early Access on PC in...

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2 min

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Steam lists its top PC games at 2018’s midpoint

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 5, 2018
1 min

Valve’s digital PC store Steam revealed the games that have sold best on its platform so far in 2018. The list separates games into...

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1 min

Posted inin Development

Branching out: How limiting skill choices made Diablo 2 more fun

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 1, 2018
10 min

On Diablo 2’s 18th anniversary, Blizzard North’s designers recount the triumphs and pitfalls of growing the game’s skill trees. In the mid-1990s, computer role-playing...

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10 min

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Battlefield V feels so good, but I’m playing it wrong

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 29, 2018
2 min

The Battlefield V closed alpha test went live yesterday, and this is giving a number of fans their first chance to try the World...

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2 min

Angie Smets, executive producer at Guerrilla Games at Gamelab 2018.

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The DeanBeat: Where game developers still dare to bet big

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 29, 2018
7 min

In 2010 and 2011, the development team at Guerrilla Games in Amsterdam surveyed the landscape of video games. They had just shipped the sci-fi...

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7 min

Riot's European competition for League of Legends.

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Riot Games revamps its European League of Legends esports ecosystem

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 29, 2018
14 min

Riot Games faces a lot more competition than it once did on the esports front, with new games such as Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds...

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14 min

Posted inin Business

Elgato becomes Eve to focus on Apple HomeKit, and Corsair buys game division (updated)

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 27, 2018
2 min

One of the Apple accessory industry's oldest developers, Elgato Systems, will rebrand itself as Eve Systems and narrow its focus to Apple HomeKit smart home accessories. Corsair is purchasing the company's original name and game accessory division.

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2 min

PUBG's new Sanhok styles from the new progression pass.

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PUBG’s progression pass improves the game even if it leaves people out

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 26, 2018
3 min

It’s the year of the progression pass, and that’s a refreshing change as we come off the years of the loot box. These are...

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3 min

Posted inin Technology

OpenAI’s bot can now defeat skilled Dota 2 teams

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 25, 2018
5 min

Artificial intelligence researchers at OpenAI have developed a system -- OpenAI Five -- that can defeat teams of skilled Dota 2 players.

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5 min

Scott Hartsman, CEO of Trion Worlds, at E3 2018.

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Trion acquires Gazillion assets and expands publishing partnerships

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 25, 2018
4 min

Trion Worlds has acquired the assets of online game company Gazillion Entertainment, and it is also expanding its publishing platform for massively multiplayer online...

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4 min