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Why don’t more game publishers have Super Bowl ads? GamesBeat Decides

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 7, 2017
1 min

During Sunday’s Super Bowl, we saw $5 million commercials from Nintendo and free-to-play publishers responsible for games like World of Tanks, Evony, and Mobile Strike, but we didn’t get any for Halo Wars 2, Horizon: Zero Dawn, or Mass Effect: Andromeda.

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Gears of War 4 gets two new maps and a Valentine’s Day event

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 7, 2017
1 min

Long after release, the gears keep on turning. Microsoft today released a new update for its third-person shooter Gears of War 4, available for...

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Nutaku launches Kimochi Red Light to crowdfund adult games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 7, 2017
1 min

Adult game online portal Nutaku is launching a crowdfunding web site called Kimochi Red Light to raise money for adult-oriented games. Kimochi Red LIght...

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Avast unveils faster game mode in its free consumer security software

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 7, 2017
3 min

Avast Software has launched Avast 2017, the latest free version of its consumer antivirus software, with new protection for users such as preventing “zero-second...

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Following Super Bowl ad, Evony is the No. 5 most downloaded iPhone game in the U.S.

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 7, 2017
1 min

The free-to-play city-building Flash game Evony from 2009 is the No. 5 game on the iPhone download charts in the United States, according to data-tracking firm App Annie. Developer Top Games aired an ad during the Super Bowl to attract new players, and it looks like that commercial is helping.

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Legion was a big expansion for World of Warcraft.

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World of Warcraft Tokens can now be exchanged for Battle.net currency

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 6, 2017
2 min

Playing a lot of World of Warcraft can now help you unlock that Mercy skin in Overwatch that you’re craving. Blizzard has changed the...

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League of Legends superstar Faker breaks Twitch record with his first livestream

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 6, 2017
1 min

Forget about the Super Bowl (as exciting as it was). Twitch announced today that Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, a member of the professional League of Legends...

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2010’s World of Tanks gets a Super Bowl ad while upcoming Sony, EA, and Microsoft blockbusters don’t

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 6, 2017
3 min

The Super Bowl is one of those rare events that still attracts a live television audience of tens of millions of people, and that...

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Hearthstone’s next expansion could have a dinosaur theme

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 6, 2017
1 min

Hearthstone is the leader in the digital card game market, earning $394.6 million in revenue in 2016. The PC and mobile game is free-to-play and receives a new set of cards via regular expansions and “adventures” every four months or so.

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How should Overwatch evolve in 2017? GamesBeat Decides

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 4, 2017
1 min

Listen to the GamesBeat Decides podcast GB Decides on Facebook Watch on YouTube Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, or Stitcher. The best game of 2016 was Overwatch, according...

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