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Riot’s shooter Valorant goes into beta on April 7th
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Fans will get an opportunity to play Riot’s Overwatch-meets-Counter-Strike game Valorant very soon: today, the developer announced that a closed beta will be la...
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How the biggest gaming leagues are adapting to an online-only world
Andrew Webster//43 views/4 comments
Almost every single major professional sports league across the globe is on indefinite hiatus due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. There’s no NBA, no ...
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Ring Fit Adventure gets a new rhythm mode while everyone’s stuck at home
Andrew Webster//33 views
With everyone stuck at home, Nintendo’s home workout game Ring Fit Adventure has become particularly popular — so much so that it’s hard to even find a copy. Fo...
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Epic launches publishing label, signs creators behind Control, Inside, and The Last Guardian
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Fortnite maker Epic Games is getting into publishing in a big way. Today the company announced the launch of Epic Games Publishing, which is exactly what it sou...
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ deserted island was designed to shake up the series
Andrew Webster//37 views
Most Animal Crossing games start the same. You, a cherubic human, move into a quaint town full of talking animals. In some games, you’re simply a resident; in o...
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Sea of Stars is a retro RPG that’s part of an indie cinematic universe
Andrew Webster//37 views/2 comments
Today, Sabotage, the studio behind the 2018 retro-platformer The Messenger, is announcing its next project via Kickstarter. In some ways, it’s what you’d expect...
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is tearing my family apart
Andrew Webster//35 views/1 comments
Mornings have always been a blur in my house: a family of four rushing about, trying to get ready for a day of school or work, the chaos of half-eaten bowls of ...
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A shorter Game Developers Conference has been rescheduled for August
Andrew Webster//43 views/4 comments
The Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of game creators in San Francisco, has been rescheduled after being delayed earlier this year. The original ...
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Animal Crossing’s creators think Tom Nook is misunderstood
Andrew Webster//38 views
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, just like in past games in the series, players are indebted to a raccoon named Tom Nook. In order to get ahead in the game and...
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons creators hope game can be ‘an escape’ in difficult times
Andrew Webster//39 views/1 comments
Video games have become a powerful coping tool as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. Developers are making their games free or cheap, Pokémon G...
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Fortnite has helicopters now
Andrew Webster//30 views
Helicopters are now in Fortnite. The battle royale game’s latest update added the flying vehicles as well as a handful of other welcome features, including maps...
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Roundguard reimagines Peggle as an RPG, and it’s amazing
Andrew Webster//45 views/4 comments
For a certain kind of person, all I need to say is “Peggle” and “RPG,” and you’ll get excited. It just makes sense, right? Take the lighthearted play of Popcap’...