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Mewtwo is nearly impossible to beat in new Pokémon Sword and Shield raid
Jay Peters//43 views/2 comments
In celebration of Pokémon Day, there’s a new raid battle for Mewtwo, which is perhaps the most legendary of all of the legendary pokémon, in Pokémon Sword and P...
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GDC postponed to later this year over coronavirus concerns
Megan Farokhmanesh//32 views
This year’s annual Game Developers Conference has been postponed amid growing concern about the international coronavirus outbreaks. The event, which has run si...
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Chinese League of Legends league will play games online due to coronavirus concerns
Andrew Webster//23 views
Last month, just a week into the 2020 season, the Chinese League of Legends Pro League suspended play due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. More...
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Pokémon of the year contest proves no one actually knows what the best pokémon is
Megan Farokhmanesh//26 views
Earlier this month, The Pokémon Company International announced that it would hold a vote to determine the pokémon of the year. The polls, held via Google, allo...
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Destiny 2 will remove paid loot boxes in favor of a Fortnite-style battle pass
Chaim Gartenberg//27 views
Destiny 2 is the latest game to abandon paid loot boxes, with director Luke Smith announcing in a new “Director’s Cut” state of the game update that “we want pl...
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Harmonix’s new game Fuser lets you mash together pop songs
Andrew Webster//28 views
Rock Band studio Harmonix is back with another music game — only this time, it’s about mashing songs together. The new title is called Fuser, and the developer ...
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GDC watching coronavirus concerns ‘closely’ as as Epic, Microsoft, and others cancel appearances
Megan Farokhmanesh//40 views/3 comments
Game Developers Conference organizers are still moving ahead with the annual conference, despite losing exhibitors such as Epic, Microsoft, and Unity amid coron...
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Bayonetta studio PlatinumGames goes it alone with new independent project
Sam Byford//29 views
Bayonetta and Astral Chain developer PlatinumGames has revealed the first details of a new project that director Hideki Kamiya describes as a “giant step” for t...
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GOG will refund your games even after you’ve started playing them
Jon Porter//29 views
Digital games store GOG has updated its refund policy to offer refunds within 30 days of purchasing a game, regardless of whether you’ve downloaded and played i...
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Kazuhisa Hashimoto, creator of the Konami Code, has died
Taylor Lyles//36 views
Kazuhisa Hashimoto, the programmer of the famous Konami Code, died this week at the age of 61. His code, ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B, A, Start, has lived on for over thre...
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How tech and communities could change the future of open world games
Lewis Gordon//34 views
At a time of environmental precarity and extreme inequality, a handful of the world’s biggest entertainment and technology companies collectively sunk billions ...
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Pokémon Go memorializes late YouTuber Etika with a pokéstop
Megan Farokhmanesh//30 views/2 comments
Pokémon Go added a new pokéstop to commemorate the late Desmond Amofah, better known as YouTube personality Etika. On Twitter, Reversal — a Netherlands-based Yo...
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Space Channel 5 makes a funky return in VR
Sam Byford//41 views/1 comments
Back in the heady days of 2016, when VR hype was at its peak amid hardware launches from Oculus, HTC, and Sony, it felt entirely natural for the killer app to b...
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Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego returns to its gaming roots in an interactive special
Julia Alexander//38 views/2 comments
Netflix isn’t hiding its ambitions to push further into the world of interactive storytelling, and a trailer for its Carmen Sandiego Choose Your Own Adventure-s...
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Steam just added new search features, including a price filter
Adi Robertson//38 views
Valve is adding new features to its Steam storefront’s search system, letting users filter out games they already own, set a maximum price, and avoid seeing VR-...