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J. Allen Brack apologizes for Blizzard's "tough Hearthstone esports moment"

At BlizzCon, company president alludes to ban of Hearthstone player Blitzchung for pro-Hong Kong support, welcomes protests

Nov. 1, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Unity acquires cloud application streaming service creator Obvioos

French studio begins aligning Furioos' 3D application streaming tech closely with development platform

Nov. 1, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Death Stranding: Critical Consensus

A haunting experience that succeeds in spite of its own clumsy excess, Death Stranding arrives to frequently mitigated praise

Nov. 1, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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Modern Warfare. Modern Warfare never changes.

10 Years Ago This Month: No Russian turns the mass shooting into mass market entertainment and Nokia buries the N-Gage for good

Nov. 1, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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Yoshinori Ono on Street Fighter's road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The Capcom producer discusses the Intel World Open, a tournament that aims to break the barriers to entry for esports

Nov. 1, 2019 James Batchelor

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Amazon blocks sales of all unauthorised Nintendo products

Third-party sellers now need platform holder's approval before selling second-hand games or hardware

Nov. 1, 2019 James Batchelor

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ZeniMax to offer refunds for faulty Fallout 76 in Australia

ZeniMax admits it likely misled consumers over their digital rights

Nov. 1, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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Watch Dogs Legion, Rainbow Six Quarantine and Gods & Monsters heading to PS5, Project Scarlett

Delayed Ubisoft titles will be joined by two unannounced AAA games in the next fiscal year

Nov. 1, 2019 James Batchelor

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PS4 slows as the transition nears | Opinion

Sony's next year will be vital; as PS4 sales decline faster than expected, can the company balance support for its older console with building excitement for the new?

Nov. 1, 2019 Rob Fahey

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Esports tournament platform Mainline closes $6.8m funding round

Funding led by Work America Capital will help expand software platform

Oct. 31, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Modern Warfare dev compares game's "awareness building" to Schoolhouse Rock

Narrative director responds to criticism about 'Highway of Death' mission: "This is not some kind of propaganda"

Oct. 31, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Project Witchstone: The indie RPG trying to replicate the freedom of Dungeons & Dragons

Spearhead Games' Malik Boukhira on how the game will enable players to "just fuck around" more than they ever have before

Oct. 31, 2019 James Batchelor

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Hinterland's future plans include movies, publishing, and The Long Dark 2

At Reboot Develop Red, Raphael van Lierop described the four pillars that will support the Canadian studio's future

Oct. 31, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Google's DeepMind AI ranks higher than 99.8% of StarCraft II players

AlphaStar plays under "professional approved conditions" to reach Grandmaster ranking

Oct. 31, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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"Substantially improved" profitability for games doesn't prevent sales dip for Sega

But publisher still confident net sales will rise to $3.6 billion for the financial year

Oct. 31, 2019 James Batchelor

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Critical Consensus

Unsettling moments in the campaign clash with - but ultimately fade against - Infinity Ward's continued penchant for excellent gunplay and online multiplayer

Oct. 31, 2019 Rebekah Valentine