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Twitter agrees to eSports streaming deal with ESL and Dreamhack
Twitter has partnered with eSports juggernauts ESL and Dreamhack to livestream a variety of tournaments and original content throughout 2017.
March 2, 2017
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Nexon partners with PlayFusion to drive toys-to-life business
Online game company Nexon, the publisher behind side-scrolling MMO Maplestory, has entered into a strategic partnership with toys-to-life outfit PlayFusion.
March 2, 2017
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Greenlight turning red on us!
We were a few weeks from our intended Greenlight launch date, with a finely crafted marketing strategy, when Valve shifted the goal posts. Now we're drowning in a sea of eleventh-hour Greenlight submissions, unable to get noticed.
March 2, 2017
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One Life Left x GDC podcast: an edible game?
We unlock the secrets of EDIBLE GAMES and other ludocentric wonders on the second day of OLLxGDC.
March 1, 2017
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Xbox Live Creators Program to offer XBL integration and simplified publishing
Microsoft's new program seeks to make launching an Xbox One or Windows 10 game less taxing on game devs by simplifying both the publishing and certification process for both platforms.
March 1, 2017
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One Life Left x GDC podcast: carousels, cash and the coldest GDC ever
The carnage has begun. We began our first day of live-streaming the OLLxGDC podcast live from the show floor in San Francisco.
Feb. 28, 2017
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Unity 5 wraps up next month to make way for Unity 2017
The company has set a date for the full release of Unity 5.6 and offered details about the next generation of Unity, called Unity 2017, which will enter beta this April.
Feb. 28, 2017
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Will the Switch be a success? Industry veterans and Switch devs weigh in
A recent Polygon roundtable has asked a huge number of industry heavyweights to weigh in on all aspects of Nintendo's upcoming console-handheld hybrid, the Switch
Feb. 28, 2017
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Microsoft unveils Netflix-style Xbox Game Pass service
Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox Game Pass initiative that will give subscribers unlimited access to over 100 Xbox One titles.
Feb. 28, 2017
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Pokemon Go has racked up 650 million downloads
Pokemon Go developer Niantic says the augmented reality hit has been downloaded over 650 million times.
Feb. 28, 2017
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SpatialOS set to launch Unreal integration and an open beta later this week
Improbable has announced that Unity integration and an open functional beta of its remotely-distributed virtual world rendering platform SpatialOS will release this week.
Feb. 27, 2017
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PlayStation VR sales close in on 1 million
Sony Interactive Entertainment global CEO, Andrew House, has dropped the first PlayStation VR sales figures, and the headset has been performing better than expected.
Feb. 27, 2017