Video Games
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'Call of Duty' mobile is off to an explosive start
Oct 05, 2019 6:00 am - Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s Call of Duty Mobile attracted 20 million gamers within the first two days of its worldwide debut, a big boost for the company's ambition of adapt...
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Gamers paved the road for a streaming future. Twitch wants to add more lanes.
Oct 05, 2019 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO — If live-streaming video is the future of media, gamers got there first. Slowly but surely, others are taking notice and following their lead. Last week at Tw...
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New Call of Duty esports league to begin play in home markets, including Chicago
Sep 28, 2019 6:00 am - The new, yet-to-be-named Call of Duty esports league has officially capped its Season 1 membership at 12 teams and will begin play in teams' home markets in 2020, furthe...
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'The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening': A first-class makeover for a classic gameSep 21, 2019 7:20 am - "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening" Developed by: Nintendo EPD, Grezzo Published by: Nintendo Available on: Nintendo Switch • • • In recent years the Zelda fran...
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Analysis: Apple's Arcade seeks to upend another business model
Sep 14, 2019 6:00 am - Of the refreshed or new products that Apple talked about at its extravaganza this week, I'm most curious about Arcade, the $5 monthly subscription to video games for iPh...
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Video game 'loot boxes' are going away and it could crush Rocket League's black market
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - The developers behind Rocket League are preparing to rid the game of its loot boxes, a system for randomized in-game purchases critics say amounts to gambling. While mos...
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'Telling Lies': One of the most brilliant video games of the yearAug 27, 2019 6:00 am - "Telling Lies" Developed by: Sam Barlow Published by: Annapurna Interactive Available on: iOS, PC • • • Nothing I've played this year has felt as intimate or fully ...
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Fortnite's slowdown has Epic Games battling to spark new growth
Aug 24, 2019 6:00 am - These should be heady times for Fortnite, the battle-royale shooting game that's set the video-game industry reeling since its release two years ago. Its publisher, clos...
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Fortnite World Cup audience shows fan base isn't just young men
Aug 17, 2019 6:00 am - Two weeks ago, Epic Games Inc. held its first-ever Fortnite World Cup, a three-day video game competition extravaganza that had — at one point — 2.3 million viewers from...
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Analysis: Gadgets are boring, but video games are cooler than ever
Aug 17, 2019 6:00 am - For the past two decades, I've been clinging to my beloved Nintendo 64. What could ever match the video game console's audacity of design and nostalgic allure, from its ...