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Disney’s invested in educational gaming app Kahoot, now at a $376M valuation
When Kahoot, the startup that operates a popular platform for user-generated educational gaming, raised $15 million in October of this…
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Here’s how a second-hand game market for digital copies should work
The last weeks have been abuzz with players trying out Red Dead Redemption 2, a long-awaited title by Rockstar…
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Epic dances around legal issues with Fortnite emotes
Rapper 2 Milly yesterday revealed he was suing Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, for copying his dance, the Milly…
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Early impressions: Alienware takes a few risks with the new M15
Alienware’s m15 is a shocking new take on the humongous laptop: it’s not humongous. It’s still a powerhouse that…
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Mixer may have found the secret sauce for paying streamers full-time
Mixer, Microsoft’s game streaming service, has always played second fiddle to Twitch. But a new payment paradigm on Mixer…
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Epic’s developers leave Unreal Tournament for younger, sexier Fortnite
Fortnite isn’t a game: it’s a phenomenon. Like “Back To The Future,” “The Simpsons,” and Pokemon, it’s transcended media…
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Hit the trackless nuclear wastes with this Laco RAD-AUX watch
Laco is a small German watch company famous for its Flieger watches — pieces featuring big crowns and legible faces…
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Leisure Suit Larry’s source code reaches over $10,000 in eBay bids
The creator of Leisure Suit Larry has just unearthed the source codes of several games, including the first two games in…
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Streamlabs CEO describes building monetization tools for Twitch & YouTube
As streamers have grown from being scrappy amateurs to professionals, the tools that facilitate their careers have undergone a…
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Fallout 76 would have been marginally less disastrous on Steam
Bethesda has been widely lambasted for its latest game, open-world MMO Fallout 76 — both for releasing the game when…
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