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A schedule for every big show case

A schedule for every big show case

June is officially here, which means that Geoff Keighley-Palooza 2025 is just around the corner. E3 could be deadBut the summer game festival begins the fifth year this week with a crowded field of other games show cases. Below you will find the schedule for each of you, even if you start and how you ...

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New data shows that 53 percent of gamers prefer single-player games

New data shows that 53 percent of gamers prefer single-player games

It has been for several years now Video game industry seemed obsessed with building Always online live service multiplayer experiences. And lots of them Live games, like Concorddidn’t have much success. Now a new survey shows that this may be because most people prefer playing single-player games. The Yakuza developers should cast these celebrities in ...

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Hellblade II and Alan Wake 2 are signs of a worrying trend

Hellblade II and Alan Wake 2 are signs of a worrying trend

Senua’s Saga: Hellbade II is Xbox’s next major console-exclusive video game coming this year. We learned a lot about the upcoming action game along the way Developer Direct from Thursday. We learned that later too Hellblade II will not get a physical releaseThis continues the trend of foregoing discs for major AAA console games and ...

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US senator breaks up Sony’s monopoly on exclusive video games

US senator breaks up Sony’s monopoly on exclusive video games

While Sony and Microsoft continue to fight over the latter proposed the $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzardmore and more people – relatively powerful and influential people – are drawn into the debate. One such person is Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell (Washington State Representative), who earlier today raised the specter of Sony’s monopoly in the ...

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says UK is becoming ‘Death Valley’

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says UK is becoming ‘Death Valley’

screenshot: CNBC There are serious concern being voiced around the world on Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, with opposition coming not just from Xbox’s competitors, but from all also from Google to Nvidia. You would think that such a precarious situation would require delicate diplomacy, but then, We’re talking about Activision here. ...

E3 thinks it’s coming back with an in-person event in 2023

E3 thinks it’s coming back with an in-person event in 2023

photo: David McNew (Getty Images) The Electronic Entertainment Fair used to be the cornerstone of the video game industrythe week that every publisher, developer and fan had circled in thYour calendar because it was where the year’s biggest news, revelations and interviews were up for grabs. That was then, however, with “then” being any time ...

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Fortnite, Epic has now raised M for Ukraine in a week

Fortnite, Epic has now raised $70M for Ukraine in a week

screenshot: Epic Games Fourteen days continues to provide millions of dollars in emergency aid to Ukraine. Epic’s latest update is big, announcing that as of March 25th it has raised over $70 million in aid funds for charities and groups supporting Ukrainians during the ongoing and horrific Russian invasion of the country. In a blog ...

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Microsoft’s  billion purchase of Activision was inevitable

Microsoft’s $70 billion purchase of Activision was inevitable

photo: FREDERICK J. BROWN (Getty Images) Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard was significant news today, both for the scope of the deal and its shock value. But we shouldn’t be too surprised. That was inevitable. A handful of companies have always wanted to own everything, and nothing will stop them. The proposed sale – for ...