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Overwatch’s Next Character Is Echo

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After a whole bunch of speculation from the Overwatch community, Blizzard has finally revealed the identity of its hero shooter's next character. It's Echo, a robotic character we saw back during BlizzCon 2019's Overwatch 2 announcement.Blizzard dropped an origin story video to give players a sense of who Echo is, which you can watch below. According to Blizzard's tweet introducing the Echo video, she's "an evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence." It didn't say when Echo will be available in the game, however.Introducing Echo.An evolutionary robot programmed

Blizzard Announces Overwatch’s Next Character Is Echo

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After a whole bunch of speculation from the Overwatch community, Blizzard has finally revealed the identity of its hero shooter's next character. It's Echo, a robotic character we saw back during BlizzCon 2019's Overwatch 2 announcement.Blizzard dropped an origin story video to give players a sense of who Echo is, which you can watch below. According to Blizzard's tweet introducing the Echo video, she's "an evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence." It didn't say when Echo will be available in the game, however.Introducing Echo.An evolutionary robot programmed

Reno 911! Is Coming Back, And It Has A New Format

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The much-loved mockumentary series Reno 911! is a pastiche of law enforcement reality shows that ran for six seasons between 2003 and 2009. It has now been announced that the series has been greenlit for a new season.The next season of Reno 911! will be released onto Quibi, the upcoming streaming platform that will feature videos that run no longer than 10 minutes. While the previous seasons of the show featured 22-minute episodes, the fragmented nature of the series should lend itself to this format. The new season doesn't yet

Steam Game Festival Spring Edition offers 40+ games from GDC 2020

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Steam is offering players the opportunity to play more than 40 games that were supposed to appear at GDC 2020, with its Spring Edition of the Game Festival. GDC 2020 might not be happening, but with the help of Steam’s Game Festival, everyone can get their hands on several dozen games that were supposed to appear at the show. This free initiative will ensure game developers can get word out about their products and give players a chance to see what’s coming down the pipeline. Steam Game Festival Spring Edition

Teamfight Tactics Mobile is launching with crossplay this week

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Time Stamp: March 17, 2020 10:41 PM - Modified On: March 17, 2020 - Published By:
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The popular League of Legends autobattler spinoff Teamfight Tactics finally has a launch date, and its coming in just a couple days to Android and iOS. Teamfight Tactics has been getting ready for a big new season of content, but we haven’t heard much about its mobile launch. That is, until today when Riot Games announced that the autobattler spinoff finally has a launch date. Teamfight Tactics Mobile will be launching simultaneously with the upcoming Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies season this week. Riot Games announced a launch date for Teamfight Tactics

Samsung Has Quietly Canceled Its Game Streaming Service

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Time Stamp: March 17, 2020 2:26 AM - Modified On: March 17, 2020 - Published By:
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With a number of big-name companies--from Google to Nvidia to Microsoft--trying to corner the emerging game streaming market, it's not surprising that some competitors are already dropping out of the race. Samsung has announced that its PlayGalaxy Link PC-to-mobile streaming service will shut down as of March 27.The announcement was so quiet that, despite being made on February 26, it's only been picked up by gaming and tech outlets in the last 24 hours.The announcement doesn't provide much detail on why PlayGalaxy Link is being discontinued. "After many difficult discussions,