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Meet The Players Competing On The Exotic Fringes Of Their Favorite Games

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Time Stamp: June 27, 2020 1:00 PM - Modified On: June 27, 2020 - Published By:
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It was the biggest match of Leaf's Super Smash Bros. career, and her Lucas was one of the best in the game. All that stood in her way on the path to the tournament crown was a nasty Ridley player in a two-stock match. Leaf quickly dispatched Ridley's first life by luring them to the map's edge. But, immediately after respawning, Ridley knocked Lucas off the stage in a bold attempt to even the odds. Ridley then rushed forward to try and spike Lucas into oblivion, but whiffed the killing

Take Your Imagination Out of This World with Tracks – The Train Set Game: Sci-Fi Pack DLC

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Time Stamp: June 26, 2020 2:00 PM - Modified On: June 26, 2020 - Published By:
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Welcome to the latest add on for Tracks – The Train Set Game, available now on Xbox One, where your only limit is the stars. We have introduced a new level on the moon, featuring low gravity, over 30 new decorations and a rocket train! For those of you yet to try out the Tracks base game, which is available with Xbox Game Pass, here’s a little reminder of what it’s all about: Tracks gives you the opportunity to jump into an expansive toy sandbox and let your imagination run

Peacock Drops Trailers For Sci-Fi Original Brave New World And The Rest Of Day One Originals

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This July, NBC Universal's streaming service Peacock will have a nationwide launch--as the service has already been available to some for over a month. Now, Peacock has released trailers for all its Day One original content to check out.There is a wide-variety of original programming, from movies to series to reality all ranging from comedy to drama to kids and more. The most high-profile of the originals is none other than Brave New World, based on the Aldous Huxley novel of the same name, which follows characters in a utopian

Global Esports Talent Agency Rumble Gaming Signs Legendary Gaming…

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“OG is one of the most accomplished competitive esports organizations in the history of gaming," said Evan Kubes, President of Rumble Gaming. TORONTO (PRWEB) June 25, 2020 Rumble Gaming is excited to announce the signing of OG Esports, one of the most popular and successful esports organizations in history. The partnership combines Rumble Gaming's expertise in esports talent management, consulting services, and team sponsorships with OG's world-class roster of superstar esports competitors, including N0tail, Topson, and Suma1L. “OG is one of the most accomplished competitive esports organizations in the history

Former PlayStation Boss Says AAA Game Development Is Unsustainable

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Time Stamp: June 23, 2020 7:48 PM - Modified On: June 23, 2020 - Published By:
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Shawn Layden, the former boss of PlayStation, has weighed in with his thoughts on the state of the AAA games business, and he thinks it's unsustainable. Speaking at the Gamelab Live conference, as reported by GI.biz, Layden said the commonly held idea that the cost of game development will double every new generation cannot continue."The problem with that model is it's just not sustainable," he said.Layden recalled the days when the world's biggest video games were developed on budgets of around $1 million. Now, the cost of most AAA games

‘Forager’ from HopFrog Will Include All Updates When It Comes to Mobile Soon

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A little while ago, HopFrog announced various milestones for the survival crafting indie game Forager and confirmed that it is coming to mobile. The original Forager debuted on PC before seeing Nintendo Switch and PS4 versions that Humble Bundle (now Humble Games) published. I played it a bit on PC but really got into it on Nintendo Switch. Yesterday, HopFrog revealed a look at the future of Forager in an announcement that revealed upcoming plans for the game. This confirmed that Forager will include all updates in addition to the

Lego Developer Spent $1 Million On A Hobbit Game Pitch, See The Early Demos Here

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The developers of Lego games, Traveller's Tales, spent $1 million on a pitch for a Hobbit video game that never came to be. Studio co-founder Jon Burton revealed this in a new video for his YouTube page, GameHut, and he speaks very freely and openly about the project and how it came to be (and not be).In 2008, Warner Bros. announced plans to make two Hobbit movies, with Guillermo del Toro attached to direct. Burton wanted to make an Xbox 360/PS3 video game tie-in for the movie, but not a

EA Could Get Into Betting, But It’s Early Days

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Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson shared some high level details on where the company is headed in the future, and betting could be on the horizon--but not anytime soon.During a "fireside chat" with the company's top management, Wilson said EA's goal on a longer timeline is to reach players where they are as part of a bigger ambition to expand the company's reach."On a slightly longer term time horizon, there are another couple of vectors we think will drive growth," Wilson said. One of these is betting in some capacity,