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Bethesda’s Pete Hines defends not including Deathmatch in Doom Eternal

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Time Stamp: March 17, 2020 1:35 AM - Modified On: March 17, 2020 - Published By:
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In a recent interview, Pete Hines defended the exclusion of Deathmatch modes from Doom Eternal, claiming id Software didn't want to do it just to do it. Deathmatch started with Doom. It went on to become many different and more evolved things, but the core began with Doom way back when and many have felt it to be an integral part of the franchise’s long history. So why isn’t it in Doom Eternal? According to Bethesda’s Pete Hines, there are a number of reasons, but one of the more interesting

Legends of Runeterra Patch Notes 0.9.2 slows Hecarim’s charge

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Time Stamp: March 16, 2020 10:06 PM - Modified On: March 16, 2020 - Published By:
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Legends of Runeterra Patch 0.9.2 just launched and it brings a healthy dose of card changes, including a full rework on Kalista, and a nerf to slow Hecarim's roll. As Legends of Runeterra continues to roll through its open beta period, the meta continues to shift and Riot continues to fine tune with new patches. The Legends of Runeterra Patch Notes 0.9.2 just dropped and with it came a host of changes. Hecarim caught the hard nerf to bust his status as a late game answer to everything, Kalista got

Cyberpunk 2077 on track as CD Projekt RED goes remote in response to COVID-19

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Time Stamp: March 16, 2020 8:35 PM - Modified On: March 16, 2020 - Published By:
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CD Projekt RED is switching to remote work to battle risks of coronavirus, but the studio remains committed to the September 2020 release for Cyberpunk 2077. As the world continues efforts to contain and combat the coronavirus (COVID-19), CD Projekt RED has become the latest to announce it will shift to remote work to ensure the safety of its employees. That said, the Cyberpunk 2077 developer ensured fans that it remains dedicated to delivering a great experience come September 2020, implying Cyberpunk 2077 is still on track for the time

Watch the Nintendo Direct Indie World Showcase livestream here

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Time Stamp: March 16, 2020 4:51 PM - Modified On: March 16, 2020 - Published By:
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Nintendo is getting ready to show off a solid 20 minutes of indie gaming goodness coming to the Switch with the Indie World Showcase. Check out how and when to catch the action. Indies have become an integral part of the Nintendo Switch lineup, and the Indie World Showcase is a spotlight that shares some of the new goods coming. Nintendo just announced a new Direct Indie World Showcase livestream coming tomorrow, which will show off a new collection of quality indie video games coming to the Nintendo Switch online

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review Roundup

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Time Stamp: March 16, 2020 12:21 PM - Modified On: March 16, 2020 - Published By:
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Animal Crossing is well-known for its leisurely pace of play, and that attitude also applies to its release schedule. Barring a few spin-offs of varying quality, New Horizons--which is set to release this Friday, March 20--is the first core entry in the series since 2012's New Leaf. This Switch title takes the series in a fresh direction, placing the player in charge of a deserted island, and introducing Minecraft-like crafting systems to the game.Reviews for the bubbly sim game are in, and they're overwhelmingly positive, including our 8/10 review-in-progress. "There's

Xbox Series X: A Closer Look at the Technology Powering the Next Generation

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Time Stamp: March 16, 2020 8:06 AM - Modified On: March 16, 2020 - Published By:
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A few months ago, we revealed Xbox Series X, our fastest, most powerful console ever, designed for a console generation that has you, the player, at its center. When it is released this holiday season, Xbox Series X will set a new bar for performance, speed and compatibility, all while allowing you to bring your gaming legacy forward with you and play thousands of games from four generations. Recently, along with the tech experts Austin Evans and Digital Foundry, we had the chance to take a closer look at some

New LEGO Super Mario product teased by Nintendo

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Time Stamp: March 10, 2020 6:12 PM - Modified On: March 10, 2020 - Published By:
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It looks like the LEGO Group and Nintendo are teaming up on some new LEGO Super Mario goodies for fans and possibly Mar10 Day LEGO and Nintendo are two of the most wholesome and longstanding collections of popular products in existence and they’re about to team up on something all-new. Recently, Nintendo and the LEGO Group have teased something related to a new LEGO Super Mario project. It was the LEGO Group that first posted teasers on the LEGO Twitter on March 10, 2020, followed soon after by Nintendo. The

SXSW 2020 March events canceled by city of Austin

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Time Stamp: March 7, 2020 2:07 AM - Modified On: March 7, 2020 - Published By:
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Though the city will explore a rescheduling, SXSW 2020 events in March have been canceled by Austin city officials. South by Southwest (SXSW) is a yearly tradition of music, video games, and other entertainment in the city of Austin, and in 34 years, the March event has gone on without fail. This year breaks that tradition. By order of the City of Austin, SXSW 2020’s March events have officially been canceled, an order with which the organizers will comply. The SXSW organizers announced the decision to cancel March SXSW 2020

Meet the New Xbox MVPs

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Time Stamp: March 6, 2020 3:15 PM - Modified On: March 6, 2020 - Published By:
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We are proud to welcome three new Xbox most valuable professionals (MVPs) awardees: Dhayana Sena, Courtney Craven, and Matt Armstrong. Everything from creating a welcoming community to creating awareness of game accessibility, these leaders go above and beyond in the gaming community. Read on to find out more about them and how they impact the gaming community. Feeling alone and cast aside due to her love for pop culture and geekdom, Dhayana created her own, community hub, a website called Attack On Geek. After adding game reviews and content to

Tilting Point acquires mobile game Star Trek Timelines

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Time Stamp: March 4, 2020 10:30 AM - Modified On: March 4, 2020 - Published By:
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Tilting Point announced this morning that it has acquired Star Trek Timelines, a free-to-play character collection game, from the game’s developer Disruptor Beam. It’s also hired Disruptor Beam team members to create a new studio, Wicked Realm Games. This follows Disruptor Beam‘s shuttering of its other titles, Game of Thrones Ascent and The Walking Dead: March to War. Moving forward, the company says it will be focused on its Disruptor Engine tools for mobile game development and operations. Tilting Point, meanwhile, had previously acquired the game Languinis and the monetization startup Gondola,