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Microsoft & Enjin Team Up to Launch Special Edition Minecraft NFTs

Microsoft and Enjin have launched a special Edition NFT collection to celebrate the 6th International Day of Women and Girls in Science in the Azure Space Mystery educational game.An extension of Azure Heroes, a program aimed to recognize and reward contributors to the Azure platform, the NFTs will be usable by Minecraft players to unlock new quests in MyMetaverse, one of the most popular Minecraft servers.Users can obtain these limited NFTs by playing the Azure Space Mystery educational game, which will reward participants with the tokens for saving the International

Out Now: ‘Hyena Squad’, ‘PAKO Caravan’, ‘Dungeoning’, ‘Neuroshima Convoy’, ‘Conjurer Andy’s Repeatable Dungeon’, ‘Crux: A Climbing Game’, ‘LegendArya’, ‘OLO Loco’ and More

Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their games throughout Wednesday or very early Thursday in order to hopefully get one of those coveted features spots. Nowadays the App Store refreshes

‘Crying Suns’ Review — A Tactical Roguelike Worth Playing

TouchArcade Rating:When it comes to space-faring roguelikes on iOS, the gold standard everyone’s heard of is FTL: Faster Than Light, and for good reason. It’s a perfect fit for mobile, and there are very few roguelikes that can compete with it in quality or quantity. While not as well known as FTL, Crying Suns ($8.99) has very similar notes of urgency and mystery. Much of the game feels rather similar to FTL, though that isn’t necessarily a bad thing—what is good in FTL is also good in Crying Suns. That’s

Out Now: ‘One Finger Death Punch II’, ‘SINoALICE’, ‘AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected’, ‘One Punch Man: Road to Hero 2.0’, ‘Outsider: After Life’, ‘Crying Suns’, ‘Night in the Unpleasant House’, ‘Stellaris: Galaxy Command’ and More

Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their games throughout Wednesday or very early Thursday in order to hopefully get one of those coveted features spots. Nowadays the App Store refreshes

Summer Game Fest Demo Event Coming July 21 to an Xbox One Near You

If you’ve been lucky enough to attend E3, PAX, gamescom or another show in the past you know that above-and-beyond the spectacle of these shows, one of the great joys of attending a marquee gaming event is being able to get your hands on games – lots of games. Getting to try them out early and discover lots of news games is awesome. While we can’t recreate the experience of attending a big show entirely, we can help you get your hands on lots of cool new games early. As

7 Great Non-VR Games With Must-Play VR Support

Virtual Reality might be one of gaming’s most immersive ways to play but it remains a niche platform. [UploadVR regularly commissions freelance writers to review products, write stories, and contribute op-ed pieces to the site. This article is an opinion-based listicle from the perspective of the writer.]That’s mostly attributable to a high price barrier. Though efforts from Sony such as PlayStation VR and Facebook’s Oculus Quest have helped, the price still helps  explain why AAA publishers are reluctant to invest in fully-fledged original experiences. As a result, much of the

Free Alien Game Available Today To Celebrate Alien Day

April 26 is Alien Day, a fan holiday created to honor the legendary science-fiction horror franchise, and D3 Go's mobile game Alien: Blackout is free to help you celebrate. Available for both iOS and Android, it's a strategic and tense adventure that differs greatly from the series' other games.Rather than control a survivor directly, such as Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda, Alien: Blackout tasks you with guiding them through a damaged space station and away from the deadly, stalking Xenomorph. It also features permanent death for crew members if they're killed,

No Man’s Sky Update 2.4 patch notes add pilotable Exo Mech to the game

You may not have known you wanted to pilot a mech in No Man's Sky, but Hello Games has you covered in their latest Update 2.4. Check out the patch notes here. No Man’s Sky has a lot of amenities befitting of its status as a sci-fi exploration and resource management game, but didn’t you feel like something was missing? Something that’s been a staple throughout sci-fi history? Mechs. It was mechs all along, and though you may not have realized you had a need for such a thing, Hello

Minecraft Now Offers Free Educational Tools To Keep Kids Engaged During Social Distancing

Xbox head Phil Spencer has outlined ways that Microsoft hopes to help people through their social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak, starting with special educational content to be distributed through Minecraft. In a blog post, Spencer cited "unprecedented demand for gaming."Part of that includes more kids going online to spend time with friends since they aren't in schools. Spencer says that families are trying to strike a balance between socializing and fun, and continuing education through distance learning. To that end, Minecraft has opened a new Education category to the

A Message to the Gaming Community on What We’re Doing to Help Today

We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people around the world and changed the way we go about our daily lives. Here at Microsoft, we’re constantly asking ourselves what we can do to support people during this challenging time. To me, the most important thing to remember is that we’re all living and learning through this together.  I have previously stated that I believe gaming has a unique power to bring people together, to entertain, to inspire and connect us, and I believe