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Will E3 2021 disappoint gaming fans? | GamesBeat Decides 197

Run your own branded in-game store Start transforming your game’s economy and increase your bottom line. Get the free guide now. Download Here Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  E3 2021 is mere weeks away, and is it time for gamers to start putting their expectations in check? That’s one of the things that comes up on this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. For this episode, Mike Minotti has been banished to the Phantom Zone, so editors Jeff Grubb and Jason Wilson brought in AJ

Riot Games Partners With Spotify for League of Legends Esports Podcast

League of LegendsPhoto courtesy of Riot GamesRiot Games partnered up with streaming titan Spotify, ensuring a new home for the Rift Reaction series. Rift Reaction is a weekly League of Legends esports news podcast.Riot is no stranger to deals with Spotify. Back in September of 2020, Spotify teamed up with Riot and began to announce the idea for exclusive podcasts.I am so excited to announce that I've signed on to cohost a SPOTIFY ORIGINAL with @LeagueofEmily! It's a QUICK (30-35) minute podcast each week called Rift Reaction talking about the

Hall of Ablution Resident Evil Village: How to Solve the Puzzle

Top GamesThe Hall of Ablution puzzle in Resident Evil Village is proving to be a bit tricky for some players. | CAPCOMThe Hall of Ablution puzzle in Resident Evil Village is proving to be a bit tricky for some players.This is the one obstacle standing directly between Ethan Winters and Lady Dimitrescu's Key. Players find the Hall of Ablution just before gaining access to Lady Dimitrescu's chambers. They'll be prompted to follow her up a flight of stairs from the courtyard. Unfortunately, the door to her room is locked, leaving

Katy Perry reveals new Pokémon 25: The Album collab song

More music is about to be released for Pokémon’s 25th-anniversary album. This time it is in collaboration with Katy Perry for a song titled Electric.  Perry was actually the first artist announced as part of the musical anniversary collaboration in January, which has since been titled Pokémon 25: The Album.  Being developed under the name of P25 Music, the program is a partnership with the Universal Music Group that will have multiple high-profile musical artists working with The Pokémon Company throughout the year. This includes Perry’s song and Post Malone’s

Nintendo earnings, a new Switch game, and E3 2021 expands | GB Decides 195

Run your own branded in-game store Start transforming your game’s economy and increase your bottom line. Get the free guide now. Download Here Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, the crew discusses Nintendo’s record earnings report. Reviews editor Mike Minotti talks about his Resident Evil Village review, Nintendo’s new IP, and his thoughts on ligma. Also, more companies are joining E3 2021 and GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb talks about that as well as the Minions CEO joining Nintendo’s

Apple lawyer to Epic engineer: Epic was ‘dishonest,’ acted ‘without integrity’

The third day of trial for the Epic Games v. Apple antitrust case concluded today with Apple attorney Richard Doren upping the ante and grilling Epic engineering fellow Andrew Grant in the final testimony of the day. Grant took the stand on behalf of Epic and fielded questions from both Doren and Epic’s legal counsel. His testimony ranged from explaining the basics of APIs and coding SDKs as prompted by Epic’s attorney but when Doren cross-examined him, the questioning became more hostile. Doren quizzed Grant on Epic’s decision to insert

Xbox Game Pass Titles for May Include Red Dead Online, Final Fantasy X

Credit: Microsoft Microsoft just announced which games will be coming to Xbox Game Pass for the first half of May, and buckle up, because we’ve got a doozy of a slate this month. For starters, we’re getting nine games added to the roster, and they’re all winners or at least worth checking out. We’ve got big names like Red Dead and Final Fantasy, and also a few smaller, but noteworthy titles like Psychonauts are also in there. Xbox Game Pass continues to be the greatest value in gaming, as we’re

Epic Games v. Apple: The start of the next big antitrust war for the iOS developer

It was a big day on March 12, 2018, in Cary, North Carolina, as Epic Games geared up for its next big announcement: Fortnite was coming to mobile. The battle royale title had grown significantly over the preceding months, transforming Epic into one of the biggest companies in the world.  The mobile launch added another layer to that rise and tapped into a larger audience than many PC or console games had lured in. The cultural phenomenon became apparent and Fortnite soon landed merchandising, music, and film collaborations, from hosting

Last of Us 3 Story Outline Exists When Naughty Dog Wants to Make It

[embedded content] Naughty Dog has a story outline for The Last of Us Part 3, meaning that, though it probably won’t exist anytime soon, the possibility of that game being made is very much on the table. Creative director Neil Druckmann revealed the existence of the story outline in an interview with the Script Apart podcast. Specifically, he said that he and co-writer Halley Gross had written the outline already, “[that] I hope one day can see the light of day – that explores a little bit what happens after