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Doom Eternal Is Available Early At GameStop Due To “Social Distancing” Concerns

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Doom Eternal is scheduled to officially launch on Friday, March 20, but retailer GameStop will start selling it early. The company has confirmed it will begin selling the new id Software shooter today, March 19, in an effort to keep customers and employees safe amid "social distancing" protocols.This is all happening because Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons are both officially releasing on March 20. These are two of the biggest games of spring, and GameStop is expecting a lot of foot traffic of shoppers coming in to grab

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

Overwatch League announces online match format & March/April schedule

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Following cancelation of live matches due to risk of COVID-19, the Overwatch League has announced its plans to resume in an online format along with a March and April schedule. No matter if there’s a global pandemic or not, the world keeps moving. The coronavirus has disrupted a huge portion of industry around the world, but esports is arguably in a place to recover and get back to business the best as Overwatch League has helped to prove. The League is moving to an online format in lieu of canceled

March 17 Nintendo Indie World Direct – all games, trailers & announcements

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Today's Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase was pretty damn sweet. We have compiled an article containing all of the new games, trailers, and announcements from the event. You can also watch the Nintendo Direct VOD right here. Please take a look. [embedded content] Here's a list of everything announced on the March 17, 2020 Indie World Showcase Nintendo Direct: Blue Fire revealed by Graffiti Games and Robi Studios [embedded content] Find out more about Blue Fire in our news article. Baldo announced by Naps Team  Baldo was announced today on

Summer in Mara coming to Nintendo Switch first in spring 2020

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Summer in Mara will take players on a tropical journey on the Nintendo Switch this spring. Players can dive into a new tropical adventure first on the Nintendo Switch when Summer in Mara releases this coming spring. Travel to the island of Mara on a beautiful adventure that centers around Koa, a young girl that must leave her home to explore the ocean and discover its secrets. Developed by Chibig, Summer in Mara is the latest in the studio’s line-up of colorful and fantastical games. In Summer in Mara, players

League of Legends LCS & Academy to begin online matches this week

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After canceling live matches and events due to coronavirus, the North American competitive League of Legends LCS will begin an online match schedule starting this weekend. Nearly every esport or gaming event set in the current time has been dealt a blow in dealing with the risks and containment of COVID-19. LCS wasn’t exempt from the issue, canceling live matches recently, but it seems the North American competitive scene of League of Legends is back on track. An online match schedule has been set for both pro and Academy matches

Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition Will Offer Up Limited Time Demos Soon

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A new edition of the Steam Game Festival is coming, following an earlier successful iteration during the 2019 Game Awards. The Spring Edition of the Festival will launch on March 18 at 10 AM PDT, and was originally meant to coincide with GDC 2020, which has been indefinitely postponed due to the the spread of the COVID-19 virus.The Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition will feature demos of over 40 games that would have been featured at GDC in some capacity--far more than the 14 titles featured in the first Festival.

Best Steam Deals Right Now: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Gris, And More

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With most people stuck at home this week, there's more time than ever to work through your backlog or try a game that's been on your Steam wishlist forever. Steam tends to offer a ton of deals on a regular basis, but this week's deals include an Ubisoft publisher sale with steep discounts on series like Assassin's Creed and Far Cry. In addition, there's no shortage of excellent indies and other games on sale this week, so we've rounded up the very best Steam deals on games you should check

All The Nintendo Switch Games Announced During March’s Indie World Stream

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Nintendo showcased a ton of upcoming Switch games during its March 2020 Indie World presentation, a couple of which are out on the Eshop right now. We got a look at more than 20 titles during the stream, including a few that will arrive on the hybrid system as timed console exclusives, such as Exit the Gungeon. To help catch you up, we've rounded up all the games announced during Nintendo's Indie World presentation below.Blue FireDeveloped by Robi Studios, Blue Fire is an action-adventure game set in the ruined kingdom

Two New Switch Games Launching Today After Nintendo Direct Indies Stream

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Nintendo wrapped up its recent Indie World livestream in which the company showcased a bunch of new and recently-revealed games coming to the Switch. And two of them are launching later today.The former Apple Arcade exclusive Exit the Gungeon is finally making its way to the Switch later today. Developed by Dodge Roll and a sequel to the 2016 bullet-hell twin-stick shooter Enter the Gungeon, Exit the Gungeon tasks players with escaping the very dungeon they fought so hard to reach the bottom of in Enter the Gungeon with one