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Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021
Former EA exec Peter Moore returns to gaming as Unity SVP of sports and live entertainment
Rival Peak interactive reality show hits 22 million views
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Toya and Zag Games team up for Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir adventure game on Roblox
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Hitman 3 review — A world made entirely out of Chekhov’s guns
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The D20 Beat: King’s Bounty II heralds what should be a fantastic year for RPGs
GamesBeat Decides: Sonic’s best (and worst) friends
The RetroBeat: River City Girls is a beat-’em-up delight
AMD CEO Lisa Su talks core counts, console launches, and Apple relationship
NPD reveals the best-selling games of 2020 in the U.S.
Blizzard launches Battle.net update
Ultimate Gamer Worldwide Open will give away $1 million in prizes
505 Games acquires Puzzle Quest studio Infinity Plus Two
CD Projekt Red releases Cyberpunk 2077 apology and roadmap
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Ubisoft is making the Star Wars game that EA couldn’t
Steam customers purchased 21.4% more games in 2020 than in 2019
Ubisoft will make a new Star Wars open world game for Lucasfilm Games
Turtle Beach acquires Neat Microphones to capture more gamers and podcasters
Razer shows smart mask, futuristic gaming chair, and new RTX laptops
Alienware launches Aurora Ryzen desktop and Nvidia-based 30 Series laptops
Nvidia reveals mobile RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 GPUs for gaming laptops
Nvidia designed its new RTX 3060 GPU to get GTX 1060 owners to upgrade
AMD shows off impressive Ryzen 5000 mobile processors and 3rd Gen Epyc server chips
Bethesda teases new Indiana Jones game from Wolfenstein team
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order now runs better on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
CES day one gaming roundup: Extra-large TCL TVs, Intel CPUs, and more
HP’s Alex Cho: The PC isn’t dead. It’s essential.
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