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The Weekend In Esports: Evo 2017 and DreamHack Valencia
Evo 2017 is finally upon us. That means lots of triumphant victories and heartbreaking loses. Also a ton of anime You can check out our guide to the year’s biggest fighting game event for details on what games will be featured and what players to keep an eye on, but don’t worry, there’s also plenty…
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CultureToy Time Plays With Mattel’s 2017 SDCC Exclusives, Destiny And Otherwise
San Diego Comic-Con 2017 is right around the corner, and thousands will be standing in line for a chance to purchase exclusive toy goodness. This year Mattel’s hitting the show with stuff from the Justice League movie, DC Super Hero Girls, Spider-Man, Cars and some team-based shooter game. As with previous years, Mattel’s actually pretty…
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Telling Lies is the next game from Her Story creator Sam Barlow, and it will be released by Edith Finch publisher Annapurna Interactive, Variety reported today. The new game will also be an interactive movie, but with more characters and a more complex story. Filming will begin late this year or in early 2018.
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The Pac-12 Doesn’t Consider College Esports Sports For Now, Thank God
A.J. Dimick sees big things in the future for collegiate esports. “I think college esports has a limitless ceiling, I really do,” Dimick told me over the phone earlier this year. To that end, Dimick, esports director at the University of Utah’s Entertainment Arts and Engineering department, has facilitated the creation of the first varsity…
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Zynga Tries Charging Random Prices For DLC, Fails
Letty’s Sting Ray from The Fate of the Furious showed up as a premium microtransaction in CSR Racing 2 earlier this week. It cost $4.99 to unlock. Or $14.99. Or $34.99. According to Zynga, prices for the premium vehicle were set to random as part of a feature test. Really. The situation came to our…
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UncategorizedNintendo Switch Game About Sheep Seems Horny, Is Actually Sad
This new Nintendo Switch game about sheep is a little bit horny, and also very morbid. When you look at Shephy on the Nintendo Switch eShop, it looks like a cute card game about sheep. And for the most part it is. The goal of the game is to use all the cards in your…
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UncategorizedLode Runner Is A Classic No Matter What It Looks Like
While it’s sporting fancy new voxel graphics, the heart of Lode Runner Legacy is the same satisfying gameplay that made creator Douglas E. Smith’s prototypical puzzle platformer one of the greatest games of the ‘80s. Lode Runner’s still got it. Lode Runner Legacy, released this week on Steam by Tozai Games, is the latest in…
By Mike Fahey
