Google’s Stadia wireless controller won’t be very wireless at launch

Seems the full Stadia experience is a little ways out

By Jay Peters

Blizzard bans three college Hearthstone players for Hong Kong protest sign

The latest entry in protests against Blizzard

By Julia Alexander

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How Apple Arcade mystery Tangle Tower was translated into more than a dozen languages

By Andrew Webster October 16

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Analogue Pocket is a gorgeous, modern handheld for playing your old Game Boy games

By Andrew Webster October 16

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How much will it take for these new giant pokémon to crush me?

By Megan Farokhmanesh October 16

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Giphy Arcade lets you play, create, and share mini-games on the web as if they were GIFs

By Nick Statt October 16

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Fortnite is exciting again

By Nick Statt

The new map is reinvigorated the game

You’ll need to eat Taco Bell to get Microsoft’s Xbox Elite 2 controller early

By Tom Warren October 16

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League of Legends expands with animated series, fighting game, and more

By Andrew Webster October 15

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Why it took a decade for Riot to follow League of Legends with a new game

It’s been a while

By Andrew Webster October 15

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Riot teases Project A, a character-based tactical shooter

By Andrew Webster October 15

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League of Legends is coming to mobile and console

By Andrew Webster October 15

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Google’s Stadia game service is officially coming November 19th: Everything you need to know

By Sean Hollister October 15

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Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service will launch on November 19th

By Sean Hollister October 15

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Hands-on with Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming service

By Tom Warren October 15

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Fortnite’s black hole has closed, and Chapter 2 is finally here

By Andrew Webster October 15

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Atari VCS’s former architect returns to Kickstarter with new boardgame tablet

By Jon Porter October 15

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Fortnite made hundreds of thousands of people watch nothing on Twitch

By Bijan Stephen October 14

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Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming preview is now live

By Tom Warren October 14

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Leaked Fortnite Chapter 2 trailer provides a first glimpse at the new island

By Jay Peters

The new season also has pogo sticks, boats, and... fishing?

With the apocalyptic black hole event, Fortnite’s storytelling has grown increasingly ambitious

By Andrew Webster October 14

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Microsoft unveils Xbox content filters to stop the swears and toxicity

By Tom Warren October 14

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Nvidia’s GeForce Now is starting to roll out on Android

By Jay Peters October 14

Razer’s new Blade 15 Advanced has a clickier keyboard with deeper travel

By Cameron Faulkner October 14

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Fortnite has been down for hours as millions of players stare at a black hole

By Andrew Webster October 13

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Missed Messages is a powerful romance / horror game about communicating

By Michael Moore October 13

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Blizzard breaks its silence on controversial suspension of pro Hong Kong Hearthstone player

By Nick Statt October 11

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Riot doesn’t want League of Legends broadcasters discussing ‘sensitive topics’ on the air

By Makena Kelly October 11

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Both of Mixer’s founders have left the company

By Julia Alexander October 11

Concrete Genie is a brief, heartwarming adventure with lots of magical painting

By Andrew Webster October 11

Ubisoft is turning more of its games into animated shows

By Julia Alexander October 10

Atari disputes reports that its retro-inspired console is doomed

By Jon Porter October 10

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Steam will soon let you play local multiplayer games over the internet

By Jon Porter

Remote Play Together is launching in beta later in October

Blizzard employees walked out in protest following pro-Hong Kong player ban

By Makena Kelly October 9

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Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is the game Destiny always should have been

By Nick Statt October 9

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Apple starts selling Microsoft’s Xbox controller after adding support in iOS, macOS, and tvOS

By Chris Welch October 9

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Indie game makers open up about the money they actually make

A dozen creators get candid about cash

By Lewis Gordon October 9

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Unlike Blizzard, Epic Games says it won’t ban players for political speech

By Makena Kelly October 9

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The next console war is going to be way more fun than the last one

By Dieter Bohn October 9

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Xbox One’s parental control time limits now apply across Windows and Android

By Jon Porter October 9

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Call of Duty is the biggest mobile game launch ever, with 100 million downloads

By Sam Byford October 9

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