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Google buys game developer Typhoon Studios
Google seems to be shopping for game studios as it courts consumer interest for its Stadia game-streaming platform, announcing Thursday…
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Valve confirms it’s making a ‘flagship’ Half-Life VR game
After what feels like years of rumors, it’s official: Valve is making a virtual reality Half-Life game. Official word of…
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‘Magic: The Gathering’ game maker exposed 452,000 players’ account data
The maker of Magic: The Gathering has confirmed that a security lapse exposed the data on hundreds of thousands of…
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Apple’s vaping app ban, Disney+ gets installed, apps gear up for Black Friday
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they…
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Microsoft announces its xCloud streaming service and a truckload of new games are coming in 2020
Microsoft has announced a vague intention to launch its xCloud game streaming service sometime in 2020, and dropped a double…
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Twitch publicly launches its free broadcasting software, Twitch Studio
Twitch today publicly launched Twitch Studio, its new software designed to help new streamers get started broadcasting. The idea behind…
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Google Play Pass launches with 350+ premium apps and games, initially for $1.99 per month
Following the well-received launch of Apple Arcade, Google today is officially introducing its own take on subscription-based access to premium…
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Twitch acquires gaming database site IGDB to improve its search and discovery features
Amazon-owned Twitch has made a small but strategic acquisition designed to improve its search capabilities and better direct viewers to…
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Drivetime nabs $11M from Makers Fund, Amazon and Google to build voice-based games for drivers
Fully autonomous cars may (or may not) be just around the corner, but in the meantime, a startup that’s building…
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