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In case you forgot, Pokemon Go is still pulling ridiculous numbers

Pokemon Go seized the world by storm when it first rolled out in July, and it continues to enjoy a sizable playerbase, despite a sharp drop-off in daily users. Nowhere is this more evident th...

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After a long wait, Pokemon Go is finally out in Japan

Japan is the birthplace of Pokemon, so it struck many as odd that Pokemon Go had rolled out in so many other countries but not in its native land. Rumors have...

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Pokemon Go hearkens back to the fun, and danger, of summers past

Pokémon Go may be the perfect summer game.

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Valley review impressions

Before I tell you about my experience with Valley, let’s just get one thing straight: this is not a horror game. Just because it was made by Blue Isle Studios, the creators behind Slender: T...

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Nintendo shares drop after investors figure out who actually makes Pokemon Go

Despite never actually saying it made Pokemon Go, and its logo appearing exactly nowhere in the app, Nintendo has been enjoying a huge uptick in market value since the app’s launch two weeks...

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Poly Bridge review impressions

The ripples along the Tacoma Narrows Bridge right before it breaks up are mesmerizing.

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Mu Cartographer review impressions

I first heard of Mu Cartographer during the Experimental Gameplay Workshop at GDC this March. The EGW is a (relatively) long-running GDC event designed to highlight truly weird game de...

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Game key reseller G2A offers transparency, royalties to developers after scam accusations

There’s no denying that digital distribution has profoundly shaped the game industry in recent years. What was once sold on discs and cartridges in stores — severely limiting the number of published t...

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Pokemon Go rolling out feature to take Pokewalks with your PokeBFF

Pokemon isn’t simply about overfishing and virtual cockfighting — gosh, has anyone done those hot takes yet? — it’s also, ostensibly, about understanding and bonding with creatures different...

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Pokemon GO will open to the public next month

Pokemon GO, an augmented reality app which uses your smartphone’s camera and GPS to turn the world around you into a Pokemon scavenger hunt, will be launching this July according to Nintendo.

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VA-11 HALL-A review

VA-11 HALL-A (verbalized as “Valhalla”) is a “cyberpunk bartending” game, in which you mix drinks and listen to your patrons’ problems (although increasingly as the game goes on, they end up...

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Pokemon Go updates to 1.0.1 on iOS, claims to fix Google account permissions issue

Pokemon Go for iOS– the US store, anyway– just got an app update that claims to address some security concerns and bugs– and adds push notifications.

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Did someone say Farming Simulator 17?

Are you excited to learn some things about Farming Simulator 17?

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This EMT is making a game about saving lives in NYC

There is nothing in America like the 911 system in New York City.

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Crush Your Enemies review impressions

Crush Your Enemies is a textbook example of “don’t judge a book by its cover” in practice. It looks a little underwhelming — with its cartoony barbarian art and doofy storyline about a bunch...

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The newest Overwatch hero is support sniper Ana

There’s been quite a bit of speculation regarding the next playable character to join Overwatch‘s colorful roster of heroes. Many speculated it would be a character known as Sombra, who’s bee...

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Pokemon Go preview

I’m really digging Pokemon Go.

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Minecraft surpasses 100 million sales

I think I realized that Minecraft had reached a cultural saturation point when a friend asked that I buy toys of it for her young daughter for Christmas. Said daughter isn’t even ol...

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Why 2016 is the perfect time for a noir thriller about the Berlin Wall

All Walls Must Fall is the brainchild of four developers behind 2012’s celebrated action game Spec Ops: The Line. Set in an alternate-history Berlin where the wall nev...

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Newest Pokemon Go update reintroduces 'nearby Pokemon' system, with some tweaks

Late yesterday, developer Niantic rolled out a new update for its worldwide smash hit game Pokemon Go. The tweaks include a claimed fix for the capture rate bug as well as the return of the B...