Arcade1Up revealed that it is creating four new arcade cabinet reproductions during IGN’s Summer of Gaming event today. All of them will be available by the end of the year. This includes the classic Ms. Pac-Man, one of the best arcade titles of the ’80s. It will be out this …
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Metal Hellsinger is a new demon-slaying first-person shooter. But it’s also a rhythm game with a hardcore metal soundtrack. Developer The Outsiders and publisher Funcom are trying to bring these two worlds together for a new kind of gaming experience that is new for fans of both genres. For now, …
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Rogue Games is launching five new games soon for the Google Play Pass mobile game subscription service. The games include Outsider, The Arcade, Bright Paw, Olo Loco, and Super Glitch Dash. They’re the first titles by Rogue to debut on the new Google service which curates a collection of games …
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Hypercasual games, or mobile titles folks can play in a minute or less, grew 72% in the quarter ended March 31 as players turned to mobile games as a salve for the pandemic, according to a report from mobile measurement firm Adjust and game engine maker Unity Technologies. That is …
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Rovio continues its quest to diversify beyond Angry Birds with Small Town Murders, a match-3 mobile puzzle game. The free-to-play title launches Wednesday on iOS and Android. The Espoo, Finland-based company hopes to distinguish itself with its story-based gameplay, said Rovio head of games Alex Pelletier-Normand in an interview with …
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Database monitoring platform startup JSonar today announced it raised $ 50 million, the bulk of which it plans to put toward R&D and go-to-market efforts. Notably, it’s the company’s first-ever round of institutional funding as JSonar’s customer base eclipses 5 out of the world’s 10 largest banks. Database monitoring is …
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Lilium, the German aviation startup setting out to bring flying taxis to the skies by 2025, has added a further $ 35 million to its pot, taking its series C round of funding to around $ 275 million following the initial investment it announced back in March. A person familiar …
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Sony Interactive Entertainment is going to try this again. The company is planning to reveal a first look at PlayStation 5 games at 1 p.m. Pacific on Thursday, June 11. This will provide fans with the first close look at the software for the upcoming next-gen console. Sony originally intended …
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Alongside the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), IBM announced in March that it would help coordinate an effort to provide hundreds of petaflops of compute to scientists researching the coronavirus. As part of the newly launched COVID-19 High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium, IBM pledged to assist in …
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