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Swarm puts Spider-Man-style swinging into a VR arcade shooter

We’ve seen a few Spider-Man swinging demos on the Oculus Quest and PC VR (both official and non-official), but now an upcoming VR game is set to take fun web-swinging mechanics and apply them to an arcade-style arena shooter with a new property. Swarm is an upcoming title from Greensky …

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Hearthstone: Year of the Phoenix — Diving into economics and monetization

Hearthstone is now six years old, and we’re seeing more experimentation and innovation with how Blizzard Entertainment’s development team are approaching how they design, deploy, and sell the digital card game (which remains a leader in the category, making millions a year through the sales of card packs and bundles). …

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Atari’s Pong Quest turns the classic paddle game into an RPG

Atari is taking a break from building hotels because … well, the world is taking a break from hotels. In the interim, the publisher is bringing back one of the original gaming franchises. Pong Quest is a new entry in the ball-and-paddle series that remixes the action with a role-playing …

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How Ninja Theory put so much design into the pure chaos of Bleeding Edge

In a Bleeding Edge brawl, four cyber-human players will meet four cyber-human players for melee combat. The ensuing fight is pure chaos, fought at a short range and as unpredictable as any street brawl. It seems crazy, but it took a lot of thinking to bring this game about. The …

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Religious Groups in China Step Into the Coronavirus Crisis

Earlier this month, the hard-hit town of Caohe, near the center of the coronavirus outbreak in central China, received an unexpected gift: a large donation from a Taoist nunnery 550 miles away. Another Taoist temple, this one in Caohe itself, contributed tens of thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment …

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Will These Moisturizers Turn Me Into An Anthropomorphized Dew Drop?

Welcome to Operation Goo Goo Gah Gah, a bi-weekly column by Ziwe Fumudoh where the comedian and writer tries everything under the sun in dogged pursuit of baby-smooth skin and the makeup to complement it. There is no shortage of promising products out there, but which actually work? Ziwe’s here …

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12 Ways to Turn Frugality Habits Into a Game

I love playing games, and I’ve found that one of the best strategies over the years for getting me to do anything is to turn it into some kind of game. I’ll find ways to keep “score,” keep track of my best score, and then try to break it, and …

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