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Milosz Szubert
March 15, 2019
THQ Nordic and HandyGames have announced SpellForce: Heroes & Magic, a mobile turn-based strategy spin-off of the RPG/RTS hybrid series. If you're a fan of Heroes of Might and Magic, here's something up your alley.
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Christian Pieniazek
March 14, 2019
Niantic has revealed more details about their upcoming title Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Additionally, several gaming websites have shared their impressions of the current version of the game, which may become something more than just a Pokemon GO clone.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 12, 2019
Epic Games can rest easy. The four celebrities that filed cases against the company have withdrawn their lawsuits for copyright infringement and illegal use of their dance choreographies in Fortnite.
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Adrian Werner
March 11, 2019
Artifact's situation is getting progressively worse. As it turns out, the title has lost its two lead gameplay designers, Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias.
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Adrian Werner
March 9, 2019
Brian Ekberg from Turn 10 Studios might have accidentally revealed the new Forza game. If the latest revelations turn out to be true, Forza Street may be coming to mobile platforms.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 4, 2019
The most popular Internet browser in February 2019 was Chrome. Google's app has increased its share of the market. The developers of Safari have reasons to be happy, Firefox, however, is losing ground.
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Bart Swiatek
March 4, 2019
Blizzard revealed a roadmap for Hearthstone. The Year of the Dragon will introduce e.g. a large new Adventure and three expansions. At the same time, nine cards will be added to the Hall of Fame.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 2, 2019
In response to the growing popularity of the competing Apex Legends, the developers of Fortnite have confirmed that they are considering the introduction of two new gameplay mechanics: respawns and a new voiceless communication system.
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Jakub Mirowski
February 24, 2019
Epic Games announced that the total prize pool available in Fortnite in 2019 equals $100 million. This includes both the rewards in Fortnite World Cup and other events across the year.
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Konrad Serafinski
February 24, 2019
Fortnite is still doing very well. On February 16th, the game registered 7.6 million concurrent players, which is a record number for a day without any event. The result was achieved in spite of the huge popularity of Apex Legends.
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Milosz Szubert
February 22, 2019
Epic Games intends to sue the organizers of the Fortnite Live festival, which took place last weekend in Norwich, UK.
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Michael Kulakowski
February 20, 2019
US patent office responded to Alfons Ribeiro's claim of alleged copyright infringement in Fortnite using the Fresh emote. According to patent examiners, a short, simple dance does not fall under copyright law, rendering the claim invalid.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 17, 2019
This year's D.I.C.E. Awards have just been announced. God of War turned out to be unstoppable, winning in nine categories, including Game of the Year.
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Adrian Werner
February 14, 2019
Peter Molyneux, the iconic game developer of Populous and Black & White fame is working on Legacy, an economic strategy game, in which we will play as a company owner.
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Adrian Werner
February 12, 2019
Soon, Spotify will change its treatment of users that block the site’s ads. The company intends to ban any account on which ad blockers are detected.
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Adrian Werner
February 9, 2019
Bye-bye Microsoft Studios, hello Xbox Game Studios. Sea of Theves launches a campaign to invite your friends. New Games in Xbox Game Pass. A deal between Starbreeze, Universal Games and Digital Platforms concerning PayDay: Crime War.
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Milosz Szubert
February 7, 2019
The huge success of Apex Legends - a battle royale from Respawn Entertainment studio - made Electronic Arts begin planning the further development of this title. It is practically certain that a mobile version will appear quite soon.
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February 6, 2019
Microsoft plans to expand Xbox Live support on Android and iOS devices, as well as the Nintendo Switch console.
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Bart Swiatek
February 4, 2019
A 10-minutes long online performance by DJ Marshmello in Fortnite: Battle Royale was seen by more than 10 million people in-game.
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February 3, 2019