This Week in Games

Shenmue 3 officially ends crowdfunding and we go over why Shenmue is important to game development history. GameStop sells off a division for cash, a division of AT&T stores that is. PlayVS wants to take eSports hype to a high school level, Friday Night Lights League of Legends anyone?

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Sony ditches E3 for almost no reason. Microsoft has yet another console rumor for 2019. Jam City makes a giant play in the mobile space. Blizzard outlines its mobile future.

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Microsoft acquires two more specialized games studios. Riot’s culture storm continues as the lawyers come out. Two game giants have disappointing earnings. Belgium continues their rampage against loot boxes.

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Everyone boos Blizzard at Blizzcon. EA announces a new game dev platform that offloads work in the cloud. Mixer releases new features to give Twitch some competition and lots of “exciting” earning reports

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Microsoft games Q2 earnings, Unikrn brings in a new era of eSports betting, Epic raises money for some unknown reason and Trion effectively shuts down.

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GDC 2019 registration is officially open. Discord’s store and subscription service enters global Beta. Cloud9 raises series B funding. Rockstar gets a bad rap.

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Microsoft officially announces their cloud gaming service. Two big acquisition rumors spread. A South Korean eSports giant invades North America. Sony kinda confirms a Playstation 5. The fate of Magic Leap doesn't look good.

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Nintendo rumored to release a new console, Google officially announces Cloud Gaming service, Tencent offers a restructuring, a trio of big names step down and more

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A quick dive into DApps, a series of game closures and a Facebook claims to have launched a standalone Rift.

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What does the Tokyo Game Show mean in today's Industry? Twitch is randomly blocked in China. Loot Boxes are attacked in multiple parts of the world. THQ Nordic continues some master plan of IP acquisition. 2 major studio closures :(

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