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Game Stack Turns Microsoft's Data Centers Into Game Development Platforms

Stadia was introduced as both a game streaming service and a game development platform hosted in Google's data centers. In a previous article, I noted that this combination set Stadia apart from Microsoft's xCloud which is all about streaming games.

by Staff Reporter

Mystic Pulls Ahead : Pokémon GO Fest Global Research Challenge Progress

We're coming into day two of the global research challenge for Pokémon Go Fest in Dortmund, and no real surprises so far. The basic setup for this one is the same as it was for the one in Chicago: each one of the teams has to complete 15,000,000 research tasks, alongside 1,000,000 for the people actually at the event.

by Staff Reporter

Where To Get A Score Of Ten Or More On A Carnival Clown Board In 'Fornite'

It's Day 11 of the '14 Days Of Summer' which means you only have a few days left to finish up all the free challenges and rewards, earning some pretty sweet cosmetics in the process.

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Will The Stranger Things Event Get An LTM : 'Fortnite'

Stranger Things Season 3 is out on Netflix, and we've got a Fortnite event to go with it. This isn't surprising: Epic's battle royale title has been hitting a good chunk of recent pop culture phenomenons from the Avengers to John Wick, the Super Bowl, and DJ Marshmello.

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Extracting What Would Work From That Unreliable ‘GTA 6’ Leak

This week we've seen a lengthy GTA 6 'leak' passed around the internet that seems extremely unreliable at best and flat-out made up at worst. While we do know that Rockstar is no doubt working on GTA 6, the sheer level of detail in this leak and some of the conflicting reveals seem...wrong, and so I'm not putting any stock in it.

by Staff Reporter

‘Apex Legends’ Season 2, Week 1 Challenges Revealed And How To Solve Them

Well, Respawn has finally introduced daily and weekly challenges into Apex Legends in order to help people chew through their newly upgraded battle pass faster. They said that they were going to make challenges that "wouldn't require a YouTube guide" to solve, which is a bummer for me because I have very much enjoyed writing Fortnite guides for the past year. It's interactive, Respawn, put some hidden things in there!

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Here Are The Complete Quest Steps For The Lumina Exotic Hand Cannon: "Destiny 2"

Lumina is a new sort of hand cannon in Destiny 2: its exotic perk gives it the ability to heal and buff allies. To get it requires a long exotic quest of the kind that has become a Destiny 2 specialty in the era of the Forsaken, and it's a decent one.

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Accessible With Bot Spray Inside A Robot Factory: "Fortnite"Fortbyte #52 Location

The 14 Days Of Fortnite are over halfway over, as Season 9 draws inexorably toward its conclusion. Week 9 starts tomorrow with a fresh batch of challenges.

by Staff Reporter

Behind the 'Must-Have Expansions' of 'Terraforming Mars' and 'Xia

At the heart of a Reddit thread a few weeks ago discussing "must have" board expansions was the question, what if the core of a paricular game is just a shade of what the real product is?

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How Baptiste, Brigitte, Genji, And Other Overwatch Heroes Got Made

The hero Baptiste is getting a ton of love in Overwatch right now: Blizzard Entertainment has given the support character a short story and a special skin for the Baptiste Reunion Challenge, which ends Monday. In honor of Overwatch's 30th hero, I caught up with principal game designer Geoff Goodman and lead writer Michael Chu to talk about exactly how these characters come to life.

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'Fortnite' Fortbyte #67 Location: Accessible By Flying The Retaliator Glider Through The Rings Under The Southern Most Sky Platform

Fortbyte #67 is "Accessible by Flying the Retaliator Glider through the rings under the southernmost Sky Platform" which, yeah, that's almost too long to put in a headline but I did it anyway!

by Staff Reporter

Rocket League's 'Ball Chasing' Meta Explained: High Risk, High Reward

For years, the highest level of competitive Rocket League play relied on strict adherence to rotations, a strategy where players immediately circle back to defend after making an attempt on goal, allowing their teammates to advance and launch their own attack.

by Staff Reporter

Borderlands 2 VR Release Date Announcement For PC Should Be Imminent

As gamers awaited more information on Borderlands 3, virtual reality HMD owners were treated to the surprise news that Borderlands 2 would be coming to VR. The game's debut was limited to PlayStation VR but there's good news on the horizon.

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Earn Rewards In 'Elder Scrolls Online' For Being Bad Or Playing 'The Elder Scrolls: Legends'

While most adventurers try to make an honest living by helping those in need and slaying dangerous beasts for valuable treasures, there is a conniving underbelly in Tamriel that's overflowing with stealthy, sneaky, and sinister individuals. I'm speaking of course about the Thieves Guild and the Dark Brotherhood in Elder Scrolls Online, two of the most iconic and beloved factions in all of The Elder Scrolls.

by Staff Reporter