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Respawn Entertainment will be publishing the blog post copied below announcing the migration of Apex Legends to Amazon GameLift Servers on AWS. The aim is to improve the experience for gamers by making behind-the-scenes changes that can affect things like ping time, lag, and disputes about who really shot who first. As a long-term investment in the tech powering Apex, Electronic Arts’ Respawn has officially migrated our game servers to Amazon GameLift Servers. This partnership gives us more fl
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Brands are chasing Gen Z inTO games, and so it’s no surprise that Jack in the Box is springing into the gaming world of Fortnite. Jack in the Box will bring its mascot Jack Box and his irreverence to Epic Games’ Fortnite game, where players will grind their way through corporate ranks in “Jack’s CEO Minigames,” an exclusive experience that culminates with the ultimate prize: becoming CEO of Jack in the Box. This innovative collaboration reimagines classic Fortnite maps into an immersive Jack-t
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It’s been an eventful time for Dungeons & Dragons lately, particularly behind the scenes. But an upcoming update is about to affect all its players, particularly those on the creative side. On April 22, Wizards of the Coast is publishing a 5.2 version of its System Release Document (or SRD)—aka, the game’s base rules to be used by third-party publishers making products built off the TTRPG’s foundation—that will include “foundational content” from its recently released Core Rulebooks. Going forw
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Nintendo held its Mario Kart World Direct on Thursday morning to show off the flagship game that'll launch with the Switch 2 in June. But even as the company showed off the game's new features, most people watching wanted one thing: For Nintendo to lower the price. Mario Kart World received backlash when it was revealed to have an $80 price tag after the Switch 2 reveal event on April 2. Those interested in the Switch successor are excited about the new games but concerned that its higher price
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Omeda Studios scored a hit game with Predecessor, a multiplayer online battle arena game, when it launched in August 2024. Robbie Singh, CEO of Omeda Studios, said the company scored more than two million players so far, but there was a problem to fix. The company had servers on the West Coast or the East Coast of the U.S., and it was hard to put players into matches where the “ping” time, or the time it takes for an action in the game to go across the network and back, was uniform for all. By
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Something to look forward to: Bungie has finally revealed gameplay footage and release details for upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, which aims to reimagine the FPS series the company released three decades ago. Pricing details are forthcoming, and the new multiplayer title will receive a closed alpha later this month. The player-versus-player-versus-enemy shooter tasks teams of up to three players with scavenging loot from various sci-fi locations within a time limit, all while fighting op
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In May 2016, celebrated studio Blizzard launched its hero shooter, Overwatch. A month later, the game added a competitive mode, and it stayed relatively the same through Overwatch 2, its 2022 sequel. On Tuesday, Overwatch 2 will launch its new Stadium mode, which might be the biggest change to the game in almost nine years. Despite the competitive format staying more or less the same, a lot has happened between Overwatch's earliest days and the start of Stadium -- dozens of metas, the great con
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More Family Board Games Photograph: Simon Hill There are so many family board games. Here are a few more we liked. Flip 7 for $13: The thrill of pushing your luck is the draw for this hybrid card game, as you hit or stick Blackjack-style, trying to get seven different face-up cards. Special action cards and modifiers mix things up, allowing for some tactical play. Suitable for three or more players aged 8 and up, it only takes 20 minutes to play. Tension: The Top 10 Naming Game for $43: Topi
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Facepalm: Hackers have been a persistent problem in the PC version of Star Wars Battlefront II for years, but a recent wave of attacks has rendered some of the online shooter's modes completely unplayable. EA is reportedly working on a fix, but players have been waiting for days with no public response from the company. The subreddit and official support forums for Star Wars Battlefront II are currently filled with complaints about a hack that has broken some parts of the game for all players.
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Marathon, the long-dormant sci-fi shooter from Bungie, makes its return in September. For players who want to try out the new game before it comes out, there will be a closed alpha test starting later this month. A trilogy of games released on the Mac back in the '90s, Marathon was the franchise that put Bungie on the map before it released Halo on the original Xbox. This latest iteration of Marathon is a complete overhaul of the original formula, going from an old-school 3D FPS game like Doom
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Storycraft — the AI-powered game platform where players create, explore, and share their own interactive story worlds — has raised a $3 million seed round. The funding for the Montreal-based startup will accelerate the global multiplatform launch of Storycraft’s multiplayer mobile game built on Google Cloud, which combines AI creative tools, online community, and social storytelling in never before seen ways. Khosla Ventures led, the round, which follows an earlier $2 million pre-seed round le
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Bungie is set to take the wrappers off Marathon this Saturday and reveal gameplay from its first non-Destiny project in many years (and its first new one since joining Sony in 2022 ). Before that though, the studio has confirmed one detail about the multi-platform extraction shooter that PC and Xbox gamers may like to hear. The game won’t force players to log in with a PlayStation account on those platforms. The Marathon team confirmed on the game’s official Discord server that "Marathon will n
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Warborne: Above Ashes, the sci-fi MMO published by Qooland Games, is launching its next major playtest on April 24. Offering MMO players their first full-scale experience of its massive battlefield, deep faction warfare, and larger-scale strategic combat, the playtest is another milestone toward the game’s launch. Players can now sign up for the playtest and add the game to their Steam wishlist on Warborne: Above Ashes’ official Steam page. Following a highly competitive playtest in March – w
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Owlchemy Labs announced today that it’s rolling out the first major update for its multiplayer VR title, Dimensional Double Shift. The new update takes inspiration from the studio’s Austin, Texas location, as it adds a new dimension called Hexas. The studio also revealed today that the game has left the open beta phase and is now in early access. Hexas costs $4.99, but only one player needs to own it in order for multiple players to join in. As always in DDS, players must keep Gas N’ Grill cust
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It will only be available for PCs and mobile devices. Sega just announced that Sonic Rumble will be available on May 8. It was supposed to come out last winter , but will finally see the light of day next month. It’s being described as a "multiplayer action game" and it really reminds me of Mediatonic’s Fall Guys, which even offers a mode that stars the speedy hedgehog . To that end, Sonic Rumble can accommodate 32 players at once. It’s a battle royale-style title that has players race around
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How “deleting multiplayer from the engine” can save memory Although the title of this article might suggest otherwise, I don’t dislike Unreal’s multiplayer features. As someone who has worked on two different multiplayer games in Unreal, I enjoy Unreal’s seamless multiplayer integration. It’s built deep into the engine instead of being moved to an optional plugin like so many other features. You can test any project in multiplayer mode without writing a single line of code. Of course, it will n
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Search for “SimCity 4” on YouTube, and you’ll see players constructing multilevel highway interchanges and intricate railroad networks, or maybe even a swooping flyby of a sprawling metropolis. None of these features came with the original game, which was released just after the turn of the millennium. They’ve been developed slowly and painstakingly over the 22 years since its release by dedicated aficionados — a thriving community that continues to push the game’s limits. The work is a labor o
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Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. Sofa is an easy-to-use app that helps keep you organized when you don’t have something to do. Everyone has some level of downtime, but often don’t plan things out. Social media doomscrolling is often an option, but Sofa helps you plan out other leisure activities. In its new update, it also added a built
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Marvel Rivals players are getting invited to the shores of Krakoa for the start of season 2 on April 11. The game dropped the first trailer for the new season, giving us our first official look at the new heroes, and a developer vision video dropped major news about the future of hero releases. The trailer features Emma Frost, wearing slightly more clothes than usual, inviting people from across Rivals' various timelines to the mutant nation of Krakoa, where everyone gets dressed up for a fancy
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After surviving the endless night in New York City with the Fantastic Four, Marvel Rivals players are getting invited to the shores of Krakoa for the start of season 2 on April 11. The game dropped the first trailer for the new season, giving us our first official look at the new heroes, and a developer vision video dropped major news about the future of hero releases. The trailer features the former foe and sometimes-leader of the X-Men, Emma Frost, inviting people from across Rivals' various
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is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. In a multi-part interview with Nintendo about newly-announced Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods, director Hidetaka Miyazaki tried to dispel worries that developer FromSoftware is shifting focus away from single-player games. The studio known for single-player dark fantasy epics like Elden Ring and the Dark Souls series is now working on
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After surviving the endless night in New York City with the Fantastic Four, Marvel Rivals players are getting invited to the shores of Krakoa for the start of season 2 on April 11. The game dropped the first trailer for the new season, giving us our first official look at the new heroes, and a developer vision video dropped major news about the future of hero releases. The trailer features the former foe and sometimes-leader of the X-Men, Emma Frost, inviting people from across Rivals' various
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is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. The Switch 2 is getting an unexpected sequel to GameCube racing game Kirby Air Ride, with Masahiro Sakurai — the original Air Ride’s director, not to mention the creator of both Kirby and Super Smash Bros. — returning to lead development. Air Ride, launched in 2003, is a four-player racer in which players control different-colored versions of Kirby across various vehicles, a
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One of the new games Nintendo announced at its Switch 2 Direct is Drag X Drive, an original title that uses the new Joy-Con 2’s built-in mouse function as its core mechanic. The game is a sports co-op title, featuring 3v3 basketball matches with players in wheelchairs. The game launches on Switch 2 sometime this summer. Nintendo says the game “challenges players to use the mouse controls with both Joy-Con 2 at the same time to intuitively steer, speed up, perform tricks and make plays such as
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Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If there’s one thing Nintendo has always understood, it’s that everyone may want to play together, but might not all own the same game. With the Switch 2, the company is launching GameShare, enabling local multiplayer on multiple consoles with just one copy of a title. Yes friends, thi
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The popular console game emulator Delta has just gotten another huge update. With its latest version, users can now play online multiplayer Nintendo DS games. You can now play online multiplayer Nintendo DS games with Delta As announced in a post on Bluesky, version 1.7 of the Delta emulator for iOS introduces Online Multiplayer for Nintendo DS games. Of course, the service relies on alternative Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (WFC) servers hosted by the community since Nintendo shut down the offici
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Gunzilla is launching its $GUN token on Binance as a way for its Off the Grid battle royale game community to trade their gaming items. The move is part of Gunzilla‘s dream of making Off the Grid, a hybrid Web2 and Web3 game, into the first mainstream success for Web3 gaming. (Gunzilla made headlines last week by buying Game Informer and reviving the game journalism site that was shut down last year by GameStop). Theo Agranat, director of Web3 at Gunzilla, said in an interview with GamesBeat t
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Nice Gang, the indie game studio bringing free real-world collectible trophies to players, announced PvP combat for mobile RPG Eighth Era. The squad-based role-playing game was co-developed by Perfect Day Games. Marking the official product launch of Eighth Era, the game is now available with a full single player campaign, PvP and player-versus-environment (PvE) modes on iOS and Android devices worldwide. In the latest update, players will now be able to compete against each other in asynchron
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The Nintendo Direct livestream on Thursday brought some unexpected news for Tamagotchi fans: the Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop game series of the early 2000s is being resurrected with a new entry, Tamagotchi Plaza. But it seems the announcement trailer left out the best part. As spotted by Tama-Palace, Bandai Namco says on the game’s official website that Tamagotchi Plaza will be compatible with the Tamagotchi Uni. Players will be able to link their Uni devices to the game to access special
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The Sandbox, the Web3 social gaming platform and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is launching Alpha Season 5 on March 31. The Sandbox said the event kicks off a six-week season of new games, social experiences, and gamified worlds to explore, featuring immersive experiences in partnership with beloved brands and curated community-created content. Alpha Season 5 is headlined by the Jurassic World collaboration with Universal Products & Experiences and Amblin Entertainment featuring the new Jura
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