Tag: gaming
Sony postpones PlayStation 5 event, in order for ‘more important voices to be heard’
Sony’s planned June 4 PS5 event has been postponed indefinitely, as the U.S. grapples with widespread protests over the death of George Floyd. It’s understandably a difficult time to focus on video game launches, amid national and global unrest. The company noted via Twitter, “While we understand gamers worldwide are…
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Sony delays PlayStation 5 stream due to ongoing protests
Sony has delayed its upcoming PlayStation 5 livestream, which would have seen the company show off gameplay from its upcoming next-generation console. The stream was originally scheduled to start at 4PM ET on June 4th. The company did not say when it… Source
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Zynga acquires Turkey’s Peak Games for $1.8B, after buying its card games studio for $100M in 2017
Today, some news of a huge acquisition out of Turkey that represents the first billion-dollar-plus exit for a startup out of the country. Social gaming company Zynga confirmed that it is buying Istanbul-based Peak Games, the company behind popular Candy-Crush-style mobile gaming apps Toon Blast and Toy Blast, for $1.8…
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Introducing Engadget’s Dads and Grads gift guide
We made it to June, friends! And the Engadget team is very excited to launch our first-ever Dads and Grads gift guide. We know that celebrations are hard right now — hard to pull off and sometimes hard to enjoy — but we don’t want to forget about o… Source
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‘Hardspace: Shipbreaker’ is a puzzle-solving parable
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a game from Canadian studio Blackbird Interactive that launches in Steam Early Access on June 16th. You play as a shipbreaker, tasked with the dangerous job of cutting up disused spaceships to salvage their contents. Wearing… Source
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