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Razer Blade 16 (2023) Gaming Laptop Review
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Razer Blade 16 (2023) Gaming Laptop Review

Razer's 2023 Blade 16, while expensive, is still one of the most complete gaming laptops on the market. Check out the improvements in this year's model.

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Console, PC gaming to make 27% of total U.S. gaming revenues in 2023, shrink to 23% by 2027

New forecast date from Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) indicates that console and PC gaming will only comprise 27% of total U.S. games earnings for 2023.

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Expensive NVIDIA H100 Hopper AI graphics card put to the test in gaming benchmarks

The NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU is not built for gaming, but that hasn't stopped people from using the $40,000 GPU to play PC games.

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Skydance could resurrect best parts of the cancelled Boba Fett and Visceral Star Wars games

Skydance is cooking up a new Star Wars game with key developers behind two key cancelled Star Wars projects: Visceral's Star Wars and Star Wars 1313.

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PlayStation's fledgling mobile business loses head executive

PlayStation's mobile business may be floating rudderless as the head executive for the fledgling segment has left Sony's PlayStation Studios banner.

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Half-decade production cycles are the new norm for AAA games

Gamers can expect big-budget AAA games to have multi-year development cycles that could last half a decade or more, Xbox Game Studios boss reiterates.

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Ubisoft set up for a big comeback with new AAA game slate

After years of declining performance, Ubisoft's big new AAA release slate could help turn the tides and boost sales across a triple-hitter games lineup.

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Hutts may be one of the crime syndicates featured in Star Wars Outlaws

Ubisoft's new Star Wars Outlaws game is a scoundrel sim that sees players interacting with different crime syndicates, and the Hutts may be one of them.

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Microsoft won't immediately raise Xbox Game Pass price if Activision merger is approved

If the merger with Activision is approved, Microsoft will not raise the price of Xbox Game Pass even if and when Call of Duty releases on the service.

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Activision will operate separately on a post-merger basis, Microsoft says

Activision Blizzard King's creative operations 'will remain separate and continue to operate' undisturbed on a post-merger basis, MSFT lawyers say.

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Avatar Frontiers of Pandora has a cultural rites of passage storyline

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora melds the Hero's Journey archetype with a rites of passage motif that sees players exploring the roots of the Na'vi culture.

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Microsoft may abandon Activision merger if federal judge grants FTC request

Microsoft and Activision have indicated that they may abandon their proposed $68.7 billion merger if federal courts grant FTC a preliminary injunction.

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Twitch execs hold Q&A on new Partner Plus program

Twitch introduces a new Partner Plus program that offers streamers 70% of revenues from subscriptions and gift subs if certain qualifications are met.

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Xbox first-party games find success in one of the most important KPIs of modern gaming

Xbox's first-party games are finding impressive success in one of the most important performance measurements of modern gaming: digital player engagement.

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Phil Spencer: 'I think of Xbox Game Pass as a content fund'

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer likens Game Pass to a kind of content fund that helps new experimental games and interesting passion projects hit the market.

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Phantom Liberty director will lead Cyberpunk 2077 sequel's development

Cyberpunk 2077's new Phantom Liberty will overhaul the game in many ways, and the director who leads the charge will also helm Project Orion's development.

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Outriders still has not made a profit, developer confirms

Polish game developer People Can Fly have yet to receive royalty payments for Outriders, indicating the game still has not turned a profit for Square Enix.

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Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly secures big contract for new Xbox game

Bulletstorm and Outriders developer People Can Fly are working on a secret new Xbox game codenamed Project Maverick with a substantial $50m budget.

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PS5 games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium cloud streaming

PS5 game streaming is coming to PlayStation Plus Premium's cloud offering, punctuating Jim Ryan's comments on 'aggressive and interesting' cloud expansion.

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FTC secures restraining order temporarily prohibiting Microsoft-Activision merger from closing

California courts have granted the Federal Trade Commission's request for a restraining order to temporarily prohibit the MSFT-ATVI merger from closing.

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Outlaws looks like one of the most authentic Star Wars games ever made

Ubisoft Massive's new Star Wars game is turning heads with its authentic representation of the gritty analog-tech universe, which is set to launch in 2024.

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Xbox has been engaged with Starfield's development since early 2022

Microsoft's first-party game support teams have been engaged with Starfield since early 2022, including its console-centric Advanced Technology Group.

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FTC seeks federal court orders to stall Microsoft-Activision merger

The FTC seeks federal court orders to temporarily prohibit Microsoft from merging with Activision until its internal administrative lawsuit is complete.

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Embracer to restructure games empire, layoffs, studio closures, game cancellations imminent

Embracer Group is one of the many video games companies to restructure in an effort to control rising costs, will lead to layoffs and studio closures.

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Diablo IV ignites market with $666 million game sales revenues in 5 days

On the heels of Modern Warfare 2's breakout success in 2022, Blizzard continues the trend with over half a billion dollars in sales in just one work week.

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Avatar Frontiers of Pandora channels Far Cry with FPS bow combat and slick traversal

Avatar Frontiers of Pandora is a distinct Far Cry spiritual successor with fluid FPS combat, complete with bows and guns, as well as aerial exploration.

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Phil Spencer explains why Japanese games skip Xbox

Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer weighs in on why Japanese game developers typically skip the Xbox platform: 'Sometimes teams don't have a connection to Xbox'

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Bethesda may change forever after The Elder Scrolls VI, Todd Howard indicates

Bethesda Game Studios director and producer Todd Howard indicates that The Elder Scrolls VI could change the studio and usher in a new transition point.

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Phil Spencer on new mid-cycle Xbox upgrade: Right now we're pretty set on the hardware we have

Microsoft is in no rush to create a new upgraded mid-cycle Xbox Series console, and Phil Spencer says Xbox is 'pretty set on the hardware that we have'

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Skyrim is one of the best-selling games of all time with 60 million copies sold

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has now sold over 60 million copies worldwide across three console generations, Bethesda's Todd Howard reveals.

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Starfield 30FPS console perf confirmed, 4K 30FPS on Series X, 1440p 30FPS on Series S

Bethesda Game Studios officially confirms the frame rate performance of Starfield on Xbox Series X and S consoles, with the game locked to 30FPS on both.

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Square Enix's new CEO is a gamer who grew up playing Final Fantasy

Square Enix's new CEO Takashi Kiryu is a gamer who grew up with the Final Fantasy series, gives new confidence in the company's fresh business direction.

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Fable's first new footage stars IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade in hilarious take on fairy tales

The first extended footage from the new Fable game was worth the wait, stars a familiar face and keeps the traditional English humor and satire alive.

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Xbox Series S 1TB model announced for $349

Microsoft's Xbox Series S console gets a much-needed storage upgrade with a new 1TB SSD model that comes with a slick new black paintjob.

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PC Game Pass Ultimate titles coming to NVIDIA GeForce Now devices

At a press briefing in Los Angeles, Microsoft indicates that PC Game Pass license entitlements will carry over to NVIDIA's GeForce Now streaming service.

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Xbox expects to make over $1 billion from PC in 2023

Microsoft gaming CEO Phil Spencer says that the Xbox gaming brand is expected to make over $1 billion from PC in 2023, possibly driven by Game Pass.

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Starfield will have a photo mode to capture over 1,000 planets and worlds

Bethesda's latest space sim Starfield will have a photo mode so that you can capture all those breathtaking horizons and planet-wide atmospheric shots.

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Jefferies analyst: Microsoft-Activision merger has a less than 50% chance being approved

A key securities analyst from Jefferies tells investors that he believes the Microsoft-Activision merger has a less than 50% chance in being approved.

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Xbox 2023 showcase: Hopes, dreams, and predictions

With tomorrow's showcase, Microsoft has a valuable opportunity to swing back in a big way and turn around the current discourse on the Xbox brand.

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Activision updates shareholders on its union negotiation efforts

Activision-Blizzard shares updates on its union negotiations to shareholders and advises stakeholders to vote against a particular union-centric proposal.

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10 years ago, PlayStation's marketing team won two consecutive console generations

10 years ago, Xbox introduced disastrous marketing that gave PlayStation an easy win that grew into two consecutive console generations of success.

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Digital-only AAA games to become the standard by 2028, analyst predicts

Video games industry analyst Mat Piscatella predicts that digital-only AAA games will become more prevalent in the following years as physical recedes.

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Fallout designer Tim Cain loved New Vegas: 'It felt like OG Fallout'

Original Fallout creator and designer Tim Cain delivers some of the highest praise for Fallout New Vegas, says that the game 'felt really OG Fallout'

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Tim Cain reveals the books, films, games & real-life influences that inspired the first Fallout

Fallout creator Tim Cain outlines the main influences and inspirations that led to Interplay's creation and development of the first Fallout game on PC.

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Zelda movie reportedly in the works from Nintendo and Illumination

Nintendo's next major film adaptation will be reportedly based on The Legend of Zelda franchise, and Universal is said to be paying quite a bit for rights.

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth ships on 2 discs, coming early 2024

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the standalone second chapter of the Remake trilogy that's coming early 2024 to PS5, and it'll be released on two Blu-ray dis.

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NetherRealm originally wanted Mortal Kombat to be 'Jean-Claude van Damme the video game'

NetherRealm's Ed Boon shares more details about Jean-Claude Van Damme's involvement with Mortal Kombat 1, says the team wanted him from the get-go.

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Fortnite made nearly $6 billion from in-game purchases in 2021

Epic Games made nearly $6 billion from in-game purchases made in Fortnite throughout 2021, driven by its empire of engagement and cross-over promotions.

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Spider-Man 2 release date announced alongside new Venom details

Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment have surprised announced the release date for Spider-Man 2 on PS5, with new Venom details as well.

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Friday the 13th game to be delisted in December, but a new F13 game is in development

Friday the 13th: The Game will be delisted from all storefronts in December 2023, but a new Friday the 13th video game is currently in development.