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Up to 160,000 Nintendo Accounts Compromised in Recent Hack
“We continue to strongly encourage users to enable two-step verification for their Nintendo Account,” the company said
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Augmented Reality Startup Magic Leap Cuts Half of Staff Across Company (Report)
Magic Leap now developing virtual reality tech for commercial use after its headset failed to hit sales targets
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‘Call of Duty: Mobile’ Tournament Offers $1 Million in Prizes
Activision’s online competition begins April 30 and ends May 24
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Riot Games Cancels ‘League of Legends’ Mid-Season Invitational Tournament
Remaining 2020 LCS season still planned, said Riot global head of esports John Needham
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How ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ Publisher Activision Blizzard Is Keeping Cheaters At Bay
“We have zero tolerance for cheaters,” battle royale shooter developer Infinity Ward says
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Snap to Raise $750 Million, ‘May’ Use Some of the Money for Acquisitions
Snapchat parent otherwise earmarks funds from debt sale for “general corporate purposes,” like working capital
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How Podcast Producers Are Coping With Remote Broadcasting
Commutes to work and gyms have disappeared, forcing the podcast industry to adapt, Stitcher executive Chris Bannon says
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Sony, ‘Venom’ Writers to Produce ‘One Punch Man’ Film Based on Popular Manga Series
Avi Arad of Arad Productions to produce
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Video Game Spending Climbs to $1.6 Billion in March, Up 35% From Last Year
$3 billion has been spent on games globally to date this year
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‘Final Fantasy VII Remake’ Hits Record 3.5 Million Downloads in First 3 Days
Beats all previous PS4-exclusive games in the last two years
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Why the Nintendo Switch Console Is Still Sold Out
High demand and reseller bots are keeping the Switches off shelves
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Joe Keery’s Twitter Appears to Be Hacked, Racial Slurs Posted
“Stranger Things” actor deleted the offensive tweets but offered no comment
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Australia Forces Facebook and Google to Pay Country’s Media Outlets for Their News Content
The land downunder joins countries like France that are trying to break Silicon Valley’s hold over media revenue
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Quibi’s Mobile Streaming App Tumbles Down Apple Store Charts
Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ all outrank the new streaming service in free downloads
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Riot Games Acquires Indie Game Developer Hypixel Studios
Riot’s investments now in the double-digits, venture fund planned
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