Game services firm PTW rebrands as Side

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Metro creator 4A Games rebrands as Reburn and unveils new title La Quimera

4A Games Ukraine is renaming itself as Reburn and unveiling a new intellectual property called La Quimera.
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Secret Service agent who rushed to first lady's side after JFK's assassination dies at 93

Clint Hill, the former Secret Service agent who shielded first lady Jacqueline Kennedy from gunfire during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, has died, the agency said Monday.
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Another Live-Service Game Is Shutting Down, With Dauntless Going Offline Soon

Dauntless , the free-to-play Monster Hunter-like from developer Phoenix Labs, will shut down May 29. In a short and to-the-point statement from the official Dauntless X account , it was made ...
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10 Live-Service Games Made Up More Than 40% Of Last Month's US Playtime On PlayStation And Xbox

Live-service games are a large and durable part of the gaming ecosystem, and new data from last month demonstrates just how dominant the biggest games have become. A new report from Circana stated ...
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Space Marine 2 Dev Apologizes To Players, Says The Game Won't Become A Live-Service Title

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 was a hit out of the gate last fall, but that doesn't mean its most devoted players love everything about it. Many fans are especially vocal against the idea of ...
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Twisted Metal's Canceled Live-Service Game Would Have Featured A Big Change For The Series

The original Twisted Metal helped set the tone for PS1 when it was released in 1995, but it's been absent from Sony's consoles since the Twisted Metal reboot in 2012. However, there was an ...
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Why Tottenham Hotspur Has Rebranded Its Name

“Never refer to our Club as ‘Tottenham,’” a statement said. But “Spurs” is still acceptable.
The New York Times - Feb. 23
The US Solar Power Industry Is Trying to Rebrand as MAGA-Friendly

As Donald Trump rages against renewable energy, solar power is being reimagined as a symbol of American “energy dominance.”
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The hidden side of Johnny Carson

As host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV. But the public rarely saw his private side. A new biography, "Carson the Magnificent," examines the ...
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