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Resident Evil 7 gets Play Anywhere support for Xbox One and PC
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Clash of Clans maker Supercell hacked; 1 million forum accounts compromised
Pokémon Go fights poverty with 17 PokéStops at the World Economic Forum
Twitter sells Fabric mobile developer platform to Google
Slack introduces threaded replies
Former Techland COO starts a new game studio in Poland
Mozilla unveils new logo, font, and design
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