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With a number of big-name companies–from Google to Nvidia to Microsoft–trying to corner the emerging game streaming market, it’s not surprising that some competitors are already dropping out of the race. Samsung has announced that its PlayGalaxy Link PC-to-mobile streaming service will shut down as of March 27.

The announcement was so quiet that, despite being made on February 26, it’s only been picked up by gaming and tech outlets in the last 24 hours.

The announcement doesn’t provide much detail on why PlayGalaxy Link is being discontinued. “After many difficult discussions, PlayGalaxy Link will be ended on 27 March 2020 due to internal policy changes,” it reads. Ending the service “will allow our Development organization to more effectively focus its resources and add value to the next release of new product.”

The service launched in beta only four months ago, going largely under the radar compared to its competitors. Unlike its direct competitor SteamLink or Google’s similar Stadia project, Samsung PlayGalaxy Link only supported Galaxy-branded handsets.

However Samsung has recently announced a new partnership with Microsoft aimed to deliver a “premium cloud-based game streaming experience.” The partnership will have Samsung contributing to Microsoft’s xCloud gaming service, though it’s not yet clear what Samsung is working on in this arrangement.

The Game Developers Conference was postponed. E3 2020 was canceled. But Gamescom 2020 is still planning to go forward on schedule in August despite ongoing concerns around COVID-19 (coronavirus), organizers have confirmed.

The annual gaming show is held in Cologne, Germany every August. Just recently, the city of Cologne announced it was banning all major events with more than 1,000 participants, which would include Gamescom. This ban is scheduled to be lifted on April 10, so Gamescom is theoretically able to go forward.

The situation surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, which is now classified as a global pandemic, changes on a daily basis, so it presents a challenge for event-planners. For now at least, the organizers of Gamescom are stressing that preparations for Gamescom 2020 are “continuing as planned.” If the event is canceled, all tickets will be refunded.

Even if Gamescom 2020 is able to go forward, whether or not publishers will want to send their teams to the show is another question.

Another issue at play here is that Gamescom is planning to expand to Singapore with a new show, Gamescom Asia, slated for October 2020. There have been no updates as of yet regarding what impact COVID-19 may have on that event.

Gamescom’s main show in Cologne is among the biggest in the world. A reported 373,000 people from more than 100 countries attended the show in 2019, making it many, many times larger than E3 in terms of attendance.

While E3 2020 may be officially canceled, a number of marquee attendees–including Microsoft and Nintendo–are still planning or considering the possibility of holding their own digital events.

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It’s official. For the first time since 1984, WWE’s biggest annual show will broadcast live without an audience. WWE had confirmed that Wrestlemania 36 will not take place in Tampa, Florida, as originally scheduled. Instead, WWE is moving the show to its Performance Center, as it has done with both Smackdown and Raw. This is all in response to the growing COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, which has led to multiple conference, convention, and event cancellations.

In a statement to GameSpot about the situation, WWE said, “In coordination with local partners and government officials, Wrestlemania and all related events in Tampa Bay will not take place. However, Wrestlemania will still stream live on Sunday, April 5 at 7 PM ET on WWE Network and be available on pay-per-view. Only essential personnel will be on the closed set at WWE’s training facility in Orlando, Florida to produce WrestleMania.”

Even though WWE was monitoring the situation, the company was planning to run all the Mania week events as of last week, stating “We remain committed to hosting Wrestlemania at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, April 5, and like other entertainment properties in the U.S., there are currently no plans to cancel or postpone our upcoming events.”

Now, according to the statement, no events will be held in Tampa. It remains to be seen if the company will still present NXT TakeOver: Tampa or the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony at the Performance Center, rather than the arenas they were set for. Meanwhile, chances are the company will continue using the Performance Center for its weekly Raw, NXT, and Smackdown broadcasts.

Wrestlemania 36 will air Sunday, April 5 on WWE Network. You can take a look at the card to see every match currently scheduled for the show. You can also join GameSpot’s Wrestle Buddies, Chris E. Hayner and Mat Elfring, for full coverage of this unique Wrestlemania on April 5.

Untitled Goose Game made a huge impact in 2019, selling over 1 million copies and turning the goose into a pop culture icon. Fans might have finished the game long ago, but those who still have the soundtrack stuck in their heads will soon be able to take it with them everywhere, as it’s set to receive a digital release.

The soundtrack, which will release through Decca Classics, will feature composer Dan Golding’s adapted tunes from Claude Debussy’s Préludes, which is made up of high and low energy versions of each track that the game dynamically switches between depending on your actions.

The album will also feature original music composed by Golding when it releases digitally on March 27, 2020. The release will be digital-only, although Universal Music Australia has told GameSpot that a vinyl release is “in discussion.”

The album’s cover art is below. Honk!

Untitled Goose Game received an 8/10 in GameSpot’s review, which praised the game’s soundtrack: “But the reactive soundtrack is what really sells the goose’s charms. The music, based on Claude Debussy’s Préludes, springs into action dynamically based on the goose’s actions, punctuating moments when it shocks someone and adding a buoyancy to any scene involving a chase. It gives the game a feeling of farce; at its best, it’s reminiscent of a Buster Keaton film, especially since there’s no dialogue.”

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AMC’s new Walking Dead spinoff World Beyond follows a group of teenagers who have grown up in the show’s post-apocalyptic, zombie-ridden world. New footage from the show gives us a closer look at the young group, the world they live in–and even some moss-covered walkers.

The new show is intended to flesh out the world of The Walking Dead. Where Fear The Walking Dead has given us a look at the beginnings of the zombie apocalypse, World Beyond will show us the new normal in a world overrun by zombies.

The first key artwork features Aliyah Royale as Iris, Alexa Mansour as Hope, Nicolas Cantu as Elton, and Hal Cumpston as Silas, while the new image adds in Nico Tortorella as Felix and Annet Mahendru as Huck.

While their characters have grown up in a world where zombies are a given, they have lived in a safe area and never had to encounter them. The new TV show will chart their journey into the unknown, and will be both a teenage coming-of-age story and one of survival.

World Beyond premieres on April 12 at 10 PM ET, after the finale of The Walking Dead’s tenth season. For those who are sick of the main show’s stubborn refusal to end, the good news is that World Beyond is a limited series that will run for only two seasons.

More The Walking Dead content is still to come, with a trilogy of movies centered around Rick Grimes also in the works.

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