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How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story’ ever told in video games
The Last of Us launched in 2013 on PS3 as a prestige narrative experience. The game was developed by Naughty Dog, a studio that had been crucial in setting the standard for story-centric games that emulated a traditional Hollywood format. Its Uncharted games mimicked the spectacle of adventure films by way of Nathan Drake, an Indiana Jones type with the luck of John McClane. But The Last of Us saw the studio pivot from blockbuster action into a genre that dominated the early 2000s — the dystopia — and in the process brought the quality of prestige TV drama to video games.
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Microsoft Confident Call of Duty Can Be Optimized for Nintendo Switch
Microsoft has expressed confidence to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK that it can optimize Call of Duty (CoD) for the Nintendo Switch console. The assurance was given in response to concerns raised by the CMA, which has been reviewing Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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The Aorus RTX 4090 Master is the biggest GPU we've ever seen
Gigabyte’s Aorus RTX 4090 Master is the biggest GPU we’ve ever seen. We don’t yet know the full specs of this GeForce RTX 4090 model, but we do know we’re going to need a very large case to house this beast. This is a monster unit. It needs four slots all to itself on a motherboard. It comes with three 11 cm fans. It is 35.8 cm (14.1 inches) long and 16.2 cm (6.4 inches) wide, meaning we could literally stack several smaller RTX cards inside of it and still have some room to spare. Videocardz.com did the math and determined they could fit 10 Radeon RX 6400 cards inside.
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Why does the Steam Deck run Linux? Blame Windows
The Steam Deck and its Linux-based software are the culmination of a decade-long "hedging strategy" by Valve after the Windows 8 disaster.
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Apple's Headset Reportedly In The Hands Of Developers
New reports suggest that prototype models of Apple's mixed reality headset are now in third-party developers' hands.
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In-depth: How Microsoft could build an empire of mobile Xbox gaming handhelds
The Logitech G Cloud and Razer Edge could be the first of many in a new class of handheld console.
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Diablo Immortal has made $100 million through mobile alone
A new report says only Pokemon Go has accomplished the feat swifter
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GPU demand declines as prices continue to drop
According to a new report, the demand for graphics cards is dropping -- GPU shipments decreased by 6.4% in the first quarter of 2022.
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the best Star Wars game since Knights of the Old Republic
From Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts comes Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, one of the best games of 2023 and a must-have for action-adventure gamers. Read our hands-on impressions of the one of the best Star Wars games of all time now.
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Meta’s New Quest Pro VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face
In November 2021, Facebook announced it would delete face recognition data extracted from images of more than 1 billion people and stop offering to automatically tag people in photos and videos. Luke Stark, an assistant professor at Western University, in Canada, told WIRED at the time that he considered the policy change a PR tactic because the company’s VR push would likely lead to the expanded collection of physiological data and raise new privacy concerns.
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The life and death of midnight game releases
It’s 2009, and I go to my first-ever midnight launch for a game. Infamous was the next big exclusive game for the PS3, and I was incredibly excited. I was in my final weeks of high school, in the middle of exam season in the UK. I took the game home, unwrapped it, and played all night until around 7 am. I had an exam the following day, but I didn’t care. I just had to play that game.
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Nvidia’s selling a nerfed GPU in China to get around export restrictions
The US has restricted the sale of some cards to the country.
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Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sticks the landing in a triumphant return to Hyrule
Is it bad when a new game feels like a rehash of one of the best games of all time? Six years ago, Nintendo launched its new Switch console alongside The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. That entry in the decades-old action-adventure series gave players a sublime sandbox of mystery, puzzles and combat that set a new standard of open-world games.
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Some Apple Employees Seriously Concerned About Mixed-Reality Headset as Announcement Draws Closer
Initial enthusiasm around the device at the company has apparently become skepticism, according to eight current and former Apple employees speaking to The New York Times. The change of tone reportedly marks an unprecedented level of concern about a new Apple product inside the company, in stark contrast to previous product launches that were pursued with single-mindedness and enthusiasm.
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Nintendo Confirms It Won't Be at E3 2023
Nintendo is skipping this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3. The Switch maker confirmed on Friday it won't participate in the gaming convention, which is returning this summer after being canceled in 2022.
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NVIDIA RTX Titan Ada: Four-slot and full AD102 graphics card shelved after melting PSUs
Reportedly, NVIDIA was developing an even more powerful version of the GeForce RTX 4090. Billed as the Titan Ada or the RTX 4090 Ti, the graphics card is thought to be a whopping four slots thick and requires twin 16-pin power connectors. Supposedly, NVIDIA has ceased development though, with multiple reasons spelling the end of the Titan Ada for now.
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Epic CEO fears Apple's influence over the metaverse
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney believes Apple is a major "roadblock in the way of Epic's vision for a metaverse."
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No, Phil Spencer’s shirt isn’t teasing a big game reboot — yet
The CEO of Microsoft Gaming wouldn’t mind a reboot of id’s classic first-person shooter
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The year’s worst video game writing
Oh my god, stop talking.
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Stadia controllers could become e-waste unless Google issues Bluetooth update
One firmware push could let Stadia fans keep their favorite wireless controller.