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Diablo IV’s open beta starts next month
The open beta kicks off on March 24th.
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This gaming chair makes your butt a part of the action
Cooler Master's cheeky team of designers have cracked the butt-immersion problem of gaming with the new Synk X haptic gaming chair.
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The FTC finalizes Epic's $245 million settlement over sketchy Fortnite purchases
The FTC slammed Epic Games with $245 million in fines this week over misleading dark pattern design and kids' privacy protections.
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Apple Adds Nintendo Online Classic Controller Support to the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
It seems that Apple slipped a little extra controller support into yesterday’s updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS: Nintendo Online classic controller support. Nintendo sells wireless versions of its classic NES, SNES, and Nintendo 64 controllers, plus the Sega Genesis controller for use with its Nintendo Online Service for Switch. The controllers are a
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“Just a bunch of idiots having fun”—a photo history of the LAN party
An interview with Merritt K, chronicler of a crucial, awkward time in PC gaming.
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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 sends Valve DMCA notice to block Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin
On Friday, the developers behind open source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin received a DMCA takedown notice from Nintendo blocking Dolphin's impending release on Steam. The development team launched a Steam page on March 28 and announced it on the Dolphin blog, writing: "We're pleased to finally tell the world of our experiment. This has been the product of many months of work, and we look forward to getting it into users' hands soon!"
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Metaverse off to ominous start after VR headset sales shrank in 2022
Meta is betting big on virtual reality as an anchor technology for its metaverse, but VR isn't catching on yet within the mainstream.
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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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GPU shipments last quarter were the lowest they've been in over 10 years
It's been a challenging couple of years for the GPU industry, with it hitting a not-so-great milestone recently: a new report from JPR(opens in new tab) says that in Q3 of this year, GPU shipments dropped 10.3% from the previous quarter. Year-to-year, overall shipments on GPUs are down about 25%, which includes standalone GPUs as well as those shipped inside desktops and laptops. That's the biggest drop in GPU shipments since the 2009 recession.
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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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'Pokemon Go' creator returns to 'real world' recipe for NBA game
Seven years ago the mobile game "Pokemon Go" took the world by storm, and now its creators are aiming to infuse the same "real-world" appeal into their new basketball game. While players of "Pokemon Go" were guided by their mobile phones to real-world locations to collect magical creatures, "NBA All-World" allows players to challenge each other to games in the street.
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'The Last of Us' Is Just the Beginning of Hollywood's Big Video Game Gamble
HBO’s mega-hit series The Last of Us is one of many upcoming video game adaptations that Tinseltown’s betting big money on
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It's painful how hellbent Mark Zuckerberg is on convincing us that VR is a thing
At Meta Connect 2022, the company’s annual developer conference for its VR efforts and Oculus hardware platform, the company announced a lot of stuff — but what it communicated more effectively than anything else was just how incredibly thirsty — one might even say desperate — Mark Zuckerberg is for his metaverse bet to pay off.
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Resident Evil 4 Remake Voice Actor Falls Victim To Internet Hate Comments
Lily Gao, voice actor for Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 Remake, has fallen victim to hate filled comments over the social media. The voice actor in question did voice overs for Ada Wong in the Resident Evil 4 remake, and she received hate comments over the social media on her portrayal of the iconic character. Her Instagram profile has been getting hit with negative comments from rabid Ada fans since the game’s launch.
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Let the (16k) games begin!
I used to stop outside the record shop on the way to school or out in town on the weekends and flick through the cassette tapes that were lined up in those tall carousels they use to sell postcards in the street. The cassettes I was interested in didn’t have music on them, but Spectrum computer games. I looked through every one to see one piece of information before I got too excited.
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With Advent of Super Mario Bros. Trailer, It’s Time to Banish the Chris Pratt Hate
While people aren’t shy about withholding their thoughts on Chris Pratt’s role as Mario, we should no longer tolerate the bullying behavior of people who do not agree with things assume…
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Atomic Heart dev facing backlash on statement relating to Russo-Ukraine war
Atomic Heart developer Mundfish is facing backlash over a statement on its stance on the Russo-Ukraine war. Earlier today on January 16, Mundfish published several tweets from its official Twitter account. Follow-up tweets to the one below state that Mundfish does "not comment on politics or religion," and that the developer is "a global team focused on getting Atomic Heart into the hands of gamers everywhere."
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer
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The Internet Had A Cruel Response To Dream’s Face Reveal
Popular Minecraft YouTuber Dream revealed his face behind the mask, prompting mixed reactions.