Gaming: 5 of 10
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‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Heading for Huge $141M-Plus U.S. Opening
Let the Easter egg hunt begin. Illumination and Universal’s Nintendo video game adaptation The Super Mario Bros. Movie is off to a rip-roaring start at the box office, and is now looking to score at least $141 million in its five-day domestic debut over the long Easter holiday weekend after starting off Wednesday with an impressive $31.7 million, according to early models.
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Valve likes the idea of an OLED Steam Deck, too, but says it isn't as simple as it sounds
Swapping to a new screen is "a bigger amount of work than people are assuming it would be."
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Mark Zuckerberg denied the ‘narrative’ that he’s ditching the metaverse and he unveiled a new goal: bringing ‘A.I. agents’ to ‘billions of people’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that he isn't changing the company's name to include the letters A.I. anytime soon. During Meta's quarterly earnings conference call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg took aim at recent headlines that suggested the company is abandoning its ambitions to create a digital world, or "metaverse," so that it could focus instead on the A.I. craze sweeping over Silicon Valley.
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Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass
The Xbox price hike follows warnings prices wouldn’t hold forever.
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Call of Duty has been the top-selling game on PlayStation for 9 of the last 10 years
On the occasion of the current dispute between Sony and Microsoft over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, very interesting information about the activities of both console manufacturers comes to light. A good example of this are the latest reports of the Japanese corporation on the proceeds from the sale of games from the Call of Duty series . It turns out that this is a real goldmine.
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Fourty Years of Famicom: The Once and Future King
Happy 40th anniversary to the legendary video gaming titan, Famicom!
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Sony dives into 'extended reality' with $2bn R&D war chest
Sony Group will ramp up R&D spending in its game business, as it seeks to hone technology in live service games and the emerging field of "extended reality" that blends physical and digital worlds. The company will pour 300 billion yen (about $2.13 billion) into research and development for its game segment for the fiscal year ending in March 2024. The amount, which will account for around 40% of its total R&D spending, now surpasses spending in electronics and semiconductors.
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Half-Life remade as a roguelike, approved by Valve, and playable now
The original Half-Life has been remade as top-down, twin-stick shooter roguelike, which has been approved for Steam by Valve and has its first version out now.
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Senators urge Meta not to open Horizon Worlds up to younger teens
Two senators have urged Mark Zuckerberg not to open up Meta's Horizon Worlds app to younger teenagers.
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16 years ago, people spent days in lines around the block to buy iPhones. Apple is announcing a new gadget today and no one seems to care.
Did you even know, before you opened this post, that today, Apple is launching another massive new product?
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Soapbox: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Straight Up Fails In Just One Respect: Accessibility
In 2023, we should expect better from Nintendo
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There Is No World Where Starfield Is So Good People Sell Their PS5 And Move To Xbox, Phil Spencer Says
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has commented on the battle between Microsoft and rivals Sony and Nintendo, saying Xbox sits in third place and the idea that Microsoft could just make better games to gain marketshare doesn't hold up. Spencer said even if Starfield is the best game in the history of the world, that wouldn't be enough to help Xbox overtake PlayStation.
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The Mortuary Assistant is now available on Nintendo Switch
The Mortuary Assistant is now available on Nintendo Switch. The smash-hit indie horror hit – which offers some genuinely unsettling moments in its 10ish hour run time over numerous playthroughs – doesn't seem to boast any Switch-specific features, but it does mark the first time the chilling creeper is available outside of Steam.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Has Jumped Over $1 Billion at the Global Box Office - IGN
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has jumped past $1 billion at the global box office and has become the 10th animated film to achieve that impressive milestone.
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Xbox's First Wireless Arcade Stick Arrives Just in Time For Street Fighter 6
8BitDo's Wireless Arcade Stick for Xbox ships at the end of June for $120.
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Over 100 PlayStation VR2 games are in development, Sony says
Over 100 games are in development for PSVR2, but they might not get physical releases.
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Magic mushrooms, magical worlds: How VR and psychedelics are being combined in therapy
From private beaches and crackling bonfires to stars that hold the recordings of fleeting thoughts, virtual reality is being used in combination with psychedelic therapy.
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Microsoft signs fourth Call of Duty deal in fresh bid to win over regulators
Microsoft has announced two new Xbox cloud streaming deals this week.
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Meta's Reality Labs lost $13.7 billion on VR and AR last year
Meta's investment into its vision of a VR-connected future for social media remains colossal.
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New $69.99 price may negatively impact PS5 game unit sales, data suggests
Reports indicate that PlayStation users are buying less games, and Sony's data suggests that higher costs are a reason why unit sales have dropped.