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The ‘PC Engine Mini’ is a schmup fan’s fantasy This slice of gaming history can finally be enjoyed without hitting eBay and selling a kidney.
There’s something funny about how the modern trend of re-releasing old consoles can reflect something of what those machines were. The NES and SNES Classic were slick, packed full of great games, and flew off the shelves. My favourite thing about the Mega Drive mini, on the other hand, was getting hold of a set of non-functioning accessories to clip onto it: a 32X, a Mega-CD, and a Sonic & Knuckles cart. The Neo Geo Mini? Expensive, desirable, filled with brilliant games I’d never heard of. The Capcom Home Arcade takes the form of the Capcom logo, an aesthetic decision I found bizarre until realising it echoed seeing those same six letters on…
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Greekgodx banned from Twitch for saying there’s two genders Belief in the ever expanding list of genders discovered by Tumblr scientists—such as agenderflux and gyraboy—now a requirement for the streaming platform.
Steam game offers 41% discount and now people want the devs dead And the harassment campaign is backfiring big time, with Heartbeat shooting up the bestseller charts after support from prominent anti-bully activist.
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15 completely awesome old school video game commercials Blast to the past.
Since the dawn of video games there have been video game commercials. These ads were singed to the outside of our tender little brains and put a rage in our bellies that caused a relentless verbal assault on our parents. We wanted these games. These commercials are as classic as the video games they are advertising. Let’s go back to a simpler time. Mike Tyson’s Punch Out Before his giant face tattoo and his hunger for human ear meat, Mike Tyson was one of the best boxers to ever walk the earth. This prompted Nintendo to give this insane bastard a direct window right into the minds of the youth.…
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A Call of Duty youtuber is livestreaming his legs literally rotting away 2020 UPDATE: THEY'RE MELTING!—Diabetic drunkard ONLYUSEmeBLADE refuses to seek treatment for the rapidly expanding sores, which are being cheered on by "leg hole" fans as they gradually consume his discolored limbs in daily livestreamed updates.
The history of Wing Commander Wing Commander’s paved the way to the modern video game industry, and its design continues to influence game development to the present day.
Metroid Prime like you’ve never seen it before An extract from the new issue of Heterotopias.
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Sony reveals next-gen PlayStation 5, confirms backwards compatibility, raytracing and 8K 2020 at the earliest.
Fans of Sony’s leading games console, the PlayStation 4, have long awaited a successor to the popular platform that’s delivered everything from Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us to last year’s smash hits, Spider-Man and God of War. They will soon be getting their wish as Sony made a surprise info dump revealing their “next-generation plans” for the gaming world, which fans are unofficially referring to as the PS5. In an exclusive interview with PlayStation’s lead architect Mark Cerny, Wired got the first word of Sony’s plans to take their gaming endeavors to the next generation. The bad news is that it won’t be out this year, but the…
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Could Jedi Fallen Order revive Star Wars video games? Star Wars — as a video game franchise — has been long dead thanks to EA Games’ mishandling.
The No Man’s Sky leak is a darkly amusing outragefest A leaker’s early review dashed hopes for those who expected No Man’s Sky to be the gaming messiah.
Woke Twitter dances on Stan Lee’s grave The passing of the Marvel legend has triggered a frenzied competition in awfulness.
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Atari VCS delays may have been worth it Customizable Atari console will have new Radeon Vega-based graphics architecture and two Zen CPU cores from AMD.
Atari used to be a household name way back in the ’80s, and the company — or at least the new holders of the Atari brand — intend to put the console’s old-school magic into the hands of gamers today. However, delays to the console’s release have cast doubts on whether it’ll ever come out. Originally slated for release in 2018, the console was pushed back to Spring 2019 — a release window that has since come and gone. It’s now set for release in late 2019. The delays haven’t been without cause, as the company revealed last week that they’ve come up with a new production prototype that’s replete…
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City honors Pac-Man’s birthday with honorary citizenship "There are [also] some 'Tekken' characters I would allow on our police force," says Mayor Malloy of Fairfield, Iowa.
The great walking simulator vs. murder simulator debate is over GamesIndustry.biz declares non-walking simulator games boring. May we remind you of a little thing called Grand Theft Auto?
Wesley Snipes and Sean Astin to develop sci-fi tabletop game Samwise and Blade are into tabletop gaming and will be creative directors and writers for Grimmerspace.
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PS Vita discontinued, ending Sony’s handheld dreams Sales were overwhelmingly lackluster in the international market.
Sony has ended the production of its PS Vita console, ending the Japanese corporation’s dream of competing against Nintendo. The handheld console managed to sell more than a few units in Japan, but its sales were overwhelmingly lackluster in the international market, prompting Sony to officially discontinue the Vita’s final two models. The handheld console, which remains more powerful than Nintendo’s 3DS, struggled against the competitor thanks to a lack of titles and the rise in popularity of mobile gaming. Sony is unlikely to make another attempt at seizing the market, which remains dominated by Nintendo, with a successor to the PS Vita. When the PS Vita was first released…
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Lawmakers could outlaw ‘loot boxes’ following EA microtransactions outrage Gambling complaints filed by people outraged over Star Wars: Battlefront 2 in-game transactions could turn into law against loot boxes.
Game dev tries to take down youtuber’s video for calling his crappy game a ‘load of crap’ Some people just can't take criticism.
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BioWare’s Anthem is broken and bricking PlayStation 4s Uh oh.
BioWare’s latest — and worst rated — shooter, Anthem, is facing more than just bad reviews: it’s also bricking consoles. According to redditors, the game often crashes and occasionally takes the system down with it. And in some cases, the system never starts back up. One complaint thread by ForTheMasters has prompted over a thousand upvotes. This is the only game that causes a complete PS4 shutdown from AnthemTheGame ForTheMaster’s complaints were echoed by other users. “Happened to me as well,” wrote Terry2Toke. “The worst part is when it shuts your console off, it does it as if you pulled the power plug out of the wall. The console has…
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Pokemon GO disables tracking and fans are furious Instead of fixing a bug, they decided to amputate the feature entirely. Thanks…
Konami’s cruel treatment of Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima continues When you sign up to work for Japanese gaming company Konami, they expect you to endure a lifetime of misery.
Blizzard bans 59,000 World of Warcraft accounts 22 million gold also removed from the economy.
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Console wars are becoming an Apple-style rip off These days buying a console sets you on a dark, dark path.
Oh guys, guys, what happened? You used to be cool. There was a time when buying a console got you onboard with a world of gaming that could reasonably be expected to last a generation (in silicon terms). Fanboys would argue until they were blue in the face as to why their console was the clear and obviously superior machine and nobody liked the rich kids who smugly proclaimed that they had all of them. These days buying a console sets you on a dark, dark path. Gone are the days of plug and play gaming. Now we live in an era of always online, advertising on your frontend (in…
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Cracked is wrong about gamers Cracked’s ‘culture criticism’ is the problem, not gamers or video games.
UK university students debate banning “press ‘f’ to pay respects” meme What the F?
Steam Link Anywhere offers new innovations to gaming Valve is introducing a new “game streaming everywhere” service with Steam.
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The best JRPG you’ve never heard of The SNES was the home to a lot of classic Japanese RPGs, but this one is in danger of being lost to time.
The SNES was the home to a lot of classic Japanese RPGs, back when prolific developer Square was at its prime. Square was responsible for Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Actraiser and many other RPGs that have since become classics. Sooner or later we saw a lot of them make it overseas, but some were just released too late in the SNES’ lifecycle to make the localisation investment viable. Enter Treasure of the Rudras, Square’s final game for the SNES. Released in 1996, Treasure of the Rudras is a traditional Japanese RPG with an interest in Indian mythology, focusing around the last 15 days before the world is destroyed and…
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What do you do after you’ve made one of the world’s most successful games? King was bought for $5.9 billion by Activision last year. It has two of the most successful games in the world right now. Where can it go from here?
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