When the arcade came home: a short oral history of the Neo Geo
Posted on March 11, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Sega and Nintendo stole the headlines in the 90s, but SNK stole the imaginations of a generation with its exquisite Neo Geo machine, a console that fully delivered on the promise of arcade quality video games in your own home: it was, after all, an arcade machine you could effectively put under your own TV. First released in its full-spec MVS arcade cabinet before the home version - dubbed the AES, or Advanced Entertainment System - followed early in 1990, the Neo Geo still stands out as a console with an allure all of its own.
[Read More]Activision pulls £17 Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops ice dragon weapon skin from sale over bugs
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Activision has pulled one of Call of Duty's most eye-catching weapon skins due to bugs.
The "Ice Drake" skin that turned the Krig 6 into an ice dragon went on sale yesterday as part of the NecroKing bundle, which costs 2400 COD Points (£16.79).
This "mastercraft" quality weapon skin turns the Krig into an ice dragon with flapping wings, chilly visual effects and icy tracer fire. Inspect the weapon and it flies in mid-air.
[Read More]Assassin's Creed Valhalla's latest roadmap has mysteries all the way into December
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
UPDATE 8/11/21: Today brings a clearer sense of what to expect in this week's Assassin's Creed Valhalla update 1.4.0, which will be made available to download tomorrow. It will weigh in at 25GB on Xbox Series X/S, 20GB on Xbox One and PC, 6.75GB on PS5 and 4.55GB on PS4. This download will include the previously teased Tombs of the Fallen, which Ubisoft describes as "puzzle-focused tombs" that will indeed, as expected, focus on the game's mysterious Odin runes.
[Read More]Face-Off: Assassin's Creed 3 on Wii U
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
For our original Assassin's Creed 3 Face Off, we were pleased to find the game's visuals on both 360 and PS3 were very closely aligned indeed, and welcomed the addition of v-sync to a series with a long-standing reputation for intrusive screen-tearing. Frame-rate issues were a factor around the busy Boston and New York areas, but it still stood as a respectable release for developer Ubisoft Montreal, marking the fifth game in the series for the two trusty home consoles.
[Read More]Free Chorus update adds ray-tracing to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
A new and free update for Chorus will add ray tracing to the PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game.
"A new ray-tracing mode has been added for players on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC that adds ray-traced reflections to all materials so that the environment, NPC and ship surfaces reflect light in a more natural and realistic way", developer DS Fishlabs writes.
Meanwhile, those on PC will also see added support for NVIDIA's DLAA.
[Read More]Genshin Impact has reportedly raked in over $3bn since its release
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
New data shows that the free-to-play Breath of the Wild-like Genshin Impact has surpassed $3bn in player spending worldwide for its mobile versions. Not a bad sum for a game that only released in September 2020. This basically means that Genshin Impact makes roughly $1bn every six months. These impressive figures come from Sensor Tower, with the company saying: "Following its worldwide release, the title took 171 days to generate its first $1bn on mobile, not including spending through third-party Android stores.
[Read More]I-Ninja | Eurogamer.net
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
The PS2 is hardly suffering a platform game shortage. Over the past few months alone we've seen the release of Jak II: Renegade, Ratchet & Clank 2 and Prince of Persia, all of which raised the bar in different areas, and all of which any self-respecting fan of the genre either owns, or has marked down on their shopping list just above toilet paper and Doritos. Looking further back, there are plenty of other, equally indispensable platformers available on the system, some of which have even made it onto the budget PS2 Platinum label, removing yet more of the barriers to purchase.
[Read More]Modder makes GameCube Joy-Cons - and they work perfectly with a Nintendo Switch
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
A highly-skilled modder has made an impressive set of GameCube Joy-Cons that work perfectly with a Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo hardware modder Shank Mods uploaded a video showing off the GameCube Joy-Cons, and detailed the ardious creation process.
Shank Mods, a self-confessed "avid" Super Smash Bros. player and GameCube controller "snob", took a set of real Joy-Cons, tore them down to their bare components, put them in a GameCube controller, and wired buttons and sticks to the Joy-Cons' board.
[Read More]Nintendo's Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 trailer has sparked some brilliant fan theories
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 may still be some way off - it's now "aiming" for a 2022 launch - but Nintendo has given fans plenty to pick over in its E3 Direct trailer. Now the dust has settled, some excellent fan theories have emerged about what's going on - especially regarding Link's seemingly-corrupted arm. In a thread on Twitter about Link's appendage, freelance writer and Eurogamer contributor Jordan Oloman highlighted how Link appears to lose his arm at the beginning of the trailer, before it appears to be restored with Sheikah technology.
[Read More]PS5 specs and features, including SSD, ray tracing, GPU and CPU for the PlayStation 5 explained
Posted on March 10, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
The PS5, also known as the PlayStation 5, has finally been confirmed by Sony and will be arriving close to Christmas 2020.
The PS5 specs have now been confirmed and Digital Foundry expert Rich Leadbetter's has analysed the inner tech of the PS5.
We also have know about a number of features the PS5 will have, including ray tracing support, thanks to several Wired pieces. This includes an interview with Mark Cerny announcing the system, which revealed the basics of the PS5 specs and tech details, and another that confirmed small details about the console.
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