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Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s NES & Game Boy Library With Three More Classics

Revisit Castlevania Legends & some other special titles.Nintendo has announced a new batch of games to the Switch Online service. The latest additions are part of the standard tier - adding two NES titles, and a Game Boy title.The titles added in the latest update include The Mysterious Murasame Castle, ...
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Steam players are loving this free RTS that’s like Anno in space

You know what’s pretty great? Good video games. You know what makes good video games even better? Not having to pay a penny for them. Well, I come bearing great news for lovers of good video games you can play without paying a penny: Planet S is totally free and ...
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Soapbox: No, Mario Wonder’s Most-Annoying Character Isn’t The Talking Flower

The Long and Whining Toad.Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim's got some not-so-wonderful thoughts about the residents of Mario's latest 2D adventure...
You don't need me to tell you just how charming Super ...
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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha (2311.231026-2200)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when ...
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Join PlayStation Studios for Extra Life 2023 livestream gaming and fundraising

We’re back again. PlayStation Studios is taking part in our annual Extra Life livestream event for the second year in a row. Join Bend Studio, Guerrilla, Insomniac Games, and San Diego Studio for a four-day event of games, fun, and amazing prizes to raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.  ...
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Valve says beloved game modes – including Arms Race and surfing – and new weapons will come to CS2, eventually

Fans of Counter-Strike: GO’s Gun Game successor Arms Race rejoice: you will be able to play the popular mode in Counter-Strike 2. Eventually, that is. Valve have promised that more modes, weapons and features are headed to Global Offensive’s full-bore sequel, but they might take a little while to arrive ...
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Super Smash Bros. Director Doesn’t See How the Franchise Can Get Any Bigger Than Ultimate

Nearly five years have passed since Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was released on the Nintendo Switch. Since then, fans have been wondering if a potential new entry in the series could ever hope to top what Ultimate has done. In his latest video on creating video games, Series director Masahiro ...
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Get Corsair’s 4000D Airflow PC case for just $80 after an Amazon discount

Corsair's 4000D, 5000D and 7000D cases are all brilliant options with plenty of airflow, nice tempered glass side panels and a ton of nice design and usability tweaks. Normally the mid-size 4000D Airflow costs $105, but today it's down to $80 at Amazon - a great price for a case ...
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PlayStation Pulse Explore Wireless Earbuds and Pulse Elite Wireless Headset Get Release Dates

Sony has revealed that PlayStation's Pulse Explore wireless earbuds will be released on December 6, 2023, and that the Pulse Elite wireless headset will follow on February 21, 2024. Sony revealed the news on PlayStation.Blog, and also announced that pre-orders would begin through direct.PlayStation.com and other retailers on November 9 ...
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Crytek will never “replace” Hunt Showdown with Hunt 2 the way Overwatch 2 did Overwatch 1

Crytek have no plans to make a sequel to sweaty monster-culling FPS Hunt: Showdown, and will thus hopefully avoid the publicity problems currently faced by Activision-Blizzard's Overwatch 2 and Valve's Counter-Strike 2 - both presented as sequels with fancier technology, but in practice, more like service-game content seasons arbitrarily upgraded ...
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