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Nintendo shows off Donkey Kong Bananza’s destructive gameplay

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-09-28 05:35:39

Switch 2 owners will soon have another big Nintendo game to play. During its latest Direct presentation, the company showed off plenty more of Donkey Kong Bananza, a 3D platformer that launches as a Switch 2 exclusive on July 17th — and it’s looking like a surprisingly robust experience. In the new game DK teams up with a younger version of the singer Pauline — who apparently has been hidden inside of a rock for some time — and travels to an underground realm that seems kind of like Nintendo’s

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FBC: Firebreak: 9 Beginner Tips to Survive Your First Shift

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-28 19:00:02

So you've volunteered to be a Firebreaker, and now you're staring down a paranatural threat with only a glorified super soaker in your hands. It happens to the best of us. FBC: Firebreak is developer Remedy Entertainment's first crack at a live-service multiplayer game. It's a Left 4 Dead-like horde shooter set in the Oldest House (from Control), an ever-shifting building that contains the world's foremost paranatural threats. Taking place six years after Remedy's 2019 game Control, FBC: Fireb

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Google’s Gemini panicked when playing Pokémon

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-09-28 13:53:19

AI companies are battling to dominate the industry, but sometimes they’re also battling in Pokémon gyms. As Google and Anthropic both study how their latest AI models navigate early Pokémon games, the results can be as amusing as they are enlightening — and this time, Google DeepMind has written in a report that Gemini 2.5 Pro resorts to panic when its Pokémon are close to death. This can cause the AI’s performance to experience “qualitatively observable degradation in the model’s reasoning cap

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Treehouse Games on how player feedback shaped Voyagers of Nera

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2025-09-28 19:48:08

Treehouse Games revealed the launch date for its upcoming co-op survival crafting game, Voyagers of Nera, at Summer Game Fest earlier this month. According to Treehouse, the game launches in Early Access on Steam on August 5, with the game’s demo being available to play until then. During this period, Treehouse is gathering player feedback as it did during the pre-release period, which influenced how the structure of the game itself. Voyagers of Nera is a sea-based game, where teams of up to 10

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From SDR to 'Fake HDR': Mario Kart World on Switch 2

news.ycombinator.com Alexander Mejia 2025-09-28 22:07:42

Nintendo’s Switch 2 launched on June 5th 2025 with Mario Kart World headlining the platform and on paper showcasing its new 4K60 + HDR output pipeline. That promise lands in a market where HDR is the consumer standard: analysts value the global HDR TV segment at ≈ US $150B in 2024 and project US $250 B by 2033. Consumer TVs with HDR functionality started shipping in 2015, and seeing that most consumers replace their TV every 6.4 years this means a high percentage console owners in 2025 now game

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Nintendo will take your Switch 2 offline forever if you use a Mig flash cartridge

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-09-29 05:06:34

Some Switch 2 owners have received the error code 2134-4508, which results in their consoles being permanently banned from accessing any of its online services, as spotted by IGN. It’s not a ban hammer from sucking at Mario Kart World, thankfully for me, but one that’s targeting consoles that have used a Mig – a microSD card-equipped Switch cartridge that can be filled with copies of games. Running games on the Mig requires you to download them from others who have dumped files off of cartridge

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Xbox's AMD partnership sheds light on the future of the division's ecosystem

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-29 09:09:40

Microsoft has no plans to get out of the console business anytime soon. The company has been reiterating for a while that it's going to make at least one more generation of Xbox consoles. It's now been confirmed that AMD will power the upcoming hardware, as it did with the Xbox Series X/S. Xbox president Sarah Bond made the announcement in a short video. Under the multi-year partnership, Xbox and AMD are "advancing the state of art in gaming silicon to deliver the next generation of graphics in

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I Downloaded Crazy Taxi on My iPhone for Free Before Sega Discontinues It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-29 08:42:19

You can get nine retro Sega games for free right now on iOS and Android mobile devices, but you should hurry and get them now before Sega discontinues support for the titles. Here are the nine Sega games you can get for free now: Crazy Taxi Classic (iOS/Android) Golden Axe Classics (iOS/Android) Shining Force Classics (iOS/Android) Sonic CD Classic (iOS/Android) Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Ep. 2 (iOS/Android) Streets of Rage Classic (iOS/Android) Streets of Rage 2 Classic (iOS/Android) Super M

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This is the last chance to own these Sega classics before they're gone from Android and iOS

techspot.com Shawn Knight 2025-09-29 11:26:00

In a nutshell: Sega has ported several classic console titles to Android and iOS over the years through its Sega Forever program, but the service was formally shut down in 2023. Sega is preparing to sound the final death knell and remove the last remaining games from the web although if you act quick, you should be able to preserve them for your personal collection. The games in question include Crazy Taxi Classic, Golden Axe Classics (Golden Axe I, II, and III), Shining Force Classics (Shining

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Bungie delays Marathon indefinitely

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-29 13:08:32

Marathon isn't coming in September after all. Bungie said on Tuesday that it's delaying the shooter indefinitely. "We're using this time to empower the team to create the intense, high-stakes experience that a title like Marathon is built around," the company wrote. Bungie wants to incorporate player feedback from the game's closed alpha playtest. (It ran from April 23 to May 4.) The company will continue closed testing over the next few months. The developer wants to drill down on what makes

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Xbox Is Bringing These Call of Duty and Warcraft Games to Game Pass in June

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-29 12:00:28

The Call of Duty franchise got its start as a first-person shooter set during World War Two. On June 30, Game Pass subscribers will be able to return to that war and take part in historical battles in Call of Duty: WWII. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One and PC or mobile device for $20 a month. A subscription gives you access to a large library of games, with new titles, like Doom: The

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Bungie delays Marathon indefinitely to rework most of its content

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2025-09-29 17:41:29

Bungie announced today that it is delaying upcoming shooter Marathon from its September 23 release date, with no new date announced. The development team revealed in a blog post that it has taken this step after player feedback from the game’s alpha test. The company says it will update fans with a new release date in the fall. “Through every comment and real-time conversation on social media and Discord, your voice has been strong and clear,” read the post. “We’ve taken this to heart, and we k

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Bungie delays Marathon after alpha test feedback

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-29 17:15:03

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Bungie announced Tuesday that it’s delaying Marathon, its new extraction shooter that had been set for a September 23rd release date. The studio isn’t providing a new release date just yet, though has promised to share it sometime this fall. The studio outlined a few “immediate focus areas” for the game. It plans to make AI encounters “more challenging and engaging” and make

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Grab these retro classics on Android / iOS for free before Sega takes them down

techspot.com Shawn Knight 2025-09-29 21:26:00

In a nutshell: Sega has ported several classic console titles to Android and iOS over the years through its Sega Forever program, but the service was formally shut down in 2023. Sega is preparing to sound the final death knell and remove the last remaining games from the web although if you act quick, you should be able to preserve them for your personal collection. The games in question include Crazy Taxi Classic, Golden Axe Classics (Golden Axe I, II, and III), Shining Force Classics (Shining

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Maestro Media hits Kickstarter goal for Clash of Clash tabletop game in 30 minutes (updated)

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-29 17:00:00

Maestro Media formally launched its Kickstarter campaign for Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid, a new tabletop game based on Supercell’s top-selling mobile game. [Update: At 9:21 a.m. Pacific time on June 17, 668 backers had already pledged $136,378], surpassing the $50,000 target easily.] The Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign is starting today (June 17), but the team is already well under way on creating the tabletop game, said Javon Frazier, CEO of Maestro Media, in a GamesBeat interview for a s

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Windows 10 EOL

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-29 19:46:59

Blog Windows 10 EOL June 17th, 2025 (permalink) So Microsoft decided to produce tons of e-waste for no obvious reason. There's a lot of capable hardware out there, and it would be of software company's interest to support as much hardware as possible. Instead, they made some arbitrary reason to deprecate "old" hardware. At the same time they also turned all of windows VR headsets into garbage. We'll have to wait for the open source implementations to catch up for any hope of them being usable

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Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox has an AMD chip inside and is ‘not locked to a single store’

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-29 21:28:41

At Xbox our vision is for you to play the games you want with the people you want, anywhere you want. That’s why we’re investing in our next-generation hardware lineup — across console, handheld, PC, cloud, and accessories. I’m thrilled to share we’ve established a strategic multi-year partnership with AMD to co-engineer silicon across a portfolio of devices — including our next-generation Xbox consoles in your living room and in your hands. Together with AMD we’re advancing the state of art in

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Take Us North Kickstarter campaign launches for game about crossing the U.S.-Mexico border

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-29 05:30:00

Anima Interactive has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its game, Take Us North, about the experiences of migrants and asylum seekers on crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Take Us North is an adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border. It’s about the human story behind the politics and headlines, and stories about what the actual crossing is like. The game has raised $12,000 to date and is targeting hitting $30,000

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Playdate Season 2 review: Long Puppy and Otto's Galactic Groove!!

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-26 22:00:25

We're officially halfway through Playdate Season Two, and so far there have been no flops. Last week brought us a balanced serving of doom, gloom and delight , but this week is all about keeping things light and silly. That's not to say the latest two games are a walk in the park, though. The third drop of Season Two features Long Puppy and Otto's Galactic Groove!! , and as playful as they are, you're still in for a challenge. But when you need a break, there's always more Blippo+. Long Puppy

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June’s Game Pass additions include Remedy co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-30 01:31:31

Microsoft’s Game Pass is having a very impressive 2025 where the quality and cadence of releases is concerned, and things are showing no signs of slowing down as we settle into the summer months. Highlights of the June lineup include co-op FPS FBC: Firebreak, which joins the service today, Sloclap’s highly-anticipated soccer game, Rematch, and a trio of Warcraft remasters. Let’s start with probably the most significant addition. Back in May, Engadget’s Jessica Conditt got to play Remedy’s FBC:

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Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-30 05:47:15

Earlier this week, the makers of the popular Mig Flash cartridge, which allows users to play Switch games loaded via an SD card without modifying the console itself, issued a firmware update enabling the cards to run original Switch games on the Switch 2. Since then, though, multiple Mig Flash users are reporting that they've seen their Switch 2 consoles banned from Nintendo's online servers, even in cases where the devices were only used to run backups of legitimate games the users purchased th

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Reverse-engineered PlayStation 1 motherboard runs original chips without emulation

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-09-30 09:56:00

Why it matters: Preserving retro games and hardware becomes increasingly difficult as the years pass and essential components grow rarer. Reverse engineering allows modders and repair shops to create substitutes that function identically to the original parts. Now, a new project aims to bring that level of flexibility to the original PlayStation. Italian engineer Lorentio Brodesco recently became the first person to successfully reverse-engineer the original PlayStation's motherboard, creating

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End of Abyss is when Metroidvania meets space horror

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-30 09:00:49

You’d assume that the latest game from the studio that made Little Nightmares 2 is going to be a bit spooky and dark, and Section 9’s End of Abyss is that. However, it's also a little easier to describe and explain: an atmospheric sci-fi shooter with Metroidvania-style exploration. While there's no shortage of Metroidvanias to draw inspiration from, when I played a demo at SGF 2025, all I could think of was Alien. It might be the scanner, which the protagonist can use to glean information, spot

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Blue Prince is coming to Mac

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-09-30 09:49:12

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Blue Prince, the architectural mystery puzzle roguelite, is coming to a Mac near you. In a press release from the game’s publisher Raw Fury, it was announced that Blue Prince is getting an update that will add Mac support (via Steam) coming “later this year.” Blue Prince released earlier this year and quickly became an earl

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Maestro Media kicks off Kickstarter for Clash of Clash tabletop game

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-30 13:00:00

Maestro Media formally launched its Kickstarter campaign for Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid, a new tabletop game based on Supercell’s top-selling mobile game. The Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign is starting today (June 17), but the team is already well under way on creating the tabletop game, said Javon Frazier, CEO of Maestro Media, in a GamesBeat interview for a story we ran last week. The Clash of Clans tabletop game is expected to come out in 2026. The Kickstarter has more than 12,000 foll

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Download these now free retro mobile games before Sega removes them

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-30 13:57:04

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Although there has been no official announcement, Sega has revealed that it’s discontinuing support for nine retro games that were ported to iOS and Android several years ago. Before that happens, the company has made all the games completely free and removed all in-app purchases, as spotted by Android Authority. The list includes the following

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Amazon kicks off extended Prime Day on July 8, adds six free Prime Gaming titles

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-09-30 17:03:00

In brief: Amazon has announced that its extended four-day Prime Day sales event will be taking place between July 8 and July 11. To celebrate, the company is giving away an extra six free games through its Prime Gaming service. Between now (June 17) and July 7, Prime members can get six extra games in addition to the previously announced free titles available on the service this month. For those who've never grabbed Prime Gaming giveaways before, the games are downloaded and permanently stay in

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Life with the Nintendo Switch 2

theverge.com David Pierce 2025-09-30 17:15:27

The Nintendo Switch 2 is great. In many ways, it’s exactly what we hoped for: a Switch, only better. And yet there’s something… underwhelming about it. Maybe it’s unfair, but we’ve come to expect Nintendo to consistently amaze us with either how its consoles work or the games you can play with them. In this case, it still feels like a Switch. Only better. And not universally better, either. On this episode of The Vergecast, now that a number of folks on our team have spent some real time with t

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Borderlands 4 pre-orders open at $70, avoiding feared $80 price tag

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-10-01 01:19:00

What just happened? The situation around Borderlands 4's potential $80 price has seen outcry, outrage, and a very poorly-worded X post from CEO Randy Pitchford. But fear not: the game is now available for pre-order at $70 for the standard version. With more new games costing $80, there were fears that Borderlands 4 would follow this trend. But the game has landed on Steam ahead of its September 12 launch with a $70/£60/€70 price tag. That's for the standard edition. There's also a $100/£90/€10

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These retro SEGA games are now free on Android until they disappear forever

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-01 00:04:18

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR Nine retro SEGA games ported to mobile are now free without ads, but will lose support soon. You can still download them, and they will likely remain in your account forever. Free games include Crazy Taxi Classic, Shining Force Classics, Streets of Rage 2 Classic, and more. SEGA has a long history of supporting its retro titles, with many ported directly to Android and iOS as part of the SEGA Forever program. However, the company will soon pull suppor

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Life with the Nintendo Switch 2

Borderlands 4 pre-orders open at $70, avoiding feared $80 price tag

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