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I cannot get over Valve’s aggressive pricing for the Steam Deck

Did you miss today’s livestream? Watch the AI at the Edge & IoT Summit on demand now. Valve has a new handheld, and I’m shocked by its price more than anything else. The Steam Deck is launching this December starting at $400. And that price gets you the 64GB model and a Nintendo Switch-like handheld running modern AMD hardware. This includes the following list of specs for the Steam…
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Pokémon Unite launches its MOBA action to Switch on July 21

Join executive leaders at the AI at the Edge & IoT Summit. Watch now! The Pokémon Company announced today that Pokémon Unite will launch for Switch on July 21. A mobile version should release in September. Pokémon Unite is a free-to-play MOBA, the same type of game…
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Valve’s Steam Deck merges Switch convenience with PC gaming

Join executive leaders at the AI at the Edge & IoT Summit. Watch now! Valve today has unveiled the Steam Deck, its portable PC gaming machine. Like the Nintendo Switch, it has support for a dock that will connect the device to a TV. You have to buy the dock separately.
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Is Atlus finally releasing Persona games on Switch? | Last of the Nintendogs 002

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! On the second episode of Last of the Nintendogs, host Mike Minotti wants to know your favorite NES games. The crew also discusses that $1.5 million auction price for a perfect-condition Super Mario 64. Then co-host Jeff Grubb has been spending a lot of time with a new handheld…
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Netflix hires Oculus and EA veteran Mike Verdu to lead games

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! Netflix has hired former Oculus and EA game development leader Mike Verdu to head its fledgling game efforts. The company has been hiring game people for…
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Mario Golf: Super Rush review — What now?

Join executive leaders at the Data, Analytics, & Intelligent Automation Summit, presented by Accenture. Register here. Sometimes a game isn’t for me. But with Mario Golf: Super Rush, it feels like I am not meant for this game. What I mean by that is the game is…
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Your experience with Super Mario 64 is worth more than $1.56 million

Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Watch now! A sealed copy of Super Mario 64 sold for $1.56 million over the weekend, and I’m here to tell you that is worth less than your experiences with the game. That’s one of the key strengths of games — that they are so experiential. They are something you as a player participate in, and that…
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Nintendo has a new Switch OLED, Assassin’s Creed is a live-service, and more | GB Decides 204

Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, editors Mike Minotti and Jeff Grubb live the beef-‘n’-cheddar life. They also discuss what Nintendo is thinking with the Switch OLED and what Ubisoft is doing with Assassin’s Creed: Infinity. The crew also answers…
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