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Super Metroid? Kirby’s Dream Course? What’s the best Super Nintendo game? | Last of the Nintendogs 003

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The Nintendogs return to discuss Super Nintendo favorites. That includes some familiar games as well as some deepcuts from the listeners. Speaking of listeners, they also drop in with some questions about what is going on with Nintendo and Bloomberg. And what does the impressive Steam Deck mean for Nintendo…
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Ubisoft quarterly earnings miss the pandemic bump

July 20, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Ubisoft released its earnings report for the quarter ending on June 30, reporting $383.82 million (€326 million) in net bookings. That is down 20.5% from the same period last year. Ubisoft did…
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Ubisoft announces free-to-play shooter Tom Clancy’s XDefiant

July 20, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Ubisoft has announced Tom Clancy’s XDefiant today, a new free-to-play shooter. XDefiant looks like something like a cross between Call of Duty and Overwatch. You can pick different classes to play, each with distinct weapons and abilities. One can heal allies, another can deploy a shield, and another has a…
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Weekly poll: Nintendo Switch OLED vs. Valve Steam Deck

July 19, 2021
Last week Nintendo unveiled the OLED Switch, this week Valve unveiled the Steam Deck. Will you be picking up one of those or do you think that Android phones are the way to game on the go? Before we point you to the virtual voting booth, let’s have a closer look at the…
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A 16-year-old takes his shot at Roblox fame as a native game maker

July 18, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Ammon Runger has been playing games on Roblox since he was 10. Then he started making games. And like many others building games on the popular user-generated content platform, Runger wants to move up the ladder to making a living creating those games. He’s part of what I call the Leisure Economy, where we get paid to…
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Valve Steam Deck is a handheld gaming PC that runs SteamOS

July 17, 2021
Valve has announced its own handheld gaming console. The Steam Deck is a compact gaming PC running a custom version of SteamOS and can play all of your Steam games while also functioning as a computer. The Steam Deck has a formfactor similar to other portable gaming consoles like Nintendo Switch or the PlayStation Vita. On either side of the display are analog sticks with the d-pad on the left and…
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