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Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS family

September 17, 2020
Three years after launching the Switch, Nintendo is putting the 3DS out to pasture. Back in July, the gaming giant shut down the Wii U and 3DS eshops in dozens of regions. Now, it has officially discontinued the family of handheld devices, which used to be wildly popular until the Switch took over as the company’s main console. As The Verge reports, Nintendo has posted a notice on the 3DS’ UK…
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DTS:X for home theater comes to Xbox One

September 17, 2020
After releasing its Sound Unbound spatial audio for headphones on Xbox One, DTS is doing the same for home theater systems. The company has just released its Sound Unbound DTS:X home theater support on Xbox One to Xbox Insiders, following testing on the Alpha Ring. That…
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Netgear’s latest Nighthawk Pro Gaming router cuts lag 93%

September 17, 2020
Netgear is launching a new router for gamers that attacks one of the biggest problems for gamers during the pandemic — lag. The networking company’s $350 Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR1000 WiFi AX5400 Router aims to reduce lag, or interaction delays, for console and PC gamers. During the last six months of the pandemic, I’ve been particularly annoyed with the slowness of the internet when it comes…
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Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS

September 17, 2020
Nintendo has discontinued every model of the 3DS, according to its Japanese website. The page listings for the New 3DS LL, New 2DS LL, and 2DS are still live, but each product lists “out of production” under its name, and a message on the main page says that the entire…
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PS5 will be ‘99 percent’ backward compatible with PS4 games

September 17, 2020
Sony revealed the PlayStation 5’s price and release date ($399 for the all-digital version, and $499 for the one with a disc drive, both out on November 12th), as well as the company’s six launch titles that will be available at release. That’s not a huge lineup, and you might be wondering if you can play some of your PS4 collection on your new PS5 as more games become available — and…
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Watch the new trailer for 'Resident Evil Village'

September 17, 2020
We already knew Capcom was working on a new Resident Evil entry, but during Sony’s recent PlayStation 5 showcase, the developer shared a second trailer for Resident Evil Village. The clip features a similar atmosphere to the one we saw in June, but includes narration from…
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PlayStation Plus Collection gives PS5 owners some of the best PS4 games

September 17, 2020
Want a reason to maintain your PlayStation Plus subscription? How about more than a dozen of the best titles released during the PS4 generation? Today, Sony announced that PS5 owners with an active PS Plus membership will have immediate access to something called the PlayStation Plus Collection. It&aposs a small but impressive library that contains critically-acclaimed titles such as God of…
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