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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 series has ended production. It’s not clear when the change was made; several Japanese Twitter users noticed it this…
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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…
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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 a mysterious mother-like character reading a fairytale, with the beats of the story broadly mirroring that of the game’s…
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PlayStation 4 players can play alpha multiplayer for Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War starting September 18

September 17, 2020
During the Sony PlayStation 5 Showcase today, Activision showed off the first campaign gameplay for Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War, and it said PlayStation 4 gamers will be able to play an open alpha test of the game’s multiplayer from September 18 to September 20. The game debuts on November 13 on the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The first scene that…
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PlayStation Plus Collection brings PS4’s biggest hits to PS5

September 17, 2020
Sony revealed the PlayStation Plus Collection during its Showcase event today. It’s a new PlayStation 5 perk for the console’s premium subscription service. PlayStation Plus Collection gives PlayStation Plus subscribers access to a catalog of PlayStation 4 games that…
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The US Army shouts out an anti-Semitic user on Twitch

September 17, 2020
Today, the Army has found itself in a new pot of hot water after a member of the Army National Guard, Axel “ZexsOG” Torres, shouted out an anti-Semitic username live, as first reported by Motherboard. “Yo, six million wasn’t enough, thank you so much for the follow, I appreciate you,” he said. It was only last month that the US Army esports team returned to streaming on Twitch. They’d…
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