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Watch the latest Nintendo Direct Mini here at 10AM ET

September 17, 2020
It’s been a strange year for Nintendo Direct. In March, Nintendo hosted a surprise Direct Mini event, where it dropped several Switch titles. We haven’t heard much since then. Today, Nintendo is hosting another Direct Mini. This time it’s not exactly a surprise, but it’s also short notice. The livestream begins at 10AM ET / 7AM PT. Rumors are circulating that we’ll hear more about a new…
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Sony: We’ll have more PS5s than we did PS4s at launch

September 17, 2020
Despite rumors to the contrary, Sony will have plenty of PlayStation 5 consoles ready for launch — more than it did when the PS4 first appeared, according to Sony Interactive CEO Jim Ryan. At the same time, he admitted that Sony wasn’t sure about either the supply or…
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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…
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Hacker turns little Lego man Mario into Super Mario Bros. controller

September 17, 2020
There are lots of ways to play Super Mario games if you’re feeling creative. You could use a regular controller, sure, but why not a Guitar Hero guitar, Donkey Kong’s famous bongo peripherals, or even a real-life drum kit. And what about using Mario himself, turning a figurine of everyone’s favorite plumber-slash-war criminal into a physical controller? That’s what self-declared…
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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…
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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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