Gaming

Atari said it has delayed shipment of the Atari VCS game console until the spring, the second time it’s done so for fans who placed their preorders on IndieGogo. It is the latest sign, including a contractor resignation, that the console launch is going slower than planned. Chief operating office Michael Arzt said in a post last week that the Atari VCS will not ship to IndieGogo supporters in…

Super Mario Maker 2 level creators will have a few more tools to play with when the 2.0 update for the Nintendo Switch game drops Thursday. The biggest addition this time around is Link of Legend of Zelda fame. In the original Super Mario Maker, players could adopt one of more than 150 different guises by grabbing a Mystery Mushroom. Those costumes, which included Link, were largely cosmetic.

Andy Wilson considers himself a builder. Over the last decade of his career, he’s had a hand in building new studios and teams around the world for companies like Codemasters, Ubisoft, and 2K. And his latest assignment — expanding Call of Duty developer Sledgehammer Games in Australia — might be his most rewarding challenge yet. Wilson joined Sledgehammer in June as the chief operating…

Four years after Valve released its oddball Steam Controller, it’s not making any more. The controller is on sale today for $5 — that’s 90 percent off its list price of $49.99 — and a note in the Steam Store warns that there’s a limited quantity remaining. Once those controllers are gone, Valve doesn’t plan to make more, The Verge reports. While most…