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Nintendo President: Switch Lite isn’t cannibalizing the Switch

November 1, 2019
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said in a briefing for analysts that the Nintendo Switch Lite isn’t cannibalizing sales of its older sibling Nintendo Switch. The more compact and lightweight Switch Lite is a dedicated handheld which cannot be used to display games on a television, as the Switch can be. It launched worldwide in September, and sales are strong. Furukawa showed a chart that…
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'PUBG Mobile' Payload Mode adds helicopters and airstrikes

October 31, 2019
PUBG on your phone is about to get decidedly more lethal. Tencent has introduced a promised Payload Mode to PUBG Mobile on Android and iOS that adds both aerial combat and the means to defend yourself. You can fly in attack helicopters to wreak havoc on the ground, and…
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Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 review — better than the best

October 31, 2019
Four years ago, I reviewed the Xbox Elite Controller. I called it the best gamepad that I’ve ever used, and it maintained that title … until now. Microsoft is following up the Elite with the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2, and it is taking up the torch from its predecessor. On November 4, Microsoft will begin shipping the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 for $180. The expensive…
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Steam's redesigned Library is available to everyone

October 30, 2019
Your Steam game collection is about to look decidedly different. Valve has released a Steam update that brings the redesigned Library to everyone, giving you a smarter (and hopefully easier) view of your catalog. There’s now a central hub with game news, friend…
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November 2019 Xbox Live Games With Gold: Star Wars and Sherlock Holmes

October 30, 2019
We are just one night of trick-or-treating away from November, and that means it’s time for a new set of complementary games on Xbox Live Gold. November 2019’s Games With Gold includes a brilliant detective, kart racing, and Jedi space battles. As is standard for Games With Gold, November includes games for Xbox One as well as some backward compatible titles from Xbox and Xbox 360. You can get…
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Ubisoft plans to improve ‘Ghost Recon Breakpoint’ with a month of bug fixes

October 30, 2019
By most accounts, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, the latest game from Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft, is a broken mess. Thanks to its unfinished state, the game performed so poorly in its first week of availability that Ubisoft recently delayed most of its major 2020 releases. However, in a blog post published on Monday, the publisher detailed how it plans to fix the game. To start, Ubisoft…
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