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Teardown videos prove Nintendo’s revised Switch with new CPU lasts longer on a charge

August 16, 2019
Nintendo claims that the only difference between its new, revised Switch and the older model is improved battery life. Not content to take Nintendo’s word for it, some popular YouTubers put their brand new, currently hard-to-find units to the test, cracking them open to search for any new undisclosed features or hardware tweaks along the way. The consensus? Nintendo isn’t fibbing about that…
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Fortnite’s next tournament will also be its most controversial, thanks to mech suits

August 16, 2019
The future of competitive Fortnite kicks off tomorrow with the Champion Series, and it’s proving to be the most controversial e-sports contest developer Epic Games has ever embarked on. The issue is not prize money or who’s allowed to participate. Instead, the furor is over an in-game mech suit, ripped straight from the pages of classic Japanese manga. And it’s poised to boil over when pro…
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Microsoft isn’t working on a streaming-only Xbox right now

August 16, 2019
Rumors may have pointed to Microsoft working on a cloud-centric Xbox console, but Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has confirmed that is not that the case. In an interview, the executive told Gamespot that his team is “not working on a streaming-only console right…
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CBS will air the Nintendo World Championships starting August 25th

August 15, 2019
CBS is set to air the Nintendo World Championships later this month. The trio of esports tournaments — in which Super Mario Maker 2, Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players duked it out — will debut on August 25th at 1 PM ET. The network will broadcast two more episodes on September 7th at 2 PM and September 14th at 1:30 PM. Nintendo teamed up with ELEAGUE for the series. The…
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‘Doom Eternal’ multiplayer trailer highlights strategic gameplay

August 14, 2019
Id Software and Bethesda breathed new life into Doom with their 2016 entry into the gory FPS series, but fell short when it came to the game’s multiplayer mode. “There was not a lot of Doom in our multiplayer in 2016, and players noticed that,” said executive producer Marty Stratton at E3 2019. The explosive Battle Mode trailer for the sequel, Doom Eternal, proves the…
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