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Cryptic Studios interview: Surviving Atari, working with Wizards, and a changing business model

October 7, 2020
Cryptic Studios is entering its third decade in the massively multiplayer online game market, where it started (like everyone else) in paid subscriptions before moving on to the free-to-play model. In that time, CEO Stephen D’Angelo has seen the company grow from working on one game (City of Heroes) to now maintaining three MMORPGS: Champions Online (Cryptic also owns the pen-and-paper IP after…
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Some of the best Nintendo Switch games are discounted today

October 7, 2020
If you just got a Nintendo Switch, or are still looking for ways to get your own, you should check out some of the deals happening on a few of the best games available for the system. Best Buy and Amazon are offering them, and this time, games that rarely see a price drop…
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2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2 get their official EPA range

October 7, 2020
The 2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge and the 2021 Polestar 2, two new electric vehicles from the Volvo-Geely company, got their official EPA ratings today — both hitting over 200 miles of range. Both vehicles already had WLTP ranges, but the European standard is known not to be representative of the actual range an EV gets on a North American road. The EPA’s driving cycle is generally much more…
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MobileNews

How to change your Instagram app icon on Android and iOS

October 7, 2020
To help celebrate its 10th birthday Instagram has added all of its classic icons within a secret menu that lets you revert to some of the classic app icons of yesteryear. As part of the latest Instagram update for Android (and iOS), a new hidden menu has appeared within…
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Health Records on iPhone now available in UK and Canada

October 7, 2020
Apple has announced that the Health app can now display Health Records on iPhone for those in the UK and Canada. Health Records was first launched in the US back in 2018, allowing healthcare providers to make their patient records available to the patient in Apple’s Health app. All records are encrypted, and by pulling together different records from different providers, it provides a more…
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Super Nintendo World will open its doors in Japan next spring

October 7, 2020
Nintendo’s theme park was already supposed to be open ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, but like the games themselves, that plan was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Super Nintendo World is set to open in the spring of 2021, again just before the re-scheduled Olympics, the gaming company has announced (via The Verge). Super Nintendo World will be a “life-size, living video…
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