This “Nintendo PlayStation” occupies a special place in gaming history, as one of fewer than 200 prototype units ever produced, and now it’s up for auction. Its current owners explained how they came by it (in a bankruptcy auction that happened to include items from former Sony CEO Olaf Olafsson), and how they discovered what it was thanks to a Reddit post.
We’ve already…
Facebook Gaming locks down another big-name streamer: Ronda Rousey
February 14, 2020
The latest big star to stream their gameplay exclusively on Facebook isn’t someone who made their name on Twitch or YouTube per se. UFC trailblazer and former WWE champ Ronda Rousey will hold her first Facebook gaming stream on February 18th at 3PM PST/6PM EST.
With…
'Half Life: Alyx' will hit Steam on March 23rd
February 14, 2020
Unlike many other publishers who’ve delayed big games in recent months, it appears as though Valve is actually sticking to the March release window it set for Half Life: Alyx. Even better, the VR prequel to Half-Life 2 now has an actual release date: March…
Capcom is crushing it
February 14, 2020
Today, Capcom published an updated list of its all-time bestselling video games. The sales figures are correct up to December 31st, 2019, and reaffirm something that most video game fans have been believed or known about for sometime: man, Capcom is killing it. As Video Games Chronicle (VGC) notes, Devil May Cry 5 has now sold 3.1 million copies since its launch last March, making it the…
IKEA’s sprawling blue and yellow stores are usually located on the outskirts of cities, so for most people a trip to the Swedish furniture kingdom is a big event in itself. To reward its customers for making the trek, the company has now launched an initiative called…
UK carrier Three is launching 5G service at the end of the month, saying that this year’s flagship iPhones will be a ‘critical’ point in demand for the faster data service…
Three had already launched a 5G home broadband router but told that there had been extra…
Oppo A31 launched with 6.5" display, Helio P35 and 4,230 mAh battery
February 14, 2020
Oppo introduced its brand new A31 to the Indonesian market. The latest member of the brands midrange series brings a 6.5-inch HD+ display with a waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie cam and 20:9 aspect ratio.
The back houses a triple camera array with a 12MP main shooter, 2MP portrait shooter and a 2MP macro snapper. Theres also a capacitive fingerprint scanner in the middle of the back.
The…
Ming-Chi Kuo casts doubt on 2×2 MIMO uplink support for 5G iPhone 12
February 14, 2020
Apple’s iPhone 12 may not support 2×2 uplink as initially expected, according to the latest report from Ming-Chi Kuo.
TF Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in June 2019 that the 5G iPhone rollout would benefit WIN SEMI and Broadcom significantly, with the devices…
High demand for Xiaomi Mi 10 sees the phone sell out in seconds
February 14, 2020
Xiaomi Mi 10 arrived yesterday alongside the Mi 10 Pro. The phones went on sale earlier today, but that only lasted a few seconds as all available stock was gone.
Xiaomi Mi 10 in Peach Gold, Green, Black
According to Xiaomi, the flash sale generated over CNY200 million…
Samsung brings discounts to Galaxy S10 series in India
February 14, 2020
With the announcement of the new Galaxy S20 series this week, Samsung is slashing the prices of its S10 series in India. All three phones are still up for grabs on Samsungs official web store with significantly lower asking prices compared to their launch.
The S10e is now going for INR 47,900 down from INR 55,000. The vanilla S10 is INR54,900 which is a solid INR 16,100 discount on the original…
