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Nintendo indie showcase: Dicey Dungeon, PixelJunk Eden 2, and more coming to the Switch
Jay Peters//28 views
Nintendo just gave us a good look at a bunch of new indie games coming to the Nintendo Switch in its latest Indie World Showcase video broadcast. We’ve rounded ...
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Nintendo’s Switch Online service experienced a nearly nine-hour outage
Jon Porter//45 views/2 comments
Nintendo’s online service experienced a nearly nine-hour outages, according to the company’s network status page. “All network services” were affected from 4:56...
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Fortnite has helicopters now
Andrew Webster//30 views
Helicopters are now in Fortnite. The battle royale game’s latest update added the flying vehicles as well as a handful of other welcome features, including maps...
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Call of Duty: Warzone adds a solo mode to its 150-player battle royale
Nick Statt//30 views/1 comments
Call of Duty: Warzone, the new 150-person battle royale (BR) from Activision and Infinity Ward, is adding a solo game mode just one week after launch. Warzone, ...
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Samsung’s PC-to-phone game streaming service will shut down later this month
Jon Porter//36 views/3 comments
Samsung’s PlayGalaxy Link service, which allowed you to stream games from your PC to select Galaxy smartphones, is shutting down on March 27th, the company has ...
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Here’s a list of games you can grab for free or at a deep discount right now
Taylor Lyles//32 views/1 comments
With all of the chaos going on in the world, now is a great time to spend some time relaxing with new games. Maybe you need a list of games to play during the n...
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GDC: how to watch the talks’ live stream online
Megan Farokhmanesh//26 views/1 comments
GDC is kicking off a week of streamed talks today. Following the conference’s cancellation, organizers announced last week that they would stream some talks via...
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Steam hit its all-time concurrent user peak over the weekend
Sam Byford//33 views/1 comments
Steam smashed its all-time record for concurrent users over the weekend with a 24-hour peak set at 20,313,451, according to data from the PC gaming platform’s w...
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The Bookshelf Limbo gamifies the decision paralysis of gift-giving
Michael Moore//35 views/1 comments
It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play we suggest vi...
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Roundguard reimagines Peggle as an RPG, and it’s amazing
Andrew Webster//45 views/4 comments
For a certain kind of person, all I need to say is “Peggle” and “RPG,” and you’ll get excited. It just makes sense, right? Take the lighthearted play of Popcap’...
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The Oculus Quest is back in stock
Cameron Faulkner//34 views
The Oculus Quest untethered virtual reality headset is available on Oculus’ website. The ship date at the time of publishing is March 16th. This model, along wi...
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Nintendo wins patent fight against company that sued over Switch design
Taylor Lyles//26 views/1 comments
Nintendo has come out triumphant in a patent dispute with hardware developer Gamevice, which initially sued Nintendo for allegedly infringing on a patent for it...
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Games you should play while you’re avoiding the coronavirus pandemic
Verge Staff//42 views/2 comments
Well, it happened: you’re stuck inside because of the novel coronavirus pandemic that is raging just outside of your door. If you’re lucky, and you’re a white-c...
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Ashly Burch saves video games by making fun of them
Joshua Rivera//40 views
Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet isn’t just a great comedy about video games, but a strand connecting an older, weirder era of its culture to the more mainstream w...
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Due to coronavirus, Pokémon Go just got easier to play inside
Megan Farokhmanesh//35 views
Pokémon Go creator Niantic is doing its part to keep players inside with temporary tweaks to the game that will make it easier to play without leaving home. The...