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Atari VCS backers should get their consoles 'very soon'

September 30, 2020
More than two years and multiple delays after its original announcement, the Atari VCS is finally making its way to people who helped crowdfund the console. In an update over on Medium, Atari says it&aposs putting the “finishing touches” on the first batch of production VCS units. The company is in the process of sending the consoles to the US, where they&aposll be then shipped…
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The Xbox's redesigned Microsoft Store is now available to all

September 22, 2020
With less than 24-hours before Microsoft starts taking Xbox Series X and Series S pre-orders, the redesigned Microsoft Store on Xbox is now available to all users — though not without some launch day issues. The product of what the company says is years of development, the…
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Super Mario 3D All-Stars is Nintendo at its worst

September 19, 2020
I don’t know what I was expecting, but it was more than what Nintendo delivered with Super Mario 3D All-Stars. This bundle is available now on the Nintendo Switch eShop and at retail (if you can find it) for $60. I bought it last night, and it’s reminding me of how calculated and aloof Nintendo often is. Super Mario 3D All-Stars is ostensibly a celebration of Super Mario’s 35th anniversary…
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You are not banned from Fortnite

September 15, 2020
Fortnite is currently experiencing game-wide problems with logins, keeping some players from accessing their accounts. According to the game’s official status account, “Players who see a message saying ‘You do not have permission to play Fortnite’ or ‘Your account…
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As Xbox Game Pass Ultimate launches cloud gaming, it must solve the last-mile problem

September 15, 2020
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is launching the option to stream games from the cloud beginning tomorrow, September 15. This will give subscribers in 22 countries the capability to play full console games on an Android device. Like Netflix, you won’t host anything locally. Instead, you control what is effectively a video feed that is piping into your device from a remote computer. And I’m hoping that…
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Sensor Tower: PUBG Mobile players have spent over $3.5 billion

September 10, 2020
PUBG Mobile players have spent over $3.5 billion on the battle royale game, according to market analyst Sensor Tower, with the most recent $500 million coming over the last 72 days. The mobile version of PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) — the game that made the…
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This ship-to-ship battle looks amazing in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer trailer

September 10, 2020
I still don’t know what I think about Ronald Reagan sending players to do war crimes, but I’m certainly on board with the epic shipboarding combat I just saw in the first multiplayer reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. While we don’t see the ship’s actual armaments in play (it’s not clear if you can control them), the rest of the map seems incredibly dynamic: zip line…
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