Atari Boss Says “T-Shirts, Energy Drinks, Shoes And Headphones” Figure In Company’s Future

Atari 2600+ is also an “evergreen project”. Atari has just purchased a controlling stake in Swedish publisher Thunderful, which might lead you to assume the company is abandoning its ‘retro first’ approach for something a little more contemporary. However, speaking to Gamesindustry.biz, Atari CEO Wade Rosen made it clear that classic gaming is still very…

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Intel’s patent for ‘software defined super cores’ probably won’t make an appearance in CPUs any time soon but implementing the tech could spell the end of the P-core

In the world of CPUs, GPUs, and all things chip-based, patent applications are so frequent that there’s little point in paying attention to them. However, one filing from Intel has made its way into tech news headlines because it offers a clever way to improve a CPU’s performance-per-watt efficiency. It also suggests that Intel’s hybrid…

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Final Fantasy 14’s latest patch makes surprise nerf to an arduous 9-year-old dungeon grind, and I hope there’s more like it to come

Final Fantasy 14‘s patch 7.31 releases today—and while you can usually set your watch to these updates (we’ve known there’d be a new relic weapon step and a new cosmic exploration planet for a while), it’s always nice when Square actually does something surprising. Tucked away in the patch notes, Creative Studio 3 has majorly…

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Smash Bros. Modder Promotes Infamous Nintendo ‘Cease And Desist’ Letter To Playable Character

“See how much court fines you can stack up against your opponents”. Super Smash Bros. Melee modder Mooshie has added a fake ‘Cease and Desist’ letter to the game, poking fun at Nintendo’s famously litigious nature. The parody note turns Kirby into an official-looking communication from the company, but, upon closer inspection, it contains the…

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