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This Tiny Game Boy Clone Plays Physical Cartridges

From the team at FunnyPlaying. Nintendo’s iconic Game Boy system has proven a valuable source of inspiration for many companies in the modern retro space, with Analogue’s Pocket handheld perhaps the most notable clone. FunnyPlaying, a company which produces aftermarket Game Boy modifications and the tiny Retro Pixel Pocket device, has just teased a new…

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Upcoming Changes to XBOX Cloud Gaming

Beginning in November, we’re changing how cloud gaming is included with XBOX Game Pass. Game Pass plans will include a set number of cloud gaming hours each month: Game Pass Ultimate: 15 hours Game Pass Premium: 10 hours Game Pass Essential: 5 hours Today, eligible Game Pass subscribers can stream without these monthly hour limits….

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Guild Wars 3 is a lot smaller scale than Guild Wars 2 because of the new approach to combat and movement: ‘You would probably see about 20 players in a large combat scenario’

At Gamescom, I got to see a hands-off demo of Guild Wars 3 and chatted to the developers about what they have in store for us when the MMO hits beta next year. You can read about the significant changes to movement and combat in my Guild Wars 3 preview, but we also discussed how…

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From 4X to 4R: BioEden Trades Domination for Restoration

A genre built for a post-capitalist world BioEden is set in a post-apocalyptic future shaped by solarpunk ideals, a speculative movement imagining a hopeful world powered by renewable energy and ecological balance. Humanity has expanded into space, and colonization is now overseen by the Collective, a political assembly made up of rival space-faring guilds. Earth…

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