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“We Redefined What A Reskin Can Be” – Super Mario Sunshine Is About To Get A Whole Lot More Relaxing, Thanks To This New Mod

Super Mario Sunset arrives this month! A new mod is about to be released for Super Mario Sunshine, giving the game a relaxing sunset-themed visual makeover, alongside introducing new music, sound effects, and refreshed secrets. Super Mario Sunset is a mod for the 2001 platformer, developed by the modding team Super Mario Elements, who previously…

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It looks like Blizzard’s escaped Xbox’s grim reset scythe for now, though there’s still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027

The Xbox reset is afoot, and while there aren’t strictly speaking any studio closures yet, with multiple developers in the process of moving elsewhere, the shockwaves from its impact are still being felt across Xbox’s continually-shrinking staff. All in the service of a mathematically improbable 1 billion daily player count, or something. It’s hard to…

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Asus ROG Strix XG129C review

You can’t have too many screens. That’s pretty much been the guiding moral in my life. Enter the new Asus ROG Strix XG129C and a minor existential crisis. This is a screen, but I have to ask—I can’t believe I’m saying this—is there any real point to it? For starters, this “gaming monitor” (Asus’ words,…

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A nasty Windows 11 bug is taking upwards of 500 GB worth of storage, and is surprisingly difficult to spot, but there’s a fix

If you’ve found yourself with much less storage than you otherwise anticipated, to the tune of hundreds of missing gigabytes, there’s a chance you’ve fallen victim to a new Windows 11 bug. That, or you’re not very good at managing your storage (same). As spotted by Windows Latest, this new bug involves the CapabilityAccessManager. This…

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“Recreate The Old Days Of The 16-bit Rivalry” – Stone Protectors Is Getting A Re-Release On Genesis And SNES (Again)

Game originally hit store shelves in 1994. Boutique publisher 33 Games has revealed to Time Extension that it is working on a “super premium” re-release of Stone Protectors on Sega Mega Drive / Genesis and SNES. A side-scrolling fighter developed by Eurocom, Stone Protectors is based on the short-lived toy line and cartoon series of…

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Germany’s Largest Video Game Preservation Effort To End, Leaving Its Digital Archive In Peril

The decision to close came due to a “lack of necessary public support”. Germany’s largest video game archive, the Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS), is set to close, just months after its funding from the Berlin Senate and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media expired in April (as reported by gameswirtschaft, thanks, notebookcheck for…

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Retro ROM Hacks You Have to Play

When you play a really good retro game for the first time, there’s an undeniable magic to the sense of whimsical discovery. For many gamers, it’s a feeling we’re forever chasing, and one that we would give anything to replicate. While it’s impossible to experience the classics again, there’s one way that we can come…

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