The Cosmos was announced at the Winter CES in 1981. Earlier this year, we told you about the YouTuber and creator Retro Relik’s who created his own mini version of the Atari Lynx. Well, as spotted by Ericlegeek84, it appears the YouTuber is at it once again, this time turning his attention to creating a…
A technical analysis of the graphics rendering in Cities: Skylines 2 has identified the reason why the performance is just so poor. Put simply, the game is trying to draw the cityscapes using a shocking number of polygons, with few systems in place to reduce the amount when it’s not needed. It’s not something that…
Almost 20 million units sold. Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has now sold 19.50 million units, just shy of that 20 million milestone. Launched on May 12th, 2023, the game has now effectively sold nearly two-thirds of what Breath of the Wild has managed in the space of…
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe stays in pole position. Nintendo has today shared its latest financial report for FY2024 and this gives us an updated list of the best-selling Switch games as of 30th September 2023. Unlike the last report, which saw The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sneak into the proceedings, this quarter…
SEGA! Back in the 1990s, when Sega was still making hardware and giving Nintendo a run for its money, the “Sega Scream” was an integral part of the company’s marketing in North America. Many of Sega’s commercials featured the scream at the end, and it came to underline the firm’s unruly, outsider attitude – especially…
Over 50% of which in Japan. As part of Nintendo’s latest financial report, which tracks the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March ’24 (that’s April 1st to September 30th, 2023 specifically), the company has announced that Pikmin 4 has sold 2.62 million units since its release on July 21st, 2023. The milestone puts…
The first half of 2024 ain’t looking bad. Nintendo has published its six-month financial report for FY2024 and, as per usual, has also reconfirmed release dates for its upcoming games. Now including the Mario vs. Donkey Kong remake, there are no big surprises in this list of “Primary Nintendo Products,” but Metroid Prime 4 fans…
They’re stacking up. Nintendo’s quarterly financial results have been released and they show that Switch, in all its iterations, has now crossed the 130-million-sales mark. As of 30th September 2023, the number of Nintendo Switch hardware units sold — including the regular model, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED — stands at 132.46 million, up from…
Will be available in Japan at launch. Physical game manuals have been phased out over the years, but as part of the return of Super Mario RPG on the Switch next week, Nintendo is releasing a new one. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The chips we know and love are made with some of the most advanced manufacturing methods on the planet. The smallest nodes require billions of dollars in capital expenditures, a big part of which goes to Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography machines manufactured by ASML, the current market leader. But there’s a new challenger and some exciting…