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Best Of 2024: “It Would Be Really Cool To Do A Retrospective On Iwata” – Atari’s CEO On Acquisitions & Dream Collaborations

Retro revival. Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. Enjoy! For many younger gamers, the idea that Atari was once the undisputed king of console gaming might seem somewhat farfetched. Yet in the late ’70s and early…

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Venture Beat: No Nintendo Direct planned for June

Venture Beat is reporting this afternoon that Nintendo won’t be holding its traditional Nintendo Direct presentation in June due to the company’s work at home policy. The publication says that despite the lack of a Nintendo Direct presentation the company could still make some announcements during the summer. It’s thought that another Nintendo Direct may…

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Ahead of its remaster, GOG added Neverwinter Nights 2 to its preservation program and is also giving owners of the original a ‘loyalty discount’ on the enhanced edition

First spotted by Blue’s News, GOG is showing some love to Neverwinter Nights 2 and its fans ahead of the launch of the game’s enhanced edition this week. The original game has been added to GOG’s preservation program, and owners of NwN2 on GOG have a 15% off “loyalty discount” on the remaster, one that…

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CD Projekt apologizes for anti-Russian dialogue and images in Ukrainian version of Cyberpunk 2077, says it was added without permission

CD Projekt has apologized for in-game dialog and graffiti in the Ukrainian localization of Cyberpunk 2077 that criticizes Russia’s invasion of the country, and says it’s working to remove or replace them in the next update. A Ukrainian localization of Cyberpunk 2077 was included as part of the massive 2.0 update that rolled out earlier…

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As if LinkedIn messages couldn’t get any worse, hackers are using them to install malware on people’s PCs

Think twice (or ideally, three times) before clicking on LinkedIn links, as researchers have spotted bad actors using them to hide malicious code in seemingly innocuous files. As reported by The Hacker News, ReliaQuest recently spotted a phishing scam that prompts a user to download a self-extracting archive. It reportedly comes with deceptive names like…

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Five Classic Video Game Easter Eggs

The first use of the term “Easter Egg” is widely attributed to Steve Wright, then director of software development at Atari, circa 1980. He was, of course, referring to the now classic hidden credit room in Warren Robinett’s Adventure for the Atari 2600. Since then, people have made it their mission to scour the nooks…

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