T-Mobile has announced another 5G smartphone for a reasonably low price tag. On Wednesday, T-Mobile said it would soon be releasing the Revvl V+ 5G for $199 in store on July 12. You can also purchase the Revvl V+ 5G for $8.34 per month, plus the cost of your monthly phone plan. The smartphone will …
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Browser-based Xbox Cloud Gaming leaves the limited beta it’s been in since the end of April and formally rolls out an open beta for iPhone, iPad and Windows 10 (or Windows 11!) PCs, Microsoft announced Monday. At the same time, the Backbone One — my favorite of the iPhone controllers that mimic the physical experience of the Nintendo Switch, such as …
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Summer looms ahead, and kids are out of school. Nintendo’s newest multiplayer Mario game is a return to its classic Mario Golf franchise. Do you like golf? Do you like Mario? We might have a match for you. After playing Mario Golf: Super Rush for about a week, I don’t have that many exciting things to report. There are five …
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Let’s face it: Facebook was bound to put ads in VR eventually. Like collecting personal data, advertising is core to the social network’s business model and extends across all of its other apps. Because ad-free VR is clearly an outlier, the company’s recently announced plans to test ads in its Oculus VR apps and games felt inevitable. But the developers …
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This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Prime Day‘s second day is underway, giving Nintendo Switch owners plenty of great deals to choose from — and not just from Amazon. Nintendo rarely discounts its own games, but Prime Day and its rivals have brought …
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This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Amazon Prime Day ended Tuesday, but there are still some deals for gamers. We’ve gathered the biggest discounts we can find, including the lowest prices we’ve seen on some of the best games out right now. Where possible, …
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Now that E3 2021 has wrapped up, gamers have an eclectic batch of releases to wish list — with Nintendo announcing some noteworthy surprises on the Switch and Microsoft serving up new Xbox titles left and right. For the vast majority of the games announced at this year’s E3, you’ll need to mark your calendars for this fall, with many …
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There’s something chasing Samus down tunnels and it seems smart. And relentless. The robot, called EMMI, is particularly unsettling because it reminds me of one of those Boston Dynamics robot dogs… but more limber. It keeps scuttling and chasing and it won’t go away. It keeps coming back. Metroid Dread is a new 2D entry in the long-running Metroid series …
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Football season is quickly approaching and like clockwork, EA Sports has a new version of Madden nearing release. On Thursday the company revealed details on its latest version of the popular franchise which will launch on Aug. 20 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and Google Stadia. In a break from past …
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At an all-virtual E3 video game show with only a handful of standout surprises, the biggest news to me was just how central Xbox Game Pass has become to the Xbox ecosystem. Microsoft’s subscription service was already a must-have to many gamers, but it’s now becoming the first stop for many of the biggest upcoming Xbox games. Originally, Xbox Game …
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