Amazon Prime Day will bring plenty of opportunities for deals June 21 and 22 but will also give Prime members a chance to try out game streaming service Luna. During Prime Day, members will be able to sign up for a seven-day free trial and dive into the Luna game catalog, the company said Monday. …
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Pokemon Go, but for Transformers. That’s the best way to describe what Hasbro, Tomy and Niantic’s upcoming game, Transformers: Heavy Metal, looks like. It won’t be the last multiplayer Pokemon Go-like game, either. What a battle should look like. Niantic Niantic’s multiplayer and world-spanning AR app platform, Lightship, was announced earlier this year with plans to enable all sorts of …
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The Playdate, a long-promised black-and-white indie gaming handheld created by Panic, the developer of Untitled Goose Game, looks like it’s finally going on sale soon. The $179 handheld is going to be available for preorder in July. The console’s first games, which are delivered over Wi-Fi for free with the purchase of the device, were shown off in greater detail …
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Nintendo’s long-rumored Switch upgrade will be unveiled in the coming weeks and come out in September or October, Bloomberg reported Thursday. We’ll apparently get a first glimpse at the new model ahead of E3 2021, the game industry event that runs June 12 to 15. The device will likely cost more than the $299 2017 model, which will be phased out …
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The folding, dual-screen Microsoft Surface Duo promised to redefine multiscreen Android phones when it arrived nearly a year ago. It had support for Microsoft’s streaming Game Pass Ultimate games in beta mode then, but that didn’t help it feel like an especially game-ready device. That may change now that a new update has added touch-based controls on the second screen …
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Valve tends to keep its projects close to the vest. If the latest report is true, the company could lead a big change in PC gaming. The Steam owner is making a PC gaming device similar to the Nintendo Switch, according to Wired on Tuesday. There are few details available about this new hardware, but a recent update to Steam added …
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Now that we’re slowly starting to venture out into the world again, there’s a greater need for portable power. Phones, tablets, headphones, smartwatches, Bluetooth speakers and the like all need extra juice when we’re traveling. Good news: Power banks are getting super versatile, with more battery life under the hood and more ways of charging your devices (and themselves). They’re also …
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When I saw the clever magnetic connector on Apple’s new 24-inch M1-powered iMac, I cringed. “Just what the world needs — another expensive, proprietary power cable,” I thought. But upon deeper inspection, Apple’s approach is justified. Power cables are basic computer parts that don’t need to be proprietary, performing just as well but costing less. That’s why I’m a fan …
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Almost two years since its announcement, Apex Legends Mobile is happening. A beta test for the battle royale game will start overseas soon leading to the eventual release on both iOS and Android in the coming months. Apex Legends Mobile will be the same free-to-play battle royale experience but optimized for touchscreen controls developer Respawn Entertainment said Monday. It will …
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Diablo II: Resurrected was a “surprise” announcement at this year’s Blizzcon back in February. Fans of the popular dungeon crawler released back in 2000 will have a chance to play the revamped version this Friday. The Diablo II: Resurrected Technical Alpha test for PC starts Friday at 7 a.m. PT according to an announcement from developer Blizzard. To participate, players …
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