Category: Consumer Discretionary
Atari is releasing a new cartridge for its 46-year-old 2600 console
Atari just announced preorders for a physical cartridge for the company’s once-ubiquitous 2600 console. You read that right. A gaming console that counts 1982 as its most successful year is releasing another new cartridge in the year 2023. The game-in-question is called Save Mary and was actually developed during the…
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The Talos Principle 2 is the ideal blend of puzzle and story
Ancient, vine-draped monuments and towering obelisks protrude from the forest floor, connected by a maze of stone paths and one hyper-speed transit capsule. Statues loom among the monoliths: hooded human figures and mythological beasts surrounded by saintly geometry in gold and turquoise. I’m running down an overgrown platform by the…
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The Morning After: Sony offers 100 free movies to its PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers
Sony has released its own movie streaming app for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. There’s a decent perk for subscribers of PlayStation Plus Premium: Members get access to a library of up to 100 ad-free Sony Pictures films at no extra cost. Sony Sony says the lineup includes Looper, Kingsglaive:…
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Samsung’s $30 Galaxy SmartTag 2 arrives on October 11 with an all-new design
Samsung has unveiled the SmartTag 2, an AirTag-like tracking device that’s a successor to the original SmartTag released in 2021. Unlike the original, which had both Bluetooth and ultra-wideband (UWB) variants, the new version will combine both features in a single model. The primary drawback is that it still only…
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Rockstar updates Red Dead Redemption port to run at 60fps on the PS5
Without fanfare, Rockstar updated the PlayStation 4 version of the original Red Dead Redemption on Tuesday to play at 60fps on the PS5. The 2010 open-world Western launched on PS4 and Switch in August but only runs at 30fps on those platforms — a point many fans took issue with. PS5…
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Logitech’s new racing cockpit is a $299 foldable chair
Logitech has launched a new $299 cockpit for racing simulators that wouldn’t look too out of place at a backyard BBQ. The accessories maker has teamed up with gaming seat company Playseat to release the Playseat Challenge X. It’s equipped with all the right parts to support your gaming wheel,…
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