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Leveling the playing field
Williesha Morris Contributor Williesha Morris has been a journalist and freelancer off-and-on for over a decade. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, playing video games or chatting about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2011, a product developer named Fred Davison read an article about inventor Ken Yankelevitz and his QuadControl…
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Xbox teams up with Tencent’s Honor of Kings maker TiMi Studios
TiMi Studios, one of the world’s most lucrative game makers and is part of Tencent’s gargantuan digital entertainment empire, said Thursday that it has struck a strategic partnership with Xbox. The succinct announcement did not mention whether the tie-up is for content development or Xbox’s console distribution in China but…
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Niantic announces partnership with Nintendo on new augmented reality ‘Pikmin’ title
Nearly five years after the launch of Pokémon Go, Niantic announced Monday that they are partnering with Nintendo to co-develop a new title based on the company’s Pikmin franchise. Niantic says the app is being developed in their Tokyo office and will launch later this year. “The app will include…
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Bloomberg: Next Nintendo Switch can output 4K and has a 7-inch OLED
So what's next for the Nintendo Switch after a record breaking 2020? According to Bloomberg, a model with a larger OLED screen. The business outlet's sources indicate Samsung Display will start producing rigid 7-inch, 720p OLED touchscreens f… Source
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‘The Binding of Isaac: Repentance’ heads to Switch and PlayStation later this year
Sometime after it comes out for PC on March 31st, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance will make its way to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in the third quarter of 2021. Repentance is the third expansion to the popular indie title. Firs… Source
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The Nintendo 3DS’s best feature was the under-appreciated StreetPass
Ten years ago today the 3DS debuted in Japan. It followed the DS family and the big selling point for this third generation of Nintendo’s dual-screened systems was the addition of 3D graphics. And yet, what people remember most about the 3DS isn’t th… Source
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