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27  mars     15h58
Microsoft opens a crack in console gaming’s decades-old walled garden
Kyle Orland    Competing marketplaces like the Epic Games Store could show up on Xbox in the future.
26  mars     18h53
Cities: Skylines 2 gets long-awaited official mod support and map editor
Kevin Purdy    Modding was seen as the most important next step by developer’s leader.
    11h00
Super Mario Maker’s final boss was a fraud all along
Kyle Orland    Team declares a bittersweet victory as Trimming the Herbs’ creator comes clean.
22  mars     22h22
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is gritty, janky, goofy, tough, and lots of fun
Kevin Purdy    This epic RPG reminds us of Skyrim’s ambitious jank, but with way better combat.
    20h08
Take a trip through gaming history with this charming GDC display
Kyle Orland    Come for the retro Will Wright photo, stay for the game with a pack in harmonica.
    16h56
We’ve done our job : Baldur’s Gate 3 devs call off DLC and step away from D&D
Kevin Purdy    Larian boss says BG is a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
    15h20
Switch emulator Suyu hit by GitLab DMCA, project lives on through self-hosting
Kyle Orland    Developer says there’s no way to confirm if Nintendo was involved in takedown.
21  mars     17h20
AMD promises big upscaling improvements and a future-proof API in FSR 3.1
Andrew Cunningham    API should help more games get future FSR improvements without a game update.
    15h15
Super Mario Bros. Wonder devs created 2,000 game-altering Wonder Effect ideas
Kyle Orland    Anyone on the development team could submit an idea on a sticky note.
19  mars     10h30
The Super Mario Maker community faces its final boss
Kyle Orland    Team is struggling to clear Trimming the Herbs before an April server shutdown.
18  mars     22h10
Steam Families opens up game libraries for sharing, with a few caveats
Kevin Purdy    It’s a more simple and somewhat more liberal version of Family Sharing.
    20h36
Playtron’s wildly ambitious gaming OS aims to unite stores, lure core casuals
Kevin Purdy    Headed by former Cyanogen CEO, it’s a Linux OS that might not be fully open.
    19h37
Report: Sony stops producing PSVR2 amid surplus of unsold units
Kyle Orland    Pricy tethered headset falters after the modest success of original PSVR.
14  mars     19h37
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Edition debuts to stuffed servers, angry players
Kevin Purdy    Players eager to revisit all time shooters met with age old launch issues.
    17h46
You a holes : Court docs reveal Epic CEO’s anger at Steam’s 30% fees
Kyle Orland    Unearthed emails show the fury that helped motivate Epic’s Games Store launch.
13  mars     18h00
Google’s new gaming AI aims past superhuman opponent and at obedient partner
Kyle Orland    New model can respond to natural language commands, even on games it has never seen.
12  mars     16h31
Lost, circa-2008 Timesplitters 4 prototype discovered on PS3 dev kit
Kyle Orland    Redditor paid a reported to rescue the unit and archive the game for posterity.
11  mars     16h22
Here’s how the makers of the Suyu Switch emulator plan to avoid getting sued
Kyle Orland    Dev says project is in a legal gray area we are trying to work our way out of...
10  mars     11h21
Sixty Four is a beautiful system design toy that reveals something rather dark
Kevin Purdy    Please do not load up this game if you have real tasks to accomplish, I beg you.
08  mars     20h35
AMD stops certifying monitors, TVs under 144 Hz for FreeSync
Scharon Harding    Hz is good enough for consoles, but not for FreeSync.