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AnalogueOS turns Analogue Pocket into ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Gaming’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 16, 2021
2 min

Analogue Pocket is still coming soon. The FPGA-powered modernized Game Boy clone with a hyper-high-resolution screen has faced plenty of delays, but Analogue has...

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Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack is expensive and ‘mid’ | GB Decides 218

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 15, 2021
1 min

[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/gamesbeat-decides/embed/episodes/218-NSO-IS-MID-e18rptk” height=”102px” width=”100%” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] It was a busy week of video game news and releases, and the GamesBeat Decides crew is here...

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The RetroBeat: Consoles that should be in Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 15, 2021
3 min

Nintendo announced today that it’s new tier for Nintendo Switch Online is going to costs $50 a year, and I’m still trying to process...

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Steam reportedly blocks cryptocurrency and NFT games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 15, 2021
2 min

Valve is reportedly blocking cryptocurrency and NFT games on its Steam digital distribution network, according to Age of Rust developer SpacePirate Games. The studio said...

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Animal Crossing New Horizons Happy Home Paradise expansion coming Nov. 5

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
October 15, 2021
2 min

Nintendo today announced in a special Direct that Animal Crossing: New Horizons would be getting a substantial update and a paid expansion called Happy...

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The DeanBeat: Life Is Strange: True Colors — discovering emotions, identity, and your story

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 15, 2021
7 min

I love Dontnod Entertainment’s Life Is Strange games because they’re always celebrations of diversity, with interesting characters who are fleshed out with relationships and...

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Nintendo Switch Online’s new tier costs an absurd $50 a year

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 15, 2021
1 min

Last month, Nintendo announced that it would make Nintendo 64 and Genesis games available in a new tier of its Nintendo Switch Online Service....

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Laguna Games raises $5M to launch Crypto Unicorns with egg NFTs

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
October 15, 2021
2 min

Laguna Games announced today a $5 million seed round to make its blockchain-based game, Crypto Unicorns. The developer is planning to seed the marketplace with...