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Steam Deck review — My favorite gaming PC ever made

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 25, 2022
6 min

Stop comparing the Steam Deck’s size to Nintendo Switch or any other dedicated gaming handheld. Valve Software has delivered a cutting-edge handheld PC with...

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6 min

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How to work around Elden Ring’s lack of pause

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 24, 2022
2 min

From Software is famous for a lot of things. They’re the much celebrated creators of the brutally difficult Souls series of games. They’re also...

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2 min

World of Warcraft players are in for a fight.

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World of Warcraft prepares for the future as 9.2 launches

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 22, 2022
15 min

World of Warcraft‘s new big patch, 9.2 — Shadows of Eternity, launched today. This is the last chapter for the Shadowlands expansion, and it...

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15 min

Jensen Huang is CEO of Nvidia. He gave a virtual keynote at the recent GTC event.

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Jensen Huang interview: Nvidia’s post-Arm strategy, Omniverse, and self-driving cars

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 20, 2022
4 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang didn’t get to fulfill his dream of acquiring Arm for $80 billion. Regulators held the deal up and Huang called...

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4 min

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Mina the Hollower is a Game Boy throwback with a modern feel

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 18, 2022
2 min

Mina the Hollower is the new game from Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games. It is a throwback to Game Boy Color classics like...

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2 min

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Ryan Wyatt interview: Why YouTube’s gaming chief moved to blockchain games at Polygon

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 15, 2022
15 min

Polygon raised $450 million for its blockchain protocol and hired YouTube Gaming chief Ryan Wyatt to build its blockchain gaming platform. Unlock premium content...