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Warhound launches with $200M to provide dogs with advanced genetics and defense tech for the miliary | interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 22, 2026
9 min

Warhound, a new defense technology company conceived by American technology entrepreneurs — Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey — has raised a...

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Development

ModRetro launches transparent version of the Chromatic handheld at $150

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 8, 2026
2 min

ModRetro, creator of the ultimate Game Boy-inspired handheld, the Chromatic, has launched a transparent version of the Game Boy-style handheld. And it has knocked...

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2 min

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Development

ModRetro launches M64 retro game console w/pro controller for $320 (updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 28, 2026
3 min

Palmer Luckey’s ModRetro has launched the M64 home game console, billing it as the ideal machine to play your favorite original Nintendo 64 games....

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3 min

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Technology

ModRetro finally reveals design for M64 console and controllers

Posted byby David Jagneaux
November 28, 2025
2 min

Hot on the heels of the recently released competing retro machine, the Analogue 3D, ModRetro is finally unveiling what the upcoming M64 console and...

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2 min

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Gameplay

ModRetro’s Chromatic brings back Rayman handheld game for 30th anniversary

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 23, 2025
2 min

ModRetro, creator of the ultimate Game Boy-inspired handheld, the Chromatic, is bringing Rayman back in handheld form to celebrate the game’s 30th anniversary—officially launching...

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2 min

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Development

Palmer Luckey’s ModRetro unveils Nintendo 64 clone plans

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 23, 2025
1 min

Palmer Luckey, CEO of Anduril and founder of Oculus, announced that his ModRetro company is making a Nintendo 64 clone machine. In a tweet,...

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Development

Hands-on with the newly resupplied ModRetro’s Chromatic | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 11, 2025
11 min

ModRetro announced yesterday that its Chromatic handheld game system is back in stock and ready to ship starting at $200. It’s a labor of...

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11 min

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Augmented World Expo 2025 will draw 400 speakers, 6K attendees and 300 global exhibitors

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 1, 2025
4 min

Augmented World Expo 2025 will draw more than 6,000 attendees, 400 speakers and 300 global exhibitors to its event June 10 to June 12...

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4 min

The Oculus Quest 2 will debut on October 13.

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Can Oculus Quest 2 overcome Facebook’s tarnished reputation?

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 17, 2020
5 min

Calling myself “deeply conflicted” about Facebook’s upcoming standalone VR headset Oculus Quest 2 would be an understatement. My long but imperfect memory can’t recall any...

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5 min

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The DeanBeat: What does video game history mean to you?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 15, 2019
4 min

I’m about to co-write another video game history book: volume 2 of The Ultimate History of Video Games. My friend Steven Kent wrote the...

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4 min

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