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  1. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition gave me new respect for gaming speedrunners

    Bite-size speed challenges refresh the classics, but require a healthy dose of patience.

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  2. Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees

    Ars' leak analysis shows a large "Games" department and a very well-paid "Admin" team.

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  3. Full dev build of Space Marine 2 leaks, and players are already leveling up

    Developers canceled a beta test—but may have gotten one anyway.

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  4. PC emulator comes to iOS, but Apple’s restrictions hamper performance

    UTM SE's lack of JIT compilation means "SE stands for Slow Edition."

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  5. “Superhuman” Go AIs still have trouble defending against these simple exploits

    Plugging up "worst-case" algorithmic holes is proving more difficult than expected.

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  6. $500 aluminum version of the Analogue Pocket looks like the Game Boy’s final form

    Other Pocket iterations have stuck to colorful (and cheaper) plastic.

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  7. Arm tweaks AMD’s FSR to bring battery-saving GPU upscaling to phones and tablets

    Arm "Accuracy Super Resolution" is optimized for power use and integrated GPUs.

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  8. Latest Apple Arcade additions show Apple is looking backward, not forward

    Opinion: Games that were popular in 2011 or even 2022 won't move the needle for Apple.

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  9. Microsoft asks many Game Pass subscribers to pay more for less

    Launch day access to first-party titles now restricted to $19.99/month "Ultimate" tier.

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  10. Why 1994’s Lair of Squid was the weirdest pack-in game of all time

    The HP 200LX included a mysterious maze game called Lair of Squid. We tracked down the author.

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  11. Fallout: London devs will “downgrade” Fallout 4 to save their massive mod

    The game's "next-gen update" threatened to upend years of work on the "DLC-sized" mod.

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  12. After two rejections, Apple approves Epic Games Store app for iOS

    European iOS users will see the alternative app store launch sometime soon.

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  1. The new Riven remake is even better than Myst

    The original developers revised puzzles and realized the immersive world in 3D.

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  2. Patent document showcases the cloud-only streaming Xbox console that never was

    Microsoft couldn't get the price of its streaming Xbox low enough to release it.

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  3. Apple rejects PC emulators on the iOS App Store

    New iOS emulation rules only apply to "retro game consoles," not retro computers.

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  4. The math on unplayed Steam “shame” is way off—and no cause for guilt

    It's fun to speculate, but sales and library quirks make it impossible to know.

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  5. Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter

    Id Software co-founder talks to Ars about everything from Catacomb 3-D to "boomer shooters."

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  6. Apple Intelligence and other features won’t launch in the EU this year

    iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay screen sharing will also skip the EU for now.

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  7. Why Interplay’s original Fallout 3 was canceled 20+ years ago

    OG Fallout producer says "Project Van Buren" ran out of time and money.

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  8. From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction

    MUDs, Usenet, and open source all play a part in 50 years of IF history.

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  9. Seven years later, Nintendo proves Metroid Prime 4 still exists

    2025 release could launch on the still-mysterious "Switch 2."

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  10. Shadow of the Erdtree has ground me into dust, which is why I recommend it

    Souls fans seeking real challenge should love it. Casuals like me might wait.

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  11. Star Citizen still hasn’t launched, but it’s already banning cheaters

    Developer bans "over 600" players for exploiting an item duplication glitch.

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  12. Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code

    A physics simulation flaw in text-based 1969 computer game went unnoticed until today.

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  1. Are Diablo fans getting too old for the old-school item grind?

    Devs say players no longer want the "very long chase" for rare drops.

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  2. Civilization-like Ara blurs lines between hot-seat and play-by-mail multiplayer

    Plus, the game promises an innovative approach to turn-based multiplayer.

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  3. The rent is too dang high in Cities: Skylines 2, so the devs nuked the landlords

    It was getting so bad, people were actually suggesting building more homes.

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  4. Gaming historians preserve what’s likely Nintendo’s first US commercial

    Mego's "Time Out" spot pitched Nintendo's Game & Watch handhelds under a different name.

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  5. Microsoft Gaming CEO: “I think we should have a handheld, too”

    More than just streaming, playing games locally "is really important" to Spencer.

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  6. Microsoft reveals first disc-less Xbox Series X

    But don't worry, Microsoft isn't abandoning the console disc drive entirely.

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  7. New Steam Deck competitor lets you easily swap in more RAM, storage

    Adata embraces the CAMM2 memory standard for its intriguing handheld prototype.

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  8. Marvel’s Midnight Suns is free right now, and you should grab it (even on Epic)

    Sadly overlooked on release, the card/turn-based battler is a real bargain.

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  9. Civilization VII looks like 2K’s next big game announcement

    Logo drop comes amid publisher's "beloved franchise" tease for Summer Games Fest.

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  10. You can inherit a dead relative’s GOG account—if you have a court order

    "We'd do our best to make it happen... with the help of the justice system."

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  11. Sony removes still-unmet “8K” promise from PS5 packaging

    Move could presage an expected resolution bump in the rumored PS5 Pro.

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  12. What kind of bug would make machine learning suddenly 40% worse at NetHack?

    One day, a roguelike-playing system just kept biffing it, for celestial reasons.

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