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There It Is: Analogue Pocket Just Got Its Long-Awaited Jailbreak
30.7.2022
The Analogue Pocket’s always turned heads: first for being the most authentic-sounding Game Boy replacement ever announced, then for taking an extraordinary length of time to finally come out. But come out it did, and it was pretty good. For some, its biggest drawback was that it required...
Hideo Kojima, Gabe Newell And Other Superstar Developers Star In...A Dragon Ball Z Video
12.7.2022
Comedy group Mega64 just released a super impressive new video in which the team re-enact the entire, epic Maijin Buu story arc from Dragon Ball Z in just five (well, five-ish) minutes. To get it done, though, they needed some help.Read more
RIP Bernie Stolar, Who Helped Launch Both The PlayStation And Dreamcast
27.6.2022
Bernie Stolar, one of the most important video game executives of the 1990s, has passed away at the age of 75, GamesBeat reports.Read more
New One Piece Odyssey Trailer Gives Straw Hat Pirates Movie-Esque Intro
9.6.2022
One Piece’s manga might be going on a month-long hiatus, but that didn’t stop Game Pope and Muppet enthusiast Geoff Keighley from giving fans a new look at its upcoming JRPG during Summer Game Fest. Read more
Jamiroquai to Bring ‘Virtual Insanity’ to The Sandbox Blockchain Metaverse
19.5.2022
On Wednesday, the acid jazz-funk band Jamiroquai revealed it has partnered with the blockchain-based virtual world platform The Sandbox in order to “get funky in the metaverse.” According to the announcement, Jamiroquai plans to bring virtual insanity to the band’s virtual land...
NFT Market Collapses Just As Square Enix Sells Tomb Raider To Bet Big On Blockchain
4.5.2022
You know what no one could ever have predicted? That a market based on imaginary ownership of infinitely duplicable jpeg images might not be end-game, long-term sustainable. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the NFT market is “flatlining,” down 92 percent from last September. Which makes it just...
Atari claims its namesake token is now 'unlicensed' as it terminates blockchain joint venture
18.4.2022
The company appears to have abruptly terminated the ATRI token partnership, but indicated that it still sees a bright future for blockchain related ventures within the company
Witcher Fans Mistake Fanfiction For Clues About Next Game
22.3.2022
It seemed inevitable, but yesterday CD Projekt Red made it official: it’s working on a new open world Witcher game. The company didn’t say anything about what the game would be about, but it did send fans into speculation mode with teaser art showing a medallion covered in snow. Now some of them...
Atari Buys MobyGames For $1.5 Million
11.3.2022
Atari, or at least the company currently holding the rights to use that name, announced earlier this week that it had spent $1.5 million buying MobyGames, a website most of you have probably used at one point or another in your lives without ever thinking about its monetary worth.Read more
The Rabbids Invade the Metaverse as The Sandbox Partners With Gaming Giant Ubisoft
9.2.2022
On February 8, the subsidiary of Animoca Brands and the decentralized gaming virtual world project, The Sandbox, announced the company has partnered with the French video game company Ubisoft. According to the announcement, Ubisoft will have its own land in the virtual metaverse, and the world will...
Zombie Atari Celebrates 50-Year Legacy With NFT Loot Boxes
27.1.2022
Founded way back in 1972, Atari celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The all-but-defunct company doesn’t really make games anymore, but it does like to plaster its recognizable logo over everything it can find—from hotels to PCs. And to celebrate that the company is still clinging to life...
Foam Shoe Giant Crocs Files NFT and Digital Collectibles Trademark Application
16.1.2022
According to a recent trademark application, Crocs, the American shoe company based in Colorado may be delving into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Since 2004, Crocs has sold 300 million pairs of foam clog shoes and the application describes a protocol that can manage and store digital...
The Sandbox Partners With a Myriad of Hong Kong Luminaries, Plans to Launch Metaverse ‘Mega City’
5.1.2022
The Animoca Brands subsidiary and blockchain-based virtual world, The Sandbox, has announced the firm has made multiple partnerships in Hong Kong, and has plans to create a “Mega City” in the metaverse. Partners who acquired land in The Sandbox to build Mega City include Hong Kong...
Accounting Firm PWC’s Hong Kong Branch Purchases Land in The Sandbox Metaverse
23.12.2021
On Thursday, Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ (PWC) Hong Kong unit announced that it purchased a land site in The Sandbox metaverse. The PWC Hong Kong branch will be the first internationally recognized professional services brand to enter The Sandbox metaverse. PWC Hong Kong Enters the Metaverse...
Amiga A500 Mini Launches March 2022 With 25 Games
18.12.2021
Yesterday, Retro Games Ltd. announced that its full licensed mini version of the popular late ‘80s computer, the Amiga A500, would be out on March 25, 2022 and also revealed the full list of the 25 games included with the retro-inspired device. Read more
Analogue Pocket: The Kotaku Review
13.12.2021
The Analogue Pocket is the ultimate Game Boy. It can play nearly any Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance game, on a bright and colorful LCD with 10 times the resolution of the original Nintendo Handheld, sound piping through a pair of superb stereo speakers. That’s just for starters. Read...
The Evercade VS Recaptures That Cartridge Game Magic
22.11.2021
Last year UK company Blaze Entertainment released the Evercade, a lovely handheld gaming system that uses cartridges to play retro game compilations. Now the company is doubling down with the Evercade VS, a TV console with two cartridge slots and support for four-player local multiplayer. Slapping...
Atari’s New Collectible Game Cartridges Off To A Rocky Start
17.11.2021
Yesterday the folks at whatever counts as Atari these days launched Atari XP, a series of collectible and playable Atari 2600 cartridges featuring homebrew and prototype games never officially physically released. The cartridge collection’s debut was a bit messy, however, incorrectly attributing...
The New Gaming Console That's Become A Giant Car Crash, Explained
18.9.2021
On October 22, 2018, Intellivision unveiled the Amico, a family-friendly retro console. The pitch: The games would be simple to play and cost no more than $8. The console itself would retail at about $180 with all games being exclusive to the console. In that initial trailer, the Amico was given...
Sir Clive Sinclair, Father Of Home Computing, Dies Aged 81
17.9.2021
It’s hard to overstate the importance of Sir Clive Sinclair’s role in the world of computing. His inventing the ZX Spectrum home computer in 1980 radically changed the masses’ perception of and access to computers, creating a path for not only gaming, but also the creation of games, by millions....