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A recent firmware update for the Nintendo Switch 2 has introduced a new restriction for physical game owners. It has been discovered that Super Mario Bros. Wonder now requires an internet connection to launch, even from a physical game card, following the system’s update to version 20.2.0. The change has been confirmed by users in both Europe and North America. …

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is remarkably thin and, as it turns out, Samsung may have undersold it as the device is actually 8.82mm thick in a recent measurement of foldables, where Honor’s “world’s slimmest” device was thicker than advertised. Foldable manufacturers have been obsessed with thickness for the past couple of years, with the coveted “world’s thinnest” title passing …

When HCS first started in 2014 we were competing on Halo 2: Anniversary which delivered our first season champions in Evil Geniuses along with so many historic moments. Just a year later, we moved onto Halo 5: Guardians which ushered in a new era of competition as well as the Halo World Championship format. And in 2021, the Halo Infinite …

I’ve had a Kindle by my bed for over a decade, but it wasn’t until Amazon launched the Colorsoft Signature Edition that I really fell in love. As the brand’s first e-reader with a colour display, it opened up a whole new world of magazine reading, glossy travel guides, and cookbook browsing, all from one sleek little screen. And now, …

Intel Nova Lake Core Ultra 300K with 8P/16E cores to feature big L3 cache, aims to rival AMD 3D V-Cache  VideoCardz.com Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs could finally answer AMD’s V-Cache — Nova Lake could boast massive 144MB L3  Tom’s Hardware Intel “Nova Lake-S” Core Ultra 3, Ultra 5, Ultra 7, and Ultra 9 Core Configurations Surface  TechPowerUp Intel Confirms Nova Lake …

Image: Nintendo We’ve been absolutely addicted to Donkey Kong Bananza over the past week or so and various members of the team are, as expected, at different points along the way in the adventure. Some, like this writer, are still fairly early on in DK’s latest outing, whilst others, such as our very own Liam Doolan, are already done with …

No other company makes the retro gaming scene more onerous than ModRetro. The company behind the ModRetro Chromatic—fronted by the CEO of military contractor Anduril, Palmer Luckey—is at it again, announcing an enticing recreation of the Nintendo 64 meant to hook up to your TV and play all your old cartridges as if it were 1996 all over again. Drooling …

Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it’s a slippery slope  Hacker News Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games from Steam  PC Gamer Adult games are forcing the game industry into a spiritual crisis  Polygon Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship  WIRED Credit Card Companies Are Hurting …

Amazon has just announced two new Kindle models, both of which are available to buy now. These aren’t new devices necessarily, just slightly altered versions of the Kindle Colorsoft Amazon launched back in 2024. The latest 16GB model and the first Kids edition have joined all of the other latest Kindle editions on the market right now. The main draw …

Amazon and Dell apparently really want you to upgrade your laptop. Why else would they be practically giving away several of Dell’s most powerful models, loaded with all the memory and storage you could ever want, at truly crazy prices? Here’s another one — the Dell Inspiron 15 touchscreen laptop with a 13th Gen Intel Core i5 processor and 1TB of …