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a white xbox controller on top of an xbox series x
As Sony phases out physical games, Ubisoft teams up with Xbox to make digital copies of your library

A sign of more to come, hopefully.

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A portable monitor showing a collection of NES games on RomM, with a phone next to it running Goldeneye 007 from the same RomM server
I stream my retro games from one machine to every device in the house, and nothing gets installed twice

It's convenient and reliable

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A screenshot of a cube and portal being made in Portal
GPT-6 Astra just completed Portal, but it burned through $571.18 in tokens to do it

Does GPT-6 Astra versus GLaDOS count as an AI duel?

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Popular games in a backlog collection on Steam.
6 games you might have rotting in your backlog that deserve to be played right now

The "perfect moment" to start playing these gems will never come

A mini PC-powered emulation setup
I emulate every console I wanted as a kid on a single mini PC, and I never have to deal with Windows

Reliving the classics is so easy now

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PlayStation 5 Pro console with physical game discs.
Sony's digital-only future will hit 62% of the world the hardest, and nobody is talking about it

I know what these kids are about to lose when Sony kills the disc

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Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 team leaked its own trailer after the ESRB blocked its release

The has truth come out 17 years after it happened.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming consoles and titles
Microsoft reduces Xbox Cloud Gaming playtime to a measly 15 hours a month a year after full rollout

Better make them count.

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Steam's Big Picture mode on a dual-monitor setup.
Steam's best power-user tricks are buried so deep most gamers never find them

Two decades of using Steam and I didn't know about these.

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The Steam Deck OLED's joysticks
Ubisoft bans Linux and Steam Deck users from For Honor because it "cannot meaningfully deploy protection"

There's not much you can do if you're affected.

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I stopped buying $70 games after discovering Steam's indie goldmine

It makes my money go a lot further in this current market.

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Cyberdemons in Doom 1993.
After drama tore GZDoom apart, UZDoom v5 is here to modernise the FPS classic

When one open-source door closes, another door opens.

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Bazzite on a gaming PC.
PS2 emulator PCSX2 v2.8.0 is now out, and it boasts huge performance boosts for your games

Also, no more codec nonsense.

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Asus ROG Ally running Half-Life 2 with a MacBook and a monitor in the background
12TB of Valve's data from 2003-2013 has leaked online, and Episode 3 content isn't off the table yet

The hunt for legendary gaming gold is afoot.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion official reveal screenshot
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma doesn't deny The Elder Scrolls 6 as a console exclusive, which is a little worrying

Here's hoping it's a nothing burger.

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A Mac Mini in front of a monitor showing Risk of Rain 2
Mac gamers finally have a real solution, and it's running far better than I expected

PixelPort could change the game

Nex Playground 2
Amazon's knocking 20% off the Nex Playground, the family gaming console that somehow outsold the PS5
An Xbox Series X with the Master Chief sitting on it
Xbox officially unveils a way to digitize your physical game collection

The feature will launch for Xbox insiders first on August 31st.

Steam wallpaper on OLED monitor in a gaming PC.
Heroes of Might and Magic III hits 'Mostly Negative' Steam reviews because Ubisoft forgot to add the game

Yeah, that will definitely affect user reception somewhat.

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RetroArch cross-platform netplay
RetroArch's Netplay feature is why it's still the best emulation frontend

This is why RetroArch is still fantastic.

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