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BRAZIL - 2022/05/02: In this photo illustration, the PlayStation logo is seen in the background of a...

Sony wants its cut of the lucrative mobile gaming market

This could mean we'll get mobile spinoffs of popular PlayStation IP, like Horizon Forbidden West or Gran Turismo.

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A mock-up of the Polium One

This ‘web3 game console’ marks a new low for crypto grifts

The Polium One, an alleged web3 game console, makes even the sketchiest vaporware look legit.

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Sonic Frontiers will be ‘open-zone,’ with no smooching allowed

Sega has a few simple rules for dating its teenage hedgehog in Sonic Frontiers, so you won't see the Blue Blur kissing people anytime soon.

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Sonic Frontiers haters just don't understand the game, Sonic Team says

In a new interview, Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka says that the "open zone" format will silence the haters, and denied any rumored delays.

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We've finally seen Starfield, and the internet can't get enough

A fifteen-minute gameplay preview of Bethesda's new IP, Starfield, lives up to its billing of "Skyrim in space."

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Fed-up GameStop employees quit en masse, stating ‘we are not God’

Four GameStop employees in Nebraska walked out of their store last weekend, citing bad working conditions and abusive upper management.

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Hideo Kojima's rumored new horror game, Overdose, leaks online

Supposed details of new horror game by Metal Gear maestro Hideo Kojima have trickled out, and some aren't happy about it.

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Sega Mega Drive Mini 2

Sega's Mega Drive Mini 2 comes with a make-believe Sega CD add-on

The second-generation mini retro console features 50 built-in games and a cosmetic Sega CD attachment for that full retro look.

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E3 will rise from the dead in 2023 as an in-person event

Despite many eulogies, the ESA has announced that E3 will return in 2023 as a digital and in-person event.

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Nintendo hoped hacker's prison term would send a message to pirates

A newly-released transcript of a hacker's sentencing hearing reveals that Nintendo wanted his prison term to strike fear in the hearts of pirates, among other things.

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