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Nobody Wants to Game on Mouse and Keyboard Anymore
It’s been a long while since we saw any Valve branding on a controller that didn’t have a screen attached to it. Then, out of the blue, Valve’s helping a Japanese gaming hardware company, Hori, stick a Steam button on a brand new controller. At the same time, why is arguably the most influential company…
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Nintendo Begins Mass Takedown of Switch Emulator Backups
Months after it shutdown the popular Switch emulator Yuzu over copyright infringement and piracy concerns, Nintendo has initiated a mass takedown of related backups and apparent clones on the Microsoft-owned platform Github. Over 8,000 repositories were removed as the Zelda publisher seemingly tries to stomp out forks of the emulator before they sprout up elsewhere.…
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Game Over, Yuzu: Nintendo Switch Emulator Will Shut Down and Pay $2.4 Million
Nintendo has a history of not just stopping video game pirates, but ruining their lives. The Mario maker sued Yuzu, a notorious free emulator of the Nintendo Switch just last week. On Monday, the developers behind Yuzu agreed to shut down the website entirely and pay Nintendo $US2.4 million dollars, according to court documents. Citra,…
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2023 Was the Year of the Handheld Console, and 2024 Will Be Better for It
This past year was a tipping point for the games industry. There have been some amazing, trend-setting releases alongside devastating industry turmoil, including mass layoffs, studio closures, and ballooning development costs. There’s a sense of foreboding entering into 2024, but there’s at least one thing we can glean from the chaos of 2023. The handheld…