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Four out five households in the US own a video game console. With the halcyon days of the arcade far behind us, video games have entered the mainstream and the industry now surpasses Hollywood in terms of revenue. Mobile games have changed the gaming landscape again, with virtual reality (VR) also set to become big business in coming years. What's next?
On the Nintendo Switch games like Super Smash Bros Ultimate are best played with Pro Controllers. Japanese accessory company Hori has now unveiled a new controller that's basically a Pro Controller split in two to slide onto either side of the screen in handheld mode.
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Microsoft has announced that its next Xbox will launch in the 2020 holiday season, along with a brand new Halo title: Halo Infinite. The console is yet to be officially named, with Microsoft still referring to it as "Project Scarlett" when it pops its head round from behind the curtain. -
Ahead of E3 next week, Google has given some more details on its game-streaming platform, Stadia, first announced back in March. We now know how much it’ll cost, when it’ll be out and which games will be available at launch.
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E3 is always one of the biggest weeks of the year for game announcements, details and trailers. To get warmed up, New Atlas is diving into the crazy rumors, confirmed appearances and potential wild-cards of this year’s E3 expo.
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Software developer Panic is getting into the hardware game with a handheld game console that features a hand crank. Called Playdate, it looks like a Gameboy made for (or by) a Minion, doesn't have a color screen, receives new games weekly like a TV show and has a crank handle on the side.
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Augmented reality (AR) technology has come a long way since Pokémon Go launched in 2016, and now one of the biggest games of the last decade is joining the ranks. Microsoft has announced Minecraft Earth, an upcoming mobile game that brings the blocky construction set into the real world.
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The keyboard and mouse combo is the long-standing weapon of choice for players of first-person shooter games. Now a Chinese company called Ragnok is trying to ramp up the realism a bit with the Mousegun, a controller that’s designed to look and feel like the handle of a pistol.
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