Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’
Nintendo wouldn’t say what the “market conditions” were but likely reference President Trump’s tariffs, which are increasing costs for U.S. consumers.
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Itch.io has begun restoring NSFW content, but only if it’s free
There’s a new turn in the itch.io story. In a forum post, itch.io creator and founder Leaf Corcoran has notified users that the company has begun the process of restoring thousands of NSFW pages that were deindexed — that is, content that has been removed from search results and recommendation lists. The catch is that […]
Nintendo Switch prices are going up after this weekend
Nintendo is raising the price of the original Switch “family of systems and products,” the company announced on Friday. Along with the first-generation Nintendo Switch, the price change also affects the Switch OLED, Switch Lite, and “select” accessories. Nintendo is also raising the price of some Switch 2 accessories, certain amiibo, and the Alarmo. The […]
Nintendo’s Switch 2 doubles first-month sales of the original
Nintendo’s financial year is off to a bumper start thanks to explosive sales of its Switch 2 console. Following its launch in June, the Switch 2 console has now sold 5.82 million units according to Nintendo’s Q1 earnings report, more than double the 2.7 million unit sales achieved by the original Switch in its first […]
The LeapMove is a gamified camera designed to get kids off the couch
LeapFrog has announced a new electronic learning system that swaps controllers for a camera. In fact, the LeapMove looks like an oversized, kid-friendly webcam, but is designed to connect to TVs like a console and get kids off the couch using educational games that require full-body movements to play. It’s reminiscent of the Xbox Kinect […]
The Switch 2 is off to a speedy start for big third-party games
With the Switch 2, Nintendo seems to be closing the release date gap with some of its third-party games. It’s a problem that plagued previous Nintendo consoles, which often received games years after other platforms, if at all. While today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase may have lacked the splash of anticipated third-party games like Hades […]
Epic’s Game Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play
Following an appeals court victory on Thursday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that “the Epic Games Store for Android will be coming to the Google Play Store.” This is despite Google’s plan to appeal the Ninth Circuit panel’s decision, which declined to overturn a 2023 jury verdict that Google’s app store and payment system had […]
Google loses appeal over app store overhaul in Epic Games case
The court rejected Google’s argument that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly favored Epic Games.
Epic just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again
Epic has won again. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will not overturn the unanimous jury verdict from 2023 that Google’s app store and payments system had become illegal monopolies. Today, a three-judge panel affirmed the lower court’s decision in Epic v. Google, according to an full opinion you can read at the bottom of […]
Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn’t play Nintendo
It’s always a risk betting on new video game hardware from a little-known company: what if game developers never show up? But the $50 Thumby Color, on sale this week, is an easier sell – the two-inch handheld is cute as a button, fits on your keychain, and lets aspiring programmers build and publish games […]