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How to Watch the Sept. 23 Nintendo Direct

Top GamesAdvance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp could appear during Thursday's Direct. / Photo courtesy of NintendoThe next Nintendo Direct is coming Thursday, Sept. 23, the company announced Wednesday. As with most Nintendo Direct broadcasts, Nintendo has shared a brief description of what the broadcast will focus on. Unlike most Direct broadcasts, the Federal Communications Commission appears to have leaked some of what's coming. Here's what you need to know about the next Nintendo Direct broadcast.Tune in 9/23 at 3 p.m. PT for a #NintendoDirect livestream featuring roughly 40

Can you imagine a banana as a game controller?

Yes! Sony made it possible to imagine. Yes! Sony made it possible to imagine. New technology is going to allow people to use a banana or any object as a game controller. Finally! we are not confined to use only some mathematical shape’s (circle, triangle, square) in the form of remote control; Sony has filed for a patent that details a method of turning any object, either banana, bread or a bottle, into a game controller. The patent application described the method of turning a banana into a PlayStation controller.

Spider-Man: No Way Home Sanctum Lego Set Available for Pre-Order

Earlier this week, Marvel revealed a brand new collaboration with Lego to celebrate the upcoming release of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Featuring 355 pieces in total, you can see an example of what the set will look like, as well as detailed specifications, right below. Fans of Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home playset can amaze their friends with LEGO® Marvel Spider-Man at the Sanctum Workshop (76185). With authentic details, awesome accessories and a monster bug to battle, the set inspires endless imaginative play and impressive displays.Doctor Strange’s action-packed HQThe

Leveling the playing field

Williesha Morris Contributor Williesha Morris has been a journalist and freelancer off-and-on for over a decade. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, playing video games or chatting about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2011, a product developer named Fred Davison read an article about inventor Ken Yankelevitz and his QuadControl video game controller for quadriplegics. At the time, Yankelevitz was on the verge of retirement. Davison wasn’t a gamer, but he said his mother, who had the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS, inspired him to pick up where Yankelevitz was about to

Sony Tech For Banana Controllers Discovered

Credit: Sony In what might be the most unusual news we hear from the gaming industry this week, Sony is apparently trying to patent a way to use bananas as controllers. Well, that’s a bit of a simplistic way to put it: What Sony’s actually done is patent a way to use items players might have around their house as peripheral controllers. We’re still not sure why, but it’s as if there always needs to be a why, anyway. The patent application was originally discovered by GamesIndustry.biz, which showed off

WWDC 2020: New Controllers, Rumble Support, Motion Controls, Custom Button Mapping, and More Confirmed for iOS 14 and iPadOS 14

WWDC 2020 has revealed quite a bit of good stuff for iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and Apple Arcade already with a plethora of additions and enhancements coming not just to the OS but also to the App Store. After WWDC 2020’s opening presentation ended, the developer videos and plans for the week have revealed quite a bit of information for Apple’s plans this year on iPhone and iPad. An “Advancements in Game Controllers" session for WWDC 2020 has revealed some excellent things coming for controllers on iOS, iPadOS, and more.

The iPad Is Getting Keyboard And Mouse Support For Gaming

Even though no one is allowed to attend in person, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference for 2020 is going ahead this week as a virtual event. One of the new announcements to come out of it is that keyboard and mouse gaming will be possible on iPad from June 25, as well as increased support for new controller types.The news from the conference was tweeted out by games personality Wario64, along with some info from a video mainly aimed at developers, announcing that keyboard, mouse and trackpad controls will now be