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The best laptops to use for schoolwork and gaming

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There's never been a better time to be a PC gamer, especially when it comes to laptops. Gaming notebooks are lighter, more powerful and cheaper than ever before. They're particularly useful for students because their beefy hardware could be helpful for rendering video and doing any other school work that would make super-thin ultraportables sweat. You can find some general advice on choosing gaming laptops in our guide, but things have changed a bit since we wrote that piece. NVIDIA's mobile GPUs are better than ever, and AMD is finally making

All the gear you need to game-stream like a pro

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I have a sneaking suspicion that high school A/V clubs went out of fashion once teachers realized their students knew way more about emerging technologies than they did. It would’ve happened sometime in the late ’90s, as personal computers, the internet, cameras and microphones started to become widely accessible, and teenagers tinkering around in their bedrooms could single-handedly create digital works of art and intrigue.Nowadays, Twitch and YouTube are the world’s A/V club. These sites host millions of hours of live-streamed creativity, comedy and personal connection, all with homemade yet

‘Halo 3’ arrives on PC on July 14th

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Sponsored Links Xbox Game Studios/Bungie/343 Industries Almost 13 long years after it debuted on Xbox 360, Halo 3 is finally making its way to PC. You won’t have much longer to wait either, as it’ll arrive on Steam and the Microsoft Store on July 14th. Xbox Game Pass for PC members can claim it as part of their subscription. 343 Industries is edging ever closer to bringing the entire Halo: Master Chief Collection to PC. It’s only been a couple of months since it released the Halo 2: Anniversary port,

Sega’s Astro City Mini arcade cabinet comes with 36 games

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Sponsored Links Sega With the Genesis Mini and Game Gear Micro, Sega is really into tiny consoles right now. It may have just outdone itself, however, with the launch of the Astro City Mini arcade cabinet (via The Verge). It’s a shrunk-down version of Sega’s famous 1993 Astro City sit-down arcade cabinet, complete with a tiny screen and microswitch controls.It comes with 36 games, including confirmed Sega arcade launch titles Alien Syndrome, Alien Storm, Golden Axe, Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder, Columns II, Dark Edge, Puzzle & Action:

A number of first-party Nintendo Switch games are on sale at GameStop

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Sponsored Links Nintendo All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. If you buy something through one of the links on this page, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you own a Nintendo Switch and are bored staying home, you’re in luck -- almost 40 Switch games are now on sale at GameStop. Some games are even priced slightly better than Nintendo’s recent summer sale. Notable titles include New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, Splatoon 2 and Yoshi’s Crafted World, all

An Ubisoft VP has resigned following assault and misconduct allegations

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Sponsored Links NurPhoto via Getty Images Maxime Béland, Ubisoft’s vice-president of editorial, has resigned following accusations of assault and misconduct that emerged in recent weeks. Kotaku first reported that Béland had stepped down and Ubisoft has confirmed his resignation to Engadget.Both Béland and Tommy François, the studio’s vice president of editorial and creative services, were reportedly placed on disciplinary leave in late June. Ubisoft has since confirmed that François is on leave pending the outcome of an investigation, and that it had fired another employee at its Toronto studio for

8BitDo is updating one of its Bluetooth gamepads for Project xCloud

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Sponsored Links 8BitDo Peripheral manufacturer 8BitDo is best known for making retro-inspired controllers, but for its latest act the company is doing something different. Instead of yet another Switch-focused controller, 8BitDo is releasing a new Bluetooth gamepad designed for use with Microsoft's Project xCloud game streaming service. The $45 SN30 Pro for Xbox adapts the same underlying design as the company's SN30 Pro+, symmetrical analog sticks and all, but won’t be out of place in your Xbox controller collection. 8BitDo says it’s compatible with all Android devices, with battery life coming in at about 18-hours

Microsoft’s first-party Xbox Games Showcase streams July 23rd

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Sponsored Links Microsoft Microsoft is getting ready to show off more Xbox Series X titles. It’ll hold an Xbox Games Showcase as part of Summer Game Fest on July 23rd at noon Eastern Time. You can watch it on the Xbox website, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. After Microsoft killed off its own streaming platform, Mixer, you can catch the showcase on its old nemesis, Twitch, too. ? Xbox Games Showcase? July 23rd⏰ 9am PT@SummerGameFest Pre-Show at 8am PT with @GeoffKeighley on @YouTubeGaming#XboxGamesShowcase pic.twitter.com/zGr5AnFwic— Xbox (@Xbox) July 6, 2020 Microsoft has

‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’ gameplay footage surfaces in leaked videos

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Sponsored Links Ubisoft Thirty minutes of leaked gameplay footage from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is circulating around the internet, despite Ubisoft’s attempts to remove the videos.The game isn’t scheduled to arrive until this holiday season, and the two trailers Ubisoft released so far don’t include gameplay footage. The leak offers a grainy glimpse of the main character Eivor traveling on horseback through villages, navigating a longboat across open water, killing wolves and busting into a castle. There’s plenty of combat to watch, and at the end of the mission, Eivor must