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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Super Punch Patrol’ Coming This Month, ‘Mask of Mists’ and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales

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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 2nd, 2020. It’s a bit smaller today than it was yesterday, but there’s still some good stuff to check out. We’ve got news of a new game from a developer whose work I enjoy quite a bit, summaries of the new games that hit the eShop today, and lists of incoming and outgoing sales for the thrifty among us to peruse and carefully consider. Let’s get down to business! News ‘Gunman Clive’ Creator Announces ‘Super Punch Patrol’, Out September

The Biggest Bingo Prizes Ever Won

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Time Stamp: July 3, 2020 12:41 AM - Modified On: July 3, 2020 - Published By:
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The UK has over 3 million people playing bingo regularly and the law of averages means that large jackpot wins are inevitable. Therefore, it comes as no surprise to learn that there have been some big winners in the bingo stakes. There are many different sized cash pots in bingo and where you play is important. Most prizes at bingo halls are small and consist of a pot made by the number of people entering each bingo game. However, when you move online and in particular play linked games run

Terraform: The Making of Doom 64

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JOHN ROMERO'S EYES FOLLOWED THE engineer as he placed his cargo on the pool table. Their visitor hailed from Sega, and the item he placed on id Software's pool table was a motherboard, still in prototype stage. When completed, it would power the 32X, Sega's add-on hardware that would evolve the Genesis console from a 16-bit dinosaur into a 32-bit giant. Romero and the rest of id Software's small team gathered 'round as the engineer set a monitor on the felt surface, plugged the prototype into it, and powered it

PS5 vs Xbox Series X: Understanding CPU & GPU frequencies

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 1:16 AM - Modified On: April 3, 2020 - Published By:
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The run-up to the launch of a new console generation is always one of the most exciting parts of being a video game enthusiast. New hardware generations always bring massive advancements in visual fidelity and immersion, as well as new gameplay possibilities. Both Microsoft and Sony are expected to launch their ninth-generation console sometime near the end of this year and both companies have now begun offering official statements on the technical specifications of these new machines. Every console manufacturer likes to brag that it will offer the most advanced

Planet Zoo goes to South America with new DLC next week

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 4:10 AM - Modified On: April 1, 2020 - Published By:
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Bring the exotic scenes of South America to your zoo with Planet Zoo's South America Pack DLC, set to release next week. Planet Zoo is approaching its first anniversary, giving players a greater chance to build the biggest animal sanctuary imaginable. Frontier Developments isn't done supporting the game just yet and has big plans lined up for next week. Who's ready to infuse the jungles of South America into their zoos? On Tuesday, Frontier unveiled the South America Pack, Planet Zoo's second DLC pack. [embedded content] The South America pack

PS5 vs Xbox Series X: Specs and comparisons guide

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Time Stamp: March 30, 2020 4:46 PM - Modified On: March 30, 2020 - Published By:
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The prelude to the launch of a new console generation is always one of the most exciting parts of being a video game enthusiast. New hardware generations always bring massive advancements in visual fidelity and immersion, as well as new gameplay possibilities. Both Microsoft and Sony are expected to launch their ninth-generation console sometime near the end of this year and both companies have now begun offering official statements on the technical specifications of these new machines. Every console manufacturer likes to brag that it will offer the most advanced

Apollo 11 Situations: John Romero on Porting Doom and Wolfenstein 3D

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Time Stamp: March 18, 2020 7:01 PM - Modified On: March 18, 2020 - Published By:
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id Software's co-founder recounts converting Wolfenstein 3D to Super NES in three weeks, how the studio viewed ports of its games, and more. Working at id Software in the 1990s was like working inside a bunker, only with more pizza, soda, and video games. The studio started small and remained small through development of Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, and Doom. After Doom's release in December 1993, John Romero turned his attention to scouting for opportunities to collaborate on external projects related to id's games, namely strategy guides and ports. Romero

Knee-Deep in the Ports: Ranking the Best (and Worst) Versions of Doom

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Time Stamp: March 18, 2020 12:01 AM - Modified On: March 18, 2020 - Published By:
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As of 2008, Tetris holds the achievement of the most ported video game in history. Which makes sense. Virtually any electronic device can run Tetris. That's the beauty of its design: difficult to master, but arguably the most accessible controls and objectives ever.  Doom, however, is hot on Tetris's heels. You can play Doom on virtually any personal computing operating system, most consoles, and lots of handhelds. You can even run the game on a piano. Can you play Tetris on a piano? That's what I thought. (Though you'll probably