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Someone turned Lego Mario into a controller for ‘Super Mario Bros.’

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Sponsored Links Lego If you're a fan of a certain Italian plumber and brand of plastic building blocks, you've probably seen the Lego Super Mario sets Lego and Nintendo released in August. Using a combination of technologies, they allow you to build your own IRL Mario levels with specially made Lego blocks. So obviously it was only a matter of time before someone found a way to use those toys to play Super Mario Bros. (via The Verge). Wrote some code to use the #legosupermario to play #SuperMario pic.twitter.com/LOuECESPgT— Rick

Try ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’ multiplayer on PS4 this weekend

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Time Stamp: September 16, 2020 11:48 PM - Modified On: September 16, 2020 - Published By:
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Sponsored Links Activision As part of its PlayStation 5 showcase on Wednesday, Sony featured a new campaign trailer from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, talking up its support for ray tracing, 120Hz refresh rate and HDR on the new console. However, before it comes to the PS5, the developers announced a PS4-exclusive multiplayer Alpha test happening this weekend, “complete with multiple modes, maps, and a preview of the Create-a-Class and Scorestreak systems.” If you can’t wait a couple of days, then just read through Jessica Conditt’s experiences in

‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ is coming to the Oculus Quest

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Sponsored Links Skydance Interactive VR game The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is officially coming to Oculus Quest October 13th, Skydance Interactive developers announced Wednesday during Facebook Connect. The game was one of several announced today alongside the brand-new Oculus Quest 2 hardware. Soon, you’ll be able to hack and slash walkers wire-free in what developers billed as the “most brutal and immersive survival game in VR.” The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners takes place in a walker-infested New Orleans, where you must fight your way through the streets and negotiate

PlayStation 5 pre-orders start at Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy

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Sponsored Links Target.com If you’ve seen enough and you’re ready to put money down on Sony’s new-generation console, then the time is now. We don’t know what the supply situation will be like for the PS5, but now that the price has been announced ($500 with an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive, $400 without), and despite Sony’s initial statement that pre-orders will start tomorrow, retailers are lining up to take your money.Posts on social media have indicated GameStop locations are doing in-person pre-orders, albeit with very limited availability, while online

Some of Sony’s own PS5 launch titles will cost $70

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Sponsored Links Marvel Now that Sony announced the price and launch dates for the PlayStation 5, other information is rounding into shape. It has revealed the day one lineup of Sony Interactive Entertainment games, including free pack-in title Astro’s Playroom.Other than the Ultimate Edition of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sony will release Demon’s Souls and Destruction All Stars for $69.99 in the US (¥7,900/€79.99 elsewhere), which is $10 more than the usual top price from previous generations. In the blog post, SIE CEO Jim Ryan explains that “Our own Worldwide

Xbox Series X will reportedly cost $499 and arrive November 10th

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Sponsored Links Microsoft Microsoft revealed last month that the Xbox Series X will arrive in November, just in time for this year’s holiday shopping season. Now, Windows Central reports a more specific release date and even a price point for the tech giant’s next-gen console: the Series X will apparently set you back $499 and will be available on November 10th. The publication’s report comes hot on the heels of a leak that shows what the Xbox Series S, which is expected to be Microsoft’s cheaper disc-less console, could look

The Nintendo Switch goes on sale in Brazil on September 18th

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Time Stamp: September 7, 2020 7:45 PM - Modified On: September 7, 2020 - Published By:
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Sponsored Links Engadget Nintendo fans in Brazil won't have to wait much longer to get their hands on a Switch directly from Nintendo. On Monday, the company announced it plans to start selling the console in the South American country on September 18th.  The Switch will be available in-store at Lojas Americanas and Magazine Luiza and online from those same retailers and Submarino.com.br for 2,999 Brazilian real (approximately $565). Those stores will also sell accessories like the Switch Pro Controller.  Buying directly from Nintendo is something people in Brazil haven’t been

Researchers created a Game Boy that doesn’t need batteries

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Sponsored Links Northwestern University The original Game Boy was no slouch when it came to battery life. With four simple AA batteries, you could play games like Tetris and Super Mario Land for about 10 to 15 hours. That was something that made the Game Boy so much more appealing than its contemporaries. But as it turns out, it's possible to improve even on a classic.  A team of researchers made up of computer scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has developed a Game Boy that

Infinity Ward disables all ‘Warzone’ vehicles after game-breaking bug emerges

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Sponsored Links Infinity Ward If you hop into Call of Duty: Warzone right now, you’ll notice that all of the vehicles are missing. Over the weekend, players discovered a game-breaking glitch. To fix it, Infinity Ward temporarily disabled all vehicles, Eurogamer explains. A playlist update is rolling out now across all platforms! This update temporarily removes all vehicles from #Warzone.— Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) September 6, 2020 The glitch allowed players to drive any vehicle out of bounds at a specific point on the map. A “return to combat area” warning

NVIDIA’s RTX 3000 cards make counting teraflops pointless

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Sponsored Links Teraflops have been a popular way to measure "graphical power" for years. The term refers to the number of calculations a GPU can perform, but while it’s been on spec sheets forever, more recently the teraflop has gone mainstream, appearing in marketing messages found in the launch of consoles like the Xbox Series X. With GPU core counts reaching five figures, it’s nice to have a simple point of comparison. Unfortunately, teraflops have never been less useful.The term teraflop comes from FLOPs, or "floating-point operations per second," which