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Nintendo’s Labo VR starter set drops to $20 at Best Buy

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Sponsored Links Kris Naudus / Engadget 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. Switch fans looking to start or expand a Labo collection, take note: Best Buy has lowered the price of Nintendo’s VR starter set to $20, down from $40. The kit includes all the cardboard you need to turn your Switch into a VR headset and build a fearsome-looking blaster. The

A Kinect mod for ‘Super Mario 64’ provides a fun pandemic workout

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Time Stamp: July 13, 2020 1:54 PM - Modified On: July 13, 2020 - Published By:
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Sponsored Links SuperLouis64 What do you do when you’re in lockdown during a pandemic but still want to get some exercise? Well, if you’re YouTuber SuperLouis64, you’d make a Kinect mod and, together with a Nintendo Switch Joy-Con, use your own body as a controller for Super Mario 64. The result is a hilarious yet surprisingly effective workout that looks a lot more challenging than Ring Fit Adventures. In the YouTube video (which you can see above), he uses a mini indoor trampoline as a way to control Mario’s jumps and

‘Fall Guys’ brings mini-game battle royale to PS4 and Steam on August 4th

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Sponsored Links Devolver Digital If you want a battle royale-like experience but want something more family-friendly than Call of Duty or Fortnite, you won’t have to wait much longer. Mediatonic and Devolver have announced that Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout will be available on PS4 and Steam on August 4th. It’s not quite as ambitious as originally intended, with ‘only’ 60 players per round instead of 100, but it still appears every bit as frantic.The title revolves around a collection of mini-games where only one player can emerge victorious, such as

Devolver made a free game about a canceled game convention

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Time Stamp: July 11, 2020 9:17 PM - Modified On: July 11, 2020 - Published By:
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Sponsored Links Devolver Digital E3 and virtually every other in-person gaming expo for 2020 has been canceled due to the pandemic, but that isn’t preventing Devolver Digital from doing something to fill the void in a very self-referential way. It just released a free Devolverland Expo game on Steam that — what else? — has you sneaking through a canceled convention. It’s ultimately a plug for upcoming games like Shadow Warrior 3 and Carrion, but it’s a real game that has you dodging “advanced security systems” to watch videos and

EA’s ‘UFC 4’ focuses on your fighter’s backstory

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Sponsored Links EA It’s been three years since EA last released a UFC game, and the company is clearly eager to show some progress. The publisher has unveiled UFC 4, where the focus in is on developing your fighter’s backstory in Career Mode. Every action feeds into your character’s skillset — kick often and you’ll get better at it over time. You can also develop friendships and rivalries that influence your skill development. In theory, it’s a more wholistic progression system that encourages you to play in your preferred style.There

Amazon’s ‘New World’ MMO is delayed again

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Time Stamp: July 10, 2020 5:30 PM - Modified On: July 10, 2020 - Published By:
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Sponsored Links Amazon Games Amazon is once delaying its upcoming colonial online RPG New World (via PCGamer). The company's Amazon Games studio says it now plans to release the game sometime in the spring of 2021. It's also delaying the title's final beta test to that same time frame. The decision comes on the back of player feedback, with Amazon Games studio director Rich Lawrence saying the developer wants to spend the extra time adding more mid and endgame content to the title. "We want our players to feel completely immersed in the game,

Ubisoft posts ‘Far Cry 6’ teaser starring Giancarlo Esposito

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Sponsored Links Ubisoft This morning, a listing for Far Cry 6 leaked on the Hong Kong version of the PlayStation Store, Polygon reports. Ubisoft hasn’t officially announced the game, a sequel to Far Cry New Dawn, but following the leak, the company tweeted a teaser that confirms it. Far Cry 6 page just show up on PS HK Store. ? pic.twitter.com/LXZ1EhGykG— anjohn0422 (@anjohn0422) July 10, 2020 Screenshots from the leak show Giancarlo Esposito (aka Gus Fring of Breaking Bad) as the game’s lead. Ubisoft’s tweet reads, “Anton would not be

Blizzard makes it free to change gender in ‘World of Warcraft’

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Time Stamp: July 9, 2020 5:01 PM - Modified On: July 9, 2020 - Published By:
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Sponsored Links Blizzard When World of Warcraft: Shadowlands comes out later this year, Blizzard plans to stop charging players a $15 fee to change the gender of one of their characters. Much like how you can tweak your character's appearance at an in-game barbershop, you'll be able to do the same with their gender once the expansion comes out.   In an interview with Eurogamer, Shadowlands executive producer John Hight said Blizzard felt the fee was "not the right message." He went to add the company can't implement the change through a hotfix, which is why it’s

Facial mocap comes to Unreal Engine via new iPhone app

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Sponsored Links Unreal Engine A new iOS app for Unreal Engine uses your iPhone to capture your facial expressions and animate an onscreen character in real time. Live Link Face is designed to work in both professional game production settings, like a soundstage with actors in full mocap suits, and amaetur ones, such as a single artist at a desk, according to a blog post from Unreal Engine developer Epic Games. The app is available now from Apple’s app store.The app uses Apple’s augmented reality platform, ARKit, and the iPhone’s

Superhot’s standalone expansion will be free if you bought the original

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Sponsored Links Superhot Team Superhot: Mind Control Delete, the sequel to one of the most inventive shooters from the past couple of years, has a release date. The standalone game will set you back $25 when it comes out on July 16th. That is unless you bought a copy of Superhot at some point in the past, in which case you can get the new title for free. The process of obtaining a complimentary copy is different depending on the platform. Thankfully, the game's developer has posted a FAQ with all the details.   The one thing