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VR hit Walkabout Mini Golf is getting a mobile edition
27 Sep

VR hit Walkabout Mini Golf is getting a mobile edition

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Walkabout Mini Golf has been filled with players ever since it launched around the same time as the Meta Quest 2. Now the multiplayer mini-golf game is making the jump to iOS devices.The developer Mighty Coconut is currently beta testing its mobile mini-golf game  and plans to release a full version on the App Store on October 10.The Pocket version may be on mobile devices but the miniature version of the mini-golf game isn’t straying away from its virtual interface. The iOS Walkabout game can be played in two different modes: “Touch-to-Putt” mode in which you use the touch screen…
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Engadget Podcast: PS5 Pro hands-on and Meta’s wild Orion AR glasses
27 Sep

Engadget Podcast: PS5 Pro hands-on and Meta’s wild Orion AR glasses

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We've finally had a chance to try the PlayStation 5 Pro and Engadget's Jessica Conditt has come away impressed. In this episode, Devindra and Jess chat about what the PS5 Pro does well, and discuss who a $700 console is actually meant for. Also, coming off of Meta Connect 2024, Karissa Bell joins to chat about her time with the Quest 3S, as well as her thoughts about Meta's Orion AR headset and AI plans.Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be sure to email…
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Valve’s Deadlock lets you turn cheaters into frogs
27 Sep

Valve’s Deadlock lets you turn cheaters into frogs

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is continuing the wonderful tradition of messing with people who feel the need to cheat in multiplayer games. In the latest update to Deadlock, the company's , Valve added the game's first anti-cheat system.When the system detects a cheater, Deadlock will . They can have the rulebreaker banned immediately and end the match right away. Behind door number two is the option to transform the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game. Valve will ban them afterwards. Valve will roll out this approach to bans over the next day or so. The results of affected matches won't…
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Valve cuts binding arbitration from its Steam user agreement
27 Sep

Valve cuts binding arbitration from its Steam user agreement

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If you booted up Steam in the last 24 hours, then you probably saw the pop up window asking you to agree to a new . Valve laid out the changes in an official blog post on , and notably, binding arbitration is no longer part of the SSA.Binding arbitration is a requirement that disputes be resolved by a legal proceeding that takes place outside of courts. Instead of a judge, these disputes are overseen by an arbitrator, who is paid by the company for their service. You can imagine why there might be some conflict of interest inherent (or…
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Blizzard is trying to make a StarCraft shooter again (for the third time)
27 Sep

Blizzard is trying to make a StarCraft shooter again (for the third time)

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Blizzard is diving into the StarCraft shooter well once again, after two previous titles were canceled. This information comes from a forthcoming book about the developer by games journalist Jason Schreier and was discussed .This time around, veteran developer Dan Hay is leading the effort to translate the world of StarCraft into a shooter. Hay certainly has the right pedigree for the job. He’s been involved with the Far Cry franchise since Far Cry 3, eventually becoming creative director of the series. Hay joined up with Blizzard to oversee the long-gestating survival game Odyssey . This is the first we’ve…
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The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series finally arrives on Xbox
27 Sep

The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series finally arrives on Xbox

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Square Enix’s terrific Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has finally made its way to Xbox. The 1980s and ’90s classics, which arrived on PC and mobile starting in 2021 and Switch and PS4 last year, are now available on Xbox Series X/S.The Xbox Store sells the six-game series in a $75 bundle ($60 for a limited time). Alternatively, you can buy the individual installments for prices ranging from $12 to $18 (on sale now for $9.59 to $14.39).The series remasters Final Fantasy I through Final Fantasy VI with updated pixel graphics designed to pop on modern HD displays. The games…
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New California law will force companies to admit you don’t own digital content
26 Sep

New California law will force companies to admit you don’t own digital content

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 2426, a new law that requires digital marketplaces to make clearer to customers when they are only purchasing a license to access media. The law will not apply to cases of permanent offline downloads, only to the all-too-common situation of buying digital copies of video games, music, movies, TV shows or ebooks from an online storefront. spotted the development, which could see marketplaces facing fines for false advertising in the state if they don't use clear language to explain the limitations of what access entails. In other words, you won't be seeing language…
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Sony’s PS5 Pro is available to pre-order today
26 Sep

Sony’s PS5 Pro is available to pre-order today

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The PS5 Pro improves on the four-year-old standard model with boosted internals. The upgrades start with a GPU with 67 percent more compute units and 28 percent faster RAM. These allow it to (at most) triple the PS5’s ray-tracing performance, leading to fancier lighting, reflections and shadows. In the PS5 Pro, Sony introduces its AI-powered answer to Nvidia’s DLSS, called PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). Built for 4K TVs and displays, the tech upgrades lower-resolution frames to ultra-HD graphics “with astonishing detail.” The console also promises more consistent frame rates (with less graphical sacrifice) and support for 60Hz and 120Hz…
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Meta Connect 2024: Cheaper Quest 3S, AI, AR and everything else you can expect at the metaverse event
25 Sep

Meta Connect 2024: Cheaper Quest 3S, AI, AR and everything else you can expect at the metaverse event

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Update, September 25, 11:15AM ET: It's Meta's big day! You can follow the event as it happens with commentary from Karissa Bell and Devindra Hardawar in our Meta Connect 2024 live updates story. The original article follows below.In the past, the biggest AR/VR event of the year has been known alternately as Oculus Connect and then Facebook Connect. But whatever the name, Meta’s fall event its primary showcase for the company’s latest and greatest achievements in the virtual reality and mixed reality space. Much like last year, we can likely predict the biggest news coming out of Meta Connect 2024…
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The best SSDs for PS5 in 2024
25 Sep

The best SSDs for PS5 in 2024

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When Sony released the PlayStation 5 in 2020, it wasn’t possible to expand the console’s storage. Thankfully, that changed with a software update that the company pushed out less than a year later. And with how big some game installs have become in recent years, it’s a good thing, too: the PS5’s built-in 667GB of space may have been good enough in the system’s first year, but in 2024, the default drive is absolutely limiting.The good news is a standard PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 NVMe SSD can solve all of your PS5 storage woes. If that mess of acronyms has…
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