Microsoft has created a pizza-scented Xbox controller (www.theverge.com)
It’s part of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles marketing campaign.
The Sony Project Q handheld is running Android in a leaked video (www.theverge.com)
Twitter To Rebrand As X (www.theverge.com)
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Analogue will start shipping more Pocket preorders in August (www.theverge.com)
If you’ve been waiting, your wait may nearly be over.
Neopets is promising a ‘new era’ with an improved website and fixed Flash games (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard agree to extend merger agreement to October (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is reportedly proposing to sell off its UK cloud gaming rights to appease regulators.
Blizzard games are coming to Steam (www.theverge.com)
I guess they’re giving up on convincing people to download their launcher.
Neopets is promising a ‘new era’ with an improved website and fixed Flash games (www.theverge.com)
Neopets, the virtual pet website launched in 1999, is promising a “new era” with an improved website and fixed Flash games. They will launch a new unified website on July 20th to fix issues and bring back over 50 Flash games using the Ruffle emulator starting July 25th. A new Neopets mobile game called World of Neopets is...
The birth of id Software (www.theverge.com)
From John Romero’s upcoming autobiography.
Corsair acquires Drop (www.theverge.com)
Corsair acquires mechanical keyboard specialist Drop (www.theverge.com)
Court denies FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has lost what may be its final attempt to block Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard. It’s the second loss for the FTC after a US federal judge denied its request for a preliminary injunction earlier this week to block Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard until the conclusion of...
I almost can’t believe it, but Google Tasks is finally kind of good (www.theverge.com)
For years, Google’s to-do list app Tasks was poorly integrated and underdeveloped. Recently, Google has combined all their reminder products into a single Google Tasks app that is accessible across Google products. While still lacking some advanced features, Google Tasks’ simplicity and integration make it easy to add tasks...
Court denies FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft now has a path to close its giant deal
The PS5 game [Ratchet and Clank] that was ‘impossible without SSD’ doesn’t need one on PC (www.theverge.com)
FTC appeals its loss to Microsoft in Activision Blizzard case (www.theverge.com)
Earlier this week, a judge ruled in favor of Microsoft in its fight with the FTC....
Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft can now go ahead and close its giant deal.
Sega workers form largest multi-department video game union in the US (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: radiation.party/post/41940...
Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
"In a ruling submitted today, Judge Corley said the following:...
EA is making a single-player Black Panther game (www.theverge.com)
EA is making a single-player Black Panther game (www.theverge.com)
Details are slim.
Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1874605...
Microsoft seems to think we’re getting a PS5 Slim this year (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft also thinks Sony’s PlayStation handheld will be less than $300
How one British actor landed starring roles in two of 2023’s biggest video games (www.theverge.com)
Ralph Ineson is 2023’s video game “it” guy. The English actor, who’s made a sizable career out of supporting roles across television and film, managed to nab leading roles in two of this year’s biggest games, Diablo IV and Final Fantasy XVI.
[The Verge] You don’t have to freak out about aspartame in your diet soda (www.theverge.com)
“The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen. But this isn’t a food safety agency, and the context matters.”
