(credit: Flickr / craigfinlay) Among a wide range of new DMCA exemptions recently approved by the Librarian of Congress (LoC) is a limited legal right for video game preservationists to restore online games that have been “abandoned” by their creators to a playable form. But the new rules come with a number of caveats that ..
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Enlarge / The European PlayStation Classic has the same game selection as the American one, but it’s the only one to get an official listing image today. Hence, the release date is listed up there as “03-12-2018,” meaning, December 3. (credit: PlayStation) When the PlayStation Classic was announced in September, the mini-retro box had plenty ..
Enlarge / My custom Kit Kat order: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, matcha, and “ruby” bars, from left to right, all covered with freeze-dried toppings. (credit: Sam Machkovech) OSAKA, Japan—At the very last second, I learned that I had to eat the most expensive candies I’d ever bought in one sitting. There may be ..
Yahoo Auctions Over the weekend, a Japanese auction site revealed an incredibly rare version of Nintendo’s Wii remote: one that was designed not for a Wii console, but for the previous generation’s GameCube. And at least one game developer has already attested to its legitimacy. The previously unrevealed remote controller, which sold at Yahoo Auctions for ..
Fantastic Fest Halloween and horror movies go together like Ars and Linux OS reviews—it can be hard to imagine a more appropriate, occasional pairing. And while a classic scary movie (or fun innovations on the genre, like Get Out or A Quiet Place) still hits the sweet spot for many film fans, sometimes you simply ..
Video shot by Sean Dacaney and edited by Jeremy Smolik. Click here for transcript. Earlier this week, we brought you our War Stories interview with Star Control & Star Control 2 creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III, wherein the two designers discussed issues that almost derailed the games during their development. But our talk ..
CBS Do you maintain a soft spot for the beloved yet campy 1970s staple, Star Trek: The Animated Series? Have you lost more than one afternoon reading old script outlines and scanning concept art for the forgotten mid-2000s project, Star Trek: The Final Frontier? Today, Trek cartoon fanatics, may be your lucky day. According to Variety, CBS has officially ordered two ..
Enlarge / The arrow is pointing to a PC that’s just off-frame to the right. Microsoft says PC players will be able to access a version of its all-you-can-download Xbox Game Pass subscription service some time in the future. The news comes from CEO Satya Nadella, who mentioned the move offhandedly in response to a ..
Enlarge / The tank is Sony. The explosion is Warhawk players’ hopes and dreams. (credit: Sony) If you read Ars Technica (or simply play online games regularly), you’re probably accustomed to game makers shutting down online gameplay servers at will, often with little-to-no notice. When it comes to the impending server shutdown for early PS3 ..
Enlarge / An Oculus Rift photo montage from Oculus Connect. (credit: Kyle Orland) Oculus has reaffirmed it’s working on a new version of its PC-based Rift hardware. That affirmation follows a report from TechCrunch suggesting the cancellation of the “Rift 2” was behind the sudden departure of Oculus co-founder and former CEO Brendan Iribe, announced ..
