Enlarge / Labo looks like a trip, Nintendo. reader comments 35 Share this story Nintendo has announced a new build-your-own-accessories line for the Switch console, dubbed Nintendo Labo. It will arrive on April 20 worldwide. Labo’s two playsets, the $69.99 Variety Kit and the $79.99 Robot Kit, will come with marked cardboard sheets that must ..
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Enlarge / Paragon sure can look cool, but in terms of gameplay, fans argue that updates have left something to be desired. reader comments 8 Share this story Epic Games’ Fortnite proved to be one of 2017’s weirdest gaming success stories. Following years of sluggish development and a half-baked “paid early access” launch in July, ..
Enlarge / At the 34C3 conference, hacker Derrek shows the soldered FPGA setup that helped him find the decryption key necessary to unlock the system’s binaries. reader comments 41 Share this story When it comes to video game consoles, it’s only a matter of time before even the most locked-down system gets unlocked by hackers ..
Enlarge / It looks like this patent image that surfaced in 2016 is as close as we’re going to get to a Nintendo-approved VR headset anytime soon. reader comments 60 Share this story Readers with decent memories may remember early 2016, when Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima said the company was looking into the virtual reality ..
reader comments 50 Share this story A trio of French media reports over the weekend accuse high-profile PlayStation developer Quantic Dream (Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, the upcoming Detroit: Become Human) of fostering a “toxic corporate culture” where inappropriate behavior and homophobic, racist, and sexist jokes were tolerated, if not encouraged. The reports spring from ..
reader comments 7 Share this story [embedded content] From your seat at home, an AGDQ run like this looks simple. Behind the scenes, though, is a constant swarm of action to get everything running smoothly. Of all the millions of video game streams that run each year on Twitch—from individuals at home to professional eSports ..
reader comments 40 Share this story LAS VEGAS—When we weren’t pounding the pavement at last week’s overloaded CES trade show, we at Ars Technica took whatever opportunity we could to nerd out in uniquely Vegas style. That didn’t mean dumping our spare quarters into a Lord of the Rings-themed slot machine; it meant hitching a ..
Enlarge / Two letters short of being truly S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! Also, note the V.A.T.S. dice. Charles Theel reader comments 21 Share this story Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. Would you be surprised if I told you that the new Fallout board game ..
reader comments 32 Share this story Thanks to Ars Technica’s unique staff-from-all-over arrangement, we don’t often see how our coworkers organize their home offices. There’s also the matter of us being a bunch of overgrown children who keep, and proudly display, all kinds of toys, action figures, dolls, and other nerdy decorations in our home ..
In 1993, TV—and TV writing—were much different entities than what we know today. reader comments 21 Share this story Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, Exhibit 5,768: the current golden age of TV has clearly inspired a golden age of TV writing. And if you follow today’s TV criticism at all, chances are ..
