Mike Fahey
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World Of Warcraft’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Sends Players Back In Time
1This month marks the 15th anniversary of the release of World of Warcraft, a moderately successful massively multiplayer online role-playing game. To celebrate the occasion, Blizzard’s set up an anniversary blow-out in Azeroth’s Caverns of Time, with special pets, retro world bosses, old-school player-versus-player battlegrounds, and a three-part raid that rewards players with a rideable…
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Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s latest DLC fighter goes live today. SNK’s Terry Bogard arrives with a unique stage with special ring-out rules and a host of guest characters—though not Mai Shiranui, because as director Masahiro Sakurai put it in today’s live stream, seen above, “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is for good boys and girls of…
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8BitDo’s Switch Lite-Inspired Controller Has Two D-Pads
Styled after Nintendo’s new Switch Lite, the 8BitDo Lite is a controller so ultra-portable that it has two directional pads instead of analogue sticks to keep it as thin as possible.
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Mario Kart Tour’s Microtransactions Feel Gross In A Post-Apple Arcade World
Mario Kart Tour is a fine racing game. The graphics are lovely. The simple touch controls are fine once you get used to them. It’s overflowing with colourful Nintendo brand polish. Mario Kart Tour is also a free-to-play game with a microtransaction-fuelled gacha collection mechanic and game options and rewards locked behind a paid monthly…