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A look back at the Game Boy Micro, the Nintendo console that time forgot

Business Insider's Nick writes: "With Nintendo back on top of the gaming world with the Switch, we thought it'd be fun to reflect on a product they couldn’t transfer their golden touch onto."

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franwex2653d ago

Well it was the third Gameboy Advance and as the article stated, it came out after the DS (the DS being backwards compatible with GBA) so it makes sense it not selling much. I always wanted one to be honest; but they have been rather pricey for my taste.

PhoenixUp2653d ago

It didn't play GB or GBC games and it had its own unique link cable different from regular GBA cables. No wonder it flopped

But that GBM mouse commercial doe

OhMyGandhi2653d ago

I had a micro and loved it. Played 100 hours of golden sun on that tiny screen. Insane battery life as well.

FullmetalRoyale2653d ago

Golden Sun had some amazing music, man. Really good stuff.

Bibmiester2653d ago

One of my favorite Gameboy Advance games till this day.

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GeForce Experience update provides support to 122 new games, Nvidia App takeover isn't here yet

A new GeForce Experience update is finally here, bringing 'optimal settings support' to 122 new games, even as Nvidia App sees development.

INMATEofARKHAM6h ago

Interesting. Diablo IV, Helldivers 2, and Forza Motorsports have been included in the app for a long time.

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EA Hiring Ex-Military Personnel to Help Build Next Battlefield Game via "Hiring Our Heroes" Program

EA has hired ex-military personnel in order to help shape the next Battlefield game as part of the Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) program.

OtterX3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Why don't you Hire Your Old Dev Team who brought us the brilliance of Battlefield Bad Company 2 while you're at it. It was more exciting than anything recent in the Battlefield series. It just needs to be updated to reach modern times, but it was so great at its core.

just_looken3d ago

This would be nice but that team has tossed out the finals and has arc raiders on the back burner
https://www.pcgamer.com/ex-...

20 thousand still play the final's
https://steamcharts.com/app...

Why get slapped around by ea when you already have something going on.

What the next battlefield needs is a step back simple functional not a live service and smaller player servers than 2042. Just make it like battlefiled 3 with bad company destruction just something simple

But they already killed off ridgeline games that had ex halo/cod devs so no singleplayer unless they make another dev team for it.
https://gamerant.com/ea-bat...

Rynxie3d ago

It's what made zipper and slant six awesome. They had military vets working for them, no just as consultants, but as developers as well. I wish Sony never closed them, MAG 2 or an update to MAG and a new socom is much needed.

just_looken2d ago

Older ps3 battlefield titles did the same even went to the range to get sound files.

But all these titles we are talking about were on the ps3 a console so powerful it offered free mp and games did not need 4 levels of payment plans even more crazy was the player size of mag's games.

TheColbertinator2d ago

A return to the golden age of Battlefield seems so far away now

Str8Chaos742d ago

Sadly I think you are correct. They just don’t get it. They will do their live service game with its Battle Royale and fail at both.I hate being so negative, but I have little faith in EA at this point.

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Valve facing £656,000,000 lawsuit over claims Steam is ripping off players

The owner of Steam has been accused of overcharging 14 million PC gamers in the UK and 'shutting out' competition in a new lawsuit.

Dan503d ago

Overcharging? Have these people never heard of sales?

just_looken3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

"Valve, the owner of Steam, is being sued for £656m over claims it is abusing its dominant market position to overcharge players.

The collective action claim has been filed with the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal by digital rights campaigner Vicki Shotbolt.

In the lawsuit, Shotbolt accuses Valve of ‘shutting out’ competition when it comes to buying PC games and DLC, which has led to 14m people in the UK being overcharged for PC games as a result.

The claim is seeking up to £44 compensation for every UK player who has bought a PC game or add-on content from June 5, 2018."

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So they are trying to take the apple/sony/xbox approach were there is only one store without ever using a pc for gaming.

Anyone with a ounce of pc gaming knowledge knows steam did nothing when competition and the launcher war happened but now every publisher that had there own launcher with games only available on that platform are slowing coming back to steam.

This "lawsuit" should be directed to launcher's like rockstar's as they have games only available on there like the gta collection or ubisoft with xdefiant heck epic launcher exclusive games. There is no grounds in which steam has locked down content to there platform except there own games though there are disc versions of those except half life alex.

Pc players still have the best choice on game buying with multiple launcher's and site that offers keys like my fav humble bundle but on the same platform we have the worst drm along with those 3rd part launcher's that need to run in the background.

anast3d ago

How about suing them for the game files that the customer should own?

Michiel19892d ago

yes, let's give storefronts the power to decide over properties they don't own, sounds awesome

anast2d ago

I don't understand. Your comment isn't clear.

Michiel19892d ago

I was being sarcastic, 99.9% of games sold on there are not from valve so there's not much they can do about it.

anast1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Since the customer has agreed not to own, there is nothing that can be done. If customers do not agree, then the landscape looks different.

anast1d 2h ago

In addition, if Steam goes out of business, they have measures to ensure gamers keep their steam games. This seems to be a grey area of ownership, someone has agreed to some kind of perpetuity in the case of this event, which could a possible hole to exploit.

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Goodguy013d ago

Steam allows 3rd party apps (which I hate) and...we all know that egs is the one that keeps buying exclusivity lol. A lot of devs and consumers rely on steam hence it's very heavy support.

VariantAEC2d ago

Imagine a child safety advocate switching gears and targeting how a business sells games, weird right? I could be wrong, and maybe old blonds in England with the name Vicki Shotbolt are a dime a dozen... but assuming this is the same Vicki Shotbolt of The Parent Zone, her company The Parent Zone partnered with MS in 2014. That's a long time ago I know, but apparently Shotbolt has ties with the UK government.

I'm not saying anything, but MS doesn't let partnerships like that die.

paulust20023d ago

If I get 44 pound from them I'll only be spending it in the steam store...fucking absurd ..one of the most ethical companies out there and largely due to them not being a public offering imo

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