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An interesting bit of Earthbound history was just revealed on Twitter courtesy of Baten Kaitos director Yasuyuki Honne. During Honne’s stint at Namco, he apparently pitched Nintendo a concept for a Mother game on the Nintendo GameCube. It had a distinct art style, to say the least.

Honne revealed this secret Earthbound game in celebration of a new book about the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata that was just released in Japan last week. Japanese lifestyle company Hobonichi, founded by Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi, published the book about Iwata.

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A true licensed tie-in game, Stranger Things 3: The Game is most fun when you let fandom lead the way but can fall flat on its own.

Learn how the upcoming handheld version of the Switch differs from the original.

Dr. Mario World may seem simple but these tips and tricks will take your game to that next level.

CBS All-Access has released a new poster for the upcoming series Star Trek: Picard. This new image offers an early look at Patrick Stewart’s aged Jean-Luc Picard as he embarks on his last and most important mission. More importantly, it turns out Picard has a pet dog.

Check out the first poster below:

This new poster follows the debut of the series’ first poster and teaser trailer in May. As with the original, the new poster emphasizes Picard’s family vineyard while teasing a return to space for the retired former captain of the USS Enterprise.

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Nintendo has created some of the most revolutionary gaming hardware in the history of video games, as well as some of the strangest commercial failures. But regardless of its individual successes, Nintendo’s history of experimenting with new and risky hardware ideas is apparent from the very beginning.

In this gallery, we go back all the way to 1977, when Nintendo released its first home video game console called the Color TV-Game. From there, we’ll go through every major Nintendo hardware release, including its long list of home systems and handhelds, all the way up to the just-announced Nintendo Switch Lite.

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Sam Fisher could be coming to VR. That’s according to a new report that says Facebook has already signed deals to bring some of Ubisoft’s biggest IP, like Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, to the Oculus VR headset. This is part of a bigger push by Facebook into gaming which could also see the social media company acquire video game studios for itself.

A new report from The Information says Facebook is looking seriously into beefing up its gaming business. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apparently personally involved with Facebook’s strategy to get big video game franchises on the Oculus VR platform and make it more attractive to customers.

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Amazon Prime Day 2019 Starts July 15

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While all eyes are on the new Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo has quietly made a request to make some changes to the original Nintendo Switch. These changes include a new chip and processor that could theoretically improve the performance of the original Switch.

As reported by The Verge, Nintendo submitted a new filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting permission to alter an existing device. In this case to make changes to FCC ID: BKEHAC001, which refers to the original Nintendo Switch.

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