Tag: Handheld
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Nintendo Preview New Switch Console
We live in a world where there is a very fine line between gimmick and game changer and the Nintendo Switch could end up being either. Here’s what we know so far; The Switch is a portable console, amalgamating the best of portable games consoles and the traditional home entertainment system. You can play using…
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Smart Boy Brings Retro Feel to Modern Gaming
The Game Boy made one of those splashes seldom seem in the game industry that has allowed it to surpass multiple generations. Hailed frequently as a classic, anyone who has played a games console has had some interaction with the little portable device that brought handheld gaming to new heights. The Game Boy however has…
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PlayStation’s Portable Future in Question – No PS Vita Follow-up Planned
As we’ve speculated for some time now the PS Vita may be on its way out. More evidence that the end may be near for the PlayStation brand’s smallest sibling comes from this weekend’s EGX, where the head of Sony’s Worldwide Studios snubbed plans for any further handheld consoles. When quizzed about the possibility of…
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Are Handheld Games Consoles In Decline?
With games in this console generation being almost entirely relegated to the XBox One, PS4, Wii U and PC, a lot of us are wondering just where the handheld fits in anymore. Graphics on the Xbox One and PS4 have pushed out the boundaries of what we’ve come to expect from games, plus the PC…
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PS Vita Celebrates 3 Years with a Birthday Sale
The PS Vita celebrates 3 years in the western market this week and Sony’s gift to its gamers includes up to 80% off some of its exciting portable titles! To mark the PS Vita launch which took place on February 22nd 2012, handheld editions from favourite gaming franchises such as Call of Duty, Castlevania, Angry…
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Nintendo 3DS Update Introduces Changeable Themes
Nintendo has today released a system update for the portable 3DS and 2DS which introduces the potential to personalise menu themes. As part of the new functionality in the Nintendo handheld update the Theme Shop has been added and it will find its place on the Home menu. This will be easy to find as…
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Sony announcing PS Vita Slim to US on 30th January
Sony improves its handheld, adds an hour more battery life plus a bunch of new colours…
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Nintendo Suspends Swapnote on 3DS Due to Offensive Material
Nintendo has immediately suspended the exchange of all messages via the Swapnote app on the handheld 3DS after obscene content has been reported.
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Nintendo 2DS Handheld Now Less Than £100 at Argos, Sainsbury’s & Tesco
Ten days after the release of the Nintendo 2DS retailers in the UK including Argos have begun discounting the questionable handheld by up to a tenner.
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Nintendo 2DS Handheld Now Less Than £100 at Argos, Sainsbury’s & Tesco
Ten days after the release of the Nintendo 2DS retailers in the UK including Argos have begun discounting the questionable handheld by up to a tenner.
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Sony reveals new lighter and thinner PS Vita in many new colours
Sony improves its handheld, adds an hour more battery life plus a bunch of new colours…
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Nintendo 2DS console announced as budget 2D non-flip version of 3DS
Well, we were not expecting this. Nintendo has announced a brand new budget version of its 3DS handheld console, this time called the 2DS. Yes, just as the same suggests, the console itself is a 2D version of the current 3DS console, minus the flip aspect of the device – this device is like a…