Category: handheld

Someone squeezed a Nintendo Wii into a Game Boy Color-like case

[ad_1] My latest project is complete! The goal was to make a portable Wii the size of a GameBoy Color, and after 9 months of work it’s finally finished. pic.twitter.com/upeF2rHyKR — GingerOfMods (@GingerOfMods) August 27, 2020 GingerOfMods 3D-printed the shell and frankensteined the Wiiboy Color together using bits and pieces of other Nintendo consoles, as […]

Here are some of the games in development for Panic’s Playdate handheld

[ad_1] With so much attention focused on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, you might have forgotten about the Playdate. The pint-sized handheld, which has a monochrome screen and a tiny fold-out crank for controlling select games, is “hopefully” coming out this year, according to the official Playdate Twitter account. But what exactly will […]

‘Crysis Remastered’ trailer proves the Switch can run ‘Crysis’

[ad_1] The first-person shooter is running in 720p resolution at 30 frames per second here, and sure, it’s bound to look better on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Still, Crytek actually made it work on Switch with dynamic lighting, explosions and a decent depth of field. If you do opt for the Switch version, […]

Nintendo’s snap-on Switch Lite case arrives in the US on December 8th

[ad_1] If there’s a disappointment, it’s that the case is only available in gray fabric. Your Switch’s bright colors will be hidden until you’re ready to play. It still beats having to endure a scratched screen or a scuffed casing, and the minimalism might be a positive if you don’t room for much more than […]

Nintendo Switch sales top 15 million in North America alone

[ad_1] As Nintendo heads into a holiday season with both the OG Switch and Switch Lite on store shelves, the company is celebrating 10 months in a row of being the best selling console in the US, according to NPD numbers. That’s enough to cross the 15 million sales mark in North America, and just […]

Mark Zuckerberg apparently tried to buy Panic, the creator of Playdate

[ad_1] Panic has worked on various, clever Mac and iOS apps for years — including Transmit, a file transfer protocol, and Firewatch, an adventure video game that’s available for Mac. So it’s not unreasonable that Zuckerberg would reach out. But, as Sasser told Edge Magazine, “Any time I see a company in the software world […]

‘Firewatch’ publisher’s Playdate gaming handheld has a crank

[ad_1] The game delivery model might be just as noteworthy, if not more. The Playdate gets its name from the software release method, where games arrive once per week in “seasons.” The first season will include 12 games strung out over three months, for instance. Panic wants to keep the game lineup a secret (beyond […]