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Acer’s gaming handhelds go big with 9- and 11-inch displays – Nitro Blaze 8, Blaze 11 pack AMD 8840HS CPUs
By Matt Safford published
Acer’s Nitro Blaze 8, Blaze 11 have larger screens than the handheld competition, but similar AMD-based CPU and graphics. The Blaze also has removable controllers.

Commodore 64 gets a true Full-HD HDMI plus stereo sound daughterboard
By Mark Tyson published
Commodore 64 devotee Side Projects Lab has released a video teaser showcasing a 'true Full-HD HDMI' adaptor for the iconic 8-bit home computer.

Minecraft tool lets you create scale replicas of real-world locations
By Christopher Harper published
Open source developer releases Arnis, a tool utilizing OpenStreetMap data to recreate real world locations in Minecraft.

After 24 years, Majora's Mask's blue dog has finally won a race
By Christopher Harper published
The statistically-slowest dog in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has finally secured a legitimate win in the dog race minigame after nearly 25 years.

Putin's 'sovereign' gaming console projects detailed, found lacking
By Anton Shilov published
Russian politicians call for 'unconventional' approaches to overcome poor performance of homegrown console gaming hardware.

Insiders say cutting-edge graphics are too costly for AAA games
By Christopher Harper published
Gaming industry figures speaking to The New York Times discuss the scaled-back success of AAA blockbusters.

Minecraft server made to run on 63-year-old, pre-x86 COBOL coding language
By Christopher Harper published
COBOL, a pre-x86 coding language used mainly for legacy business applications, can now be used for a Minecraft server.

Ayaneo 3 to offer 56 joystick, touchpad, D-Pad, and buttons options
By Christopher Harper published
Ayaneo 3's major hardware feature, swappable control modules, is revealed.
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