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The Rise of Cloud Gaming: Is It the Future of Gaming
A new action platformer features sleek traversal and a brilliant setting gleaming with Afro-futurist highlights. But is it as satisfying as its rivals?
The creators of the popular board game Catan hope their latest version will help players wrestle with a 21st-century problem: How do you develop and expand without overly polluting our planet?
An ambitious project to rebuild the Nintendo 64 from scratch is now a reality. And it’s priced at $250, about the cost of a new console.
Riot Games is cutting jobs from its League of Legends team. And the gamer’s reaction has been mixed.
In 1989, a big gray brick with a tiny monochrome screen changed the face of portable gaming. It’s now part of NPR’s special series commemorating video game milestones.