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This device will let you play Nintendo Switch games in native 4K. Er, well, closer to 4K anyways, Look, we’re not here to minimize this incredible technical accomplishment as it’s just really hard to get something to display in 4K when it wasn’t designed to in the first place. That’s just way too many pixels to render. But Marseille has come extremely close with the mClassic and it is definitely worth buying if you do most of your Switch gaming on a high-rez TV....

A new report claims that Sony will launch its long-rumoured PlayStation 5 Pro console as soon as this April. And, it will come with an “increase in performance” and liquid cooling. French website Phonandroid claims that an “anonymous source” has revealed certain PlayStation plans, including the “marketing” window and a few key features for the console. It writes that the new PS5 model will not simply be a “slim” update on the existing PlayStation 5 or PS5 Digital Edition....

Ever since the PS2 and OG Xbox days, the two “factions” of gamers have debated which is better hardware, which has better exclusives, and more. The past couple of years have seen a new point enter: which has the better subscription service? For Sony, there are options like PS Now and PS Plus, while Microsoft has Games with Gold and Game Pass. Ultimately, few would deny that Game Pass is the best valued subscription service on the market today....

Grass-type Pokémon are mysterious, and the starters for this typing are usually very powerful and plant-like. Bulbasaur and Oddish are both logical candidates to become a starter Pokémon, but unfortunately, only Bulbasaur ever had this honor. Oddish has a lot of interesting traits that earn it the title of one of the best Grass-types in the Kanto region. Oddish could also fit well as a starter in the Pokémon franchise, and fans have come up with many different reasons over the years why it should have been Oddish instead of Bulbasaur....

The Pokémon series has been around for 25 years in one form or another, one of the most popular mediums is the series that’s been running since 1997. It’s how a big chunk of fans found out about the franchise, with Ash Ketchum as the protagonist leading the way into newly discovered Pokémon regions. Many have grown up beside the ever-10-year-old Ash, the show now spanning multiple childhoods. Changing the character now would alter the entire series so Ash has to go through regular shifts to mark the time change....

One of the most popular Pokémon designs released in recent years is Alolan Ninetales, the regional variant in the Alola region of Generation I’s Ninetales. This new design features an icy-blue coloring and wispier tail with an overall more “snowy” look. Of course, its pre-evolution, Vulpix, received an Alolan form to match. The pair of them are beautiful designs that have delighted fans since their introduction. Now, in Generation VIII, they’re back and available to players....

There are very few shiny Pokémon that come in a brilliant shade of white, with many that seem white actually being closer to grey or beige. But, the few white shinies that exist are all really great. There’s something about the stark contrast of white against various colors, making a lot of white shinies really cool. But, it’s time to look at the absolute best among them. Not all shiny forms are made equal in the world of Pokémon, so some end up being much better than others....

Pokemon Go introduces trainers to the Element Cup today, laying down what might be its strictest Battle League ruleset so far. Niantic introduced Battle League to Pokemon Go well over a year ago. A feature allowing trainers to pit their Pokemon against one another in the name of competition. However, it’s not as simple as having your best Pokemon square up against someone else’s. Well, not always. The varying leagues and cups involve different rulesets and restrictions, requiring trainers to carefully select different teams for various occasions....

Hype for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise is as high as ever thanks to the upcoming viking-themed Assassin’s Creed Valhalla coming to next-generation consoles as a launch title. Before that happens, the developer has announced a free PC trial weekend through its Uplay digital distribution service for 2017’s Assassin’s Creed Origins that will be held from June 19 to June 21. Origins is the first RPG-styled Assassin’s Creed game that takes place in ancient Egypt, chronicling the life of Bayek of Siwa around the time when he initiates the founding of the Assassin Brotherhood....

Our quick take Porsche Panamera (2017) - 4.5 / 5 Porsche Panamera 4S review: From Quasimodo to gracious beauty? Porsche Panamera 4S review: Porsche Advanced Cockpit is a complex, beautiful mess Porsche Panamera 4S review: Back or front seat driver? To recap Porsche’s exec express dials up its digital qualities with a new platform and an impressive – if slightly bewildering – array of new in-car tech. We’re absolutely gripped by the way it (both car and technology) performs, but you’re left feeling like you’re not making the most of its full potential, at least in the UK....

The Red Ranger in Power Rangers is usually the leader of the team, the one who gets the most prominent focus on the team and the most action figures! But which one is the best? In honor of Power Rangers’ 30th anniversary, we tried to settle that question by ranking all the Red Rangers from the TV show and movies. Sorry, Supersonic Red Ranger from the Boom Comics. You died beautifully....

It’s widely known that Nintendo will often hide special features that aren’t immediately obvious to consumers on all of their consoles and handhelds. Even beyond that, people have found lots of extra things (hacks, if you will) to make the most out of their devices. There’s a lot of power in a Nintendo console, and harnessing that power is something that people will actively be trying to do. While the DS family has been around since 2004, the 3DS itself was released in February 2011....

Our quick take Predator Triton 500 SE initial Design & Display 16-inch Mini LED panel 2560 x 1600 resolution (WQXGA) 1600 nits brightness maximum 240Hz refresh rate 16:10 aspect ratio Built-in fingerprint sensor Thickness: 19.9mm DTS:X Ultra audio 2560 x 1600 resolution (WQXGA) 1600 nits brightness maximum 240Hz refresh rate 16:10 aspect ratio Hardware & Performance Ports: 2x USB-A, 2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 4), 1x HDMI, 1x Ethernet, 1x 3.5mm headphones, 1x SD card reader 11th Gen Intel Core i7 / Core i9 processor options Nvidia RTX 3070 / 3080 GPU options Up to 4GB PCIe storage / 64GB RAM 5th Gen AeroBlade fan cooling tech Turbo button for overclocking Killer Wi-Fi 6 (AX1650i) Predator Sense To recap This design - pretty much pitched as ‘gaming laptop for the business person’ - is more discreet than your average, yet there’s still all the RGB lighting, cooling vents, ports and Turbo overclocking that you could want....

Death Stranding Director’s Cut will feature save transfer support, meaning you won’t have to start the game completely new if you’ve played the PS4 release. The question of whether or not the Director’s Cut would allow players to transfer their save across from another console was asked by Geoff Keighley on Twitter. Geoff Tweeted about the upgrade path price for the Director’s Cut, before openly asking “what about transferring support?”...

As the invitations for the PlayStation 4’s 8.00 System Software update are starting to get sent out, a list of all the upcoming changes has been shared online. Often the target of jokes about stability, PS4’s system updates usually don’t contain much in the way of exciting features or changes. However, full-on updates that bring the system to completely new versions, such as 8.00, are almost always the exception. With the PS5 coming so soon, this could be the last major update this console gets....

Despite strong pre-order numbers for both the PS4 and the Xbox One it’s hard to imagine either of the two next-gen consoles’ manufacturers wouldn’t want even more of a leg up. As such, gamers have been treated to a regular series of announcements these last few months in which one console maker, be it Sony or Microsoft, highlights a feature their competitor either won’t offer at all, or won’t have available at launch....

Microsoft’s Quantum Break is certainly a hot topic as of late, but one editor talks about how it became one of his most anticipated games of 2016 after some hands-on time with it. To be honest, Quantum Break wasn’t a game I was overly excited about. Don’t get me wrong, it looked like it offered a unique premise, setting, and style of play, but it had backed itself into the shadows of much larger pieces of software in the wake of a four year development cycle....

Ubisoft has just announced the latest update to Rainbow Six Siege via the aptly-titled Midseason Reinforcements update, which will deploy tomorrow across all platforms. The new patch comes as the first non-operator based update the game has received since Year Two kicked into gear, nicely slotting itself halfway between the Velvet Shell Operators and the next expected operator duo slated for May. The focus of this new midseason reinforcements patch seems to be strictly operator balancing, as the patch almost exclusively dolls out buffs to a select few Rainbow Six operators and their respective weapons or abilities....

Multinational publisher and developer Ubisoft teases the next update coming to the FPS game Rainbow Six Siege, one that includes an additional map and two new characters. Ubisoft and its popular Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six series are no strangers to slyly teasing its players with updates. Take, for instance, the cryptic image Ubisoft tweeted to hint at the Rainbow Six Siege Japanese “Red Crow” DLC a few months ago. Now, the publisher and developer of Rainbow Six Siege has teased the next free update coming to the popular game....

New details have been released about the visuals of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, as it will feature ray-traced 4k visuals and is targeting 60fps on PS5. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was originally announced during the PS5 reveal event in June, where it was one of the most technically impressive games on display. The potential of the internal SSD used by the PS5 was demonstrated perfectly by Rift Apart, as the player was able to easily teleport between drastically different locations without any sort of load time....