February 18, 2019
Razer is closing its game store after less than a year
Razer is one of the dominant brands in gaming when it comes to buying equipment to play, but one of its biggest efforts to own a larger slice…
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February 15, 2019
A ridiculously rare copy of Super Mario for NES just sold for over $100,000
An extra special copy of Super Mario for NES just sold for a mind-boggling $100,150. Before you go digging through the attic to find your old copy to…
Read articleFebruary 14, 2019
Daily Crunch: Facebook (possibly) considered buying Unity
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am…
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Nintendo makes the old new again with Mario, Zelda, Tetris titles for Switch
The afternoon brought an eventful series of announcements from Nintendo in one of its Direct video promos, and 2019 is looking to be a banner year for the…
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Nintendo is releasing a free battle royale version of Tetris
It came right in the middle of the Nintendo Direct announcement this afternoon: “99 players… but only one reigns supreme.” It could be a tagline for just about…
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Nintendo announces Super Mario Maker 2 for Switch, so goodbye forever
Nintendo has ruined my life, and all our lives, by announcing Super Mario Maker 2, the sequel to the level-constructing game on Wii U that produced thousands of…
Read articleFebruary 12, 2019
Apple fails to block porn & gambling ‘Enterprise’ apps
Facebook and Google were far from the only developers openly abusing Apple’s Enterprise Certificate program meant for companies offering employee-only apps. A TechCrunch investigation uncovered a dozen hardcore…
Read articleFebruary 9, 2019
Feel the beep: This album is played entirely on a PC motherboard speaker
If you’re craving a truly different sound with which to slay the crew this weekend, look no further than System Beeps, a new album by shiru8bit — though…
Read articleFebruary 8, 2019
Athenascope nabs $2.5M seed led by First Round to bring gamers AI-edited highlight reels
As massive cross-platform gaming titles become even larger time-sucks for a lot of people, it’s probably worth reflecting on how to savor your in-game accomplishments. Streaming of esports…
Read articleFebruary 6, 2019
Hatch, Rovio’s ‘Netflix for gaming,’ picks up NTT Docomo as a strategic investor
Rovio’s efforts to diversify beyond its Angry Birds franchise is getting a little investment boost today. The company announced that Japan’s NTT Docomo is taking a stake in…
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