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A hardware hacker turned that horrid toy controller into a working one He kept the godawful sound effects, even. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. A meme for years, the Fisher Price toy controller has mocked us with its terrible smile, dead glassy eyes, wretched songs, and its frankly heretical DCAB button layout. Now, controller hacker Dylan “Rudeism” Beck has cracked one open, wired it up, and made it into a functional controller....

Dead Cells is getting accessibility features, including an assist mode You’ll be able to swap permadeath for continues, among other options. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. After a year in Early Access, bastard-hard action-platformerDead Cellsarrived at version 1.0 in 2018. It’s still being updated regularly, with recent additions including The Queen and the Sea DLC and free add-onBreak the Bank....

Embracer Group to acquire Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, and Square Enix Montréal The $300 million deal includes control of Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain, and more. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Three of Square Enix’s development studios will be acquired by holding company Embracer Group in a $300 million deal, as Embracer has announced in apress release....

Finally, someone turned ‘inventory tetris’ into an entire videogame No monsters, no shooting, just organizing. Leave no gear behind in Save Room, a 40-level inventory puzzle game. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. You’re low on ammo. Wounded. Desperate. But you made it through the level and now you can take a deep sigh of relief and prepare for the next one....

Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 2, 2022) Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don’t have to. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam....

Here’s adorably delightful metroidvania Haiku, the Robot Comparisons to Hollow Knight abound. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. A little robot lost in a big robot world, that’s pretty much the plot of Haiku the Robot, a recently-released indie with a pretty big heart. Jumping, dodging, blinking, and zipping around a rusting world of robots, Haiku is a side-scrolling action game with a progression system similar to games like Hollow Knight....

Intel CEO now thinks chip shortage will last into 2024 If you can’t chip the things that chip the chips, well, that’s fewer chips getting chipped. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger now thinks the semiconductor shortage will last into 2024, which will likely have knock-on effects for the gaming space as CPU and GPU prices stay elevated....