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News that Sony is arguing in court that digital games can’t be owned by players that bought them is the latest front in an ongoing battle over digital ownership.

Hello all! Welcome to another week of feeding the Maw, the gluttonous cosmic sinkhole we must keep topped up with videogame news, lest it expand and masticate the entire universe. We’re up against it this week, because no less than two RPS writers are taking holiday, leaving the Maw’s thousand-ton dumbwaiters and condiment howitzers dangerously…

While NBA games typically air on NBC, Peacock, Prime Video, ESPN, TNT, ABC and NBA TV, this year, hundreds of games will also stream exclusively on DAZN. DAZN, a British streaming service, has spent the past few years offering a great selection of sports programming. Best known as a signature destination for many major boxing…

The arcade scene was thriving in 1982, with many arcade games that defined its golden age released that year. From formative installments of enduring franchises to games that remained staples in the arcade era, there were a lot of fantastic titles released in 1982. Each wholly addictive in their own right, these games had players…

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When it’s his turn to draw a card, Cristian M. Amores doesn’t look at anything: he points his iPhone camera at a QR code stuck to the sleeve and waits for VoiceOver to tell him what he has just drawn. He is blind and, since late 2020, has been adapting, card by card, the way…

The Super Nintendo proved that Nintendo was more than a one-time success story after the popular Nintendo Entertainment System. The home console provided fans with plenty of video games that defined 16-bit gaming, from established franchises to standalone favorites. The console had some beloved titles that have been re-released on modern platforms, as well as hit…

After the middling success of its preceding home console Master System, Sega came out swinging in 1989 with the Sega Genesis. Known as the Sega Mega Drive outside of North America, the console provided Nintendo with its first serious competitor in the console market space. The console featured some of the most prominent video games…

The PlayStation 2 is one of the most important consoles of all time, and the first gaming platform to double as a DVD player while Sony avoided the sophomore slump. The console is one of the major reasons why the Sega Dreamcast completely failed, effectively driving Sega out of the home market. Many of Sony’s…

The racing genre has been a staple in the video game industry ever since its earliest days in the ’70s. Several of the best retro racing games of all time started out as arcade titles before being ported to home platforms. Titles like “Cruis’n USA” and “Hydro Thunder” kept the genre alive in arcades and…