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Dbrand teases what the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 could look like by showing a prototype case the company is working on, called Killswitch 2. The design isn’t a radical departure from the first-generation (242mm wide x 102mm tall x 13.9mm thick) model, aside from slightly larger (270mm wide x 116mm tall x 14mm thick) dimensions, as well as a new button on the right Joy-Con.
Jakks’ Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Luigi Mini Anti-Gravity R/C Racer can either be put on display or just driven around the house, and it’s being offered for just $21.99, originally $39.99. Fans can either race in standard mode or flip into anti-gravity mode to perform drifts and tricks at the push of a button. Product page.
Naughty Dog, developer of The Last of Us and Crash Bandicoot games, debuts Intergalactic The Heretic Prophet. The first game in a new action-adventure series set in the far future that follows bounty hunter Jordan A. Mun (Tati Gabrielle), who is stranded on Sempiria, a remote planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago.
NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope used its Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) to capture a surreal image of Mystic Mountain located within the Carina Nebula around 7,500 light-years from Earth. This isn’t as serene as some of the mountains found here on our planet, but rather a stellar nursery with scorching radiation and fast winds from super-hot newborn stars.
Long before the Pininfarina Battista and Venom F5-M, there was the Oldsmobile Aerotech. This hypercar made its debut in 1987 and was used to showcase Oldsmobile’s new Quad 4 engine design.
NASA’s Mars Chopper concept might one day replace the decommissioned Ingenuity helicopter. This aircraft would would be about the size of an SUV, with six rotors, and each sporting six blades for propulsion.
Dotemu revealed Ninja Gaiden Ragebound at The Game Awards 2024, and it’s set for release on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 / 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, as well as PC platforms during the Summer of 2025. This 2D side-scrolling action platformer channels the classic and modern Ninja Gaiden trilogies by Koei Tecmo games.
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There’s this ultrawide Nintendo DS-inspired device, and then the Lenovo Legion Go S, a much more straight forward handheld gaming PC that will reportedly be unveiled at CES 2025 in Las Vegas next month. Unlike the company’s previous handheld, this one is rumored to run SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system developed by Valve for use on the Steam Deck.
