Microsoft raises European Xbox prices by up to £200 — RAMpocalypse and component shortages force major console markups

Xbox price increases across the UK and Europe have been revealed, with prices upped by as much as £170 or €200.

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Microsoft Paint used as a ‘monitor’ to run Doom at up to 35 fps, project released by firm’s Azure CTO — runs actual Doom engine and loads real shareware DOOM1.WAD

DoomPaint stands out from the Doom crowd as it has been developed by Microsoft’s Azure CTO and because it runs using MS Paint as the viewport for in-game action.

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Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order — pair of limited edition dummy ‘imitation gold plating’ disks and a box are $30 at GameStop
 Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order — pair of limited edition dummy ‘imitation gold plating’ disks and a box are $30 at GameStop

GameStop has listed a purely ornamental Doom Floppy Disk Limited Edition Imitation Gold Plated Replica at $29.99.

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Prolific Team Fortress 2 collector is selling his in-game case arsenal for an estimated $100,000 — 1.7 million items collected over 10 years are enough to fund a house purchase
 Prolific Team Fortress 2 collector is selling his in-game case arsenal for an estimated $100,000 — 1.7 million items collected over 10 years are enough to fund a house purchase

One Team Fortress 2 player has amassed a collection of over 1.7 million cases from the game, and after nearly a decade of collecting, he’s selling the collection for an estimated $100,000.

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Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates ‘we’re going to cautiously move this forward’
 Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates ‘we’re going to cautiously move this forward’

Sony confirms that its stance has not changed on ending the production of physical game discs for titles released after January 2028.

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97 untouched Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. cartridges worth thousands discovered in retro shop storage room — never-before-seen version of popular NES games include five perfect 10 PSA items

A retro gaming shop in Wisconsin finds a box of unopened, never-before-seen versions of Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. in its storage room. These items are probably worth four to five digits, and the first three carts are going up for auction starting August 12.

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Lost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100 — PokePark Fishing Contest designed to delete itself after 12 hours, game so rare it was only distributed to theme park attendees in 2005
 Lost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100 — PokePark Fishing Contest designed to delete itself after 12 hours, game so rare it was only distributed to theme park attendees in 2005

A Nintendo DS game that was classified as ‘lost media’ for nearly two decades is now within tantalizing reach of video gaming fans and archivists.

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PS5 emulation hits new milestone in record time, multiple 3D games now playable in Kyty — Performance and support steadily improving with 30 FPS gameplay possible today

The PS5 emulation scene is showing extremely impressive progress, with 3D titles now being playable at around 30 FPS just two weeks after the first 3D titles even became bootable.

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Ambitious gamer turns fanless Subway menu PCs into gaming rigs — passive Intel Core i3 units manage just 15 fps in GTA V and 25 fps in Minecraft
 Ambitious gamer turns fanless Subway menu PCs into gaming rigs — passive Intel Core i3 units manage just 15 fps in GTA V and 25 fps in Minecraft

An intrepid TechTuber has tested a trio of passive digital signage mini PCs from the Subway sandwich chain to check if they can be repurposed for gaming fun.

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$21 Nintendo Wii U upgrade lets you add TBs of storage to your console with an M.2 or SATA SSD — upgrade makes console slightly faster, but requires Homebrew and custom firmware

You can now upgrade your Wii U from an 8GB or 32GB internal storage to more than a TB with this SSD kit. You’ll have to install the Aroma custom firmware on your console to use it, though.

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