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You can’t watch what doesn’t happen! A couple days ago, Nintendo ruffled some tail feathers when it tried to ban Evo 2013, the world’s largest fighting game tournament, from streaming itsSuper Smash Bros. Meleefinals. This IP controlling move echoed Nintendo’s earliercontroversy over its ownership claimsover Let’s Plays featuring its games. Our own Jonathan Holmescovered the news on Destructoid. He explained why Nintendo’s decision was silly, given that Evo’s rapidly growing prominence would provide Nintendo free marketing and that Nintendo’s decision was complicated by the fact that fans raised almost $100,000 for breast cancer to getMeleeincluded in the tournament....

If you’re rocking Nvidia cards and playingBatman: Arkham City,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,Battlefield 3orThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, then you may want the GeForce 290.36 Beta drivers. These new drivers were unleashed today and will give the latest PC treats a nice little boost. BF3will have triangular artifacts and screen flicker fixed, whileArkham Citywill make use of streamlined PhysX support.CODandSkyrimwill also have their ambient occlusion settings switched on via the Nvidia control panel....

More PS3 beta invites coming too Sony’s streaming game servicePlayStation Nowisn’t the type of thing I’d like to experience in a pre-release capacity but you canregister herefor a chance at entering the private beta. While it’s currently accessible on PS3 only, that changes tomorrow once the beta rolls out on PS4. Sony says more invites will be sent out to PS3 players in the “near future.” Streaming PS3 games to a PS Vita sounds much more interesting, personally, and I’m less concerned about the technology powering PS Now than I am its supported library and pricing....

Finally, a reason to wake up Nintendohas announceda new gizmo to bridge the gap betweenPokemon SleepandPokemon Go. Pokemon Go Plus+ is a small device that you apparently sleep with. You press the button when you lie down to sleep and press it again when you wake up. That would be weird if that was it, but it actually gets stranger. So, apparently, there’s a Pikachu inside this little device that will sing you lullabies and grow friendlier with you as you sleep together....

The star of the newestPokémon: Legends Z-Atrailer was, without a doubt, Mega Dragonite. However, Kanto’s pseudo-Legendary isn’t the only one back with a major glow-up. One of the many characters set to aid us on our latest romp through the France-inspired Kalos region is Mable, Director of the Pokémon Research Lab. The trailer presents Mable as a newcomer, but she’s no stranger to long-time Pokémon fans: she used to be a high-ranking member of Team Flare, the big bads ofPokémon X and Y....

You aren’t missing out if you’re playing on Xbox One There was talk ofRed Dead Redemption 2having some timed-exclusive content on PlayStation 4, and it’s true. PS4 players will have access to a few items 30 days before their Xbox One peers. But if you were worried you’d miss out on something substantial, don’t be! The content is fairly mundane. The first item on the list is the Grizzlies Outlaw outfit, which is available day one on October 26....

Just in time for QuakeCon, here’s someQuake Afterpopping up on the radara few times ahead of this weekend’s QuakeCon, a remaster of the firstQuakegame is out now. The remaster bringsQuaketo PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch with next-gen versions (and a free upgrade) on the way, and it’s got some extra content in store, too. According to the store description onMicrosoftand theNintendo eShop, this version ofQuakewill get higher resolution (depending on platform) and widescreen support....

Free update this December A freeResident Evil 6update scheduled to release in mid-December will feature an adjustable camera system. You’ll be able to tweak it to suit your tastes. In the gallery you’ll find pairs of images that seem to show how the range of settings for the camera. Beyond this, Ada Wong’s campaign will be available without having to unlock it. A new “insanely hard” No Hope Left difficulty setting is also coming, giving you even more of a challenge beyond the existing hardest setting....

Wait for the next version PC gaming has come a long way since I first witnessed it in the ’80s. There were hundreds of peripherals, from first- to third-party controllers, joysticks, proprietary flight sim devices, to full-on vibrating vests for games likeMech Warrior. On my journey through the PC world I’ve seen it all, and most of it was expensive and inelegant. Thankfully, Microsoft came around with a unified solution eventually: Xbox controllers....

From discounts to bonuses Update 3/24:Savings as high as 27% on Mass Effect Andromeda. See below. March 21 marks the release of BioWare’sMass Effect Andromedain North America. Will the fourth installment in the series live up to expectations? We don’t know that, but we do know it’son saleprior to release. On PC you have two good options: Green Man Gaming and Dell. GMG is offering its signature 20% off discount, cutting prices to $47....

Finally, some good news It feels like these days, we hear of a game’s launch getting delayed at least once a week, but the developers behind the upcoming biopunk survival horror gameScornhave flipped the script. Instead of pushing back their release date, Ebb Software has announced thatScornwill be coming out on October 14 now, a week ahead of its previously planned October 21 date. They haven’t given a reason why the game got moved up, but I certainly don’t hear anyone complaining about it....

Their mobile adventures have me tapped out At the beginning of each year, for the last two years or so, I’ve searched the web and Wikipedia looking for upcoming game anniversaries the Destructoid staff could write articles about and maybe inspire some great discussion. This year’s list had some of the best games ever on it, includingSuper Mario Kart,Mortal Kombat,Rock BandandSuper Mario Galaxy, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in a few days....

I blame Super Punch-Out!! Nintendo, in theirlatest financial report, have proudly announced that the sought-after SNES Classic console has sold a staggering 5.28 million units. We reportedback in Januarythat the retro device had just passed the four million mark, so that’s a over million more units shipped in around three months (Yeah, I did some college.) The SNES Classic released in September 2017 and was an immediate success. Clearly learning from the previous frustrating launch of theNES Classic, whichdrove people nutswith its scarcity, The replicated 16-bit machine has been somewhat more prevalent in its availability which, surprisingly, has resulted in these amazing sales figures....