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Here at ExtremeTech, we’ve often discussed the difference between different types of NAND structures—vertical NAND versus planar, or multi-level cell (MLC) versus triple-level cells (TLC) and quad-level cells (QLC). Now, let’s talk about the more basic relevant question: How do SSDs work in the first place, and how do they compare with newer technologies? In the Beginning…

Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Ambrella Release Date: 14th Mar 2005 (USA) / 11th Mar 2005 (UK/EU) For the first Pokémon game to be released on the DS, Pokémon Dash is something a little bit different. Using the stylus to control and race with Pikachu is a novel idea but given the creativity of other DS

We all know that The Pokemon Company is highly defendant of its Pokemon IP and it has recently emerged that they have sent a DMCA take down notice to popular Pokemon fan site, Relic Castle, which was on the verge of celebrating being a decade old. The site provided links to hundreds of Pokemon fan games, which

Acolyte of the Altar, the roguelike deckbuilder with a wasteland twist from developer Black Kite Games, hits PC via Steam on March 25. Ahead of the game’s launch next week, Game Informer can exclusively reveal the Acolyte of the Altar launch trailer, which features plenty of deckbuilder action and another taste of this Magic: The Gathering and

Square Enix has announced a release date for the Final Fantasy 14 Online expansion, Dawntrail. Going live on July 2, pre-orders kick off on March 26 and include three days of Early Access beginning June 28. Bonuses for pre-ordering and picking up the Collector’s Edition were announced, and are Final Fantasy 9-themed. FINAL FANTASY XIV:

Legend has it that Isaac Newton had the moment of inspiration that would lead to his theory of gravity when, on a warm afternoon, he saw an apple fall from a tree and wondered why it should fall down instead of up. (Some versions of the story have the apple falling and hitting poor Newton

Image: Nintendo Update [Sat 23rd Mar, 2024 04:30 GMT]: Here’s your reminder this event is now officially underway in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and will run for five days. Have fun! For five days starting 3/21, new spirits from #SuperMarioBrosWonder and #PrincessPeachShowtime will be wowing the crowd on the #SmashBrosUltimate Spirit Board! Defeat them in

You may recall that, last September, Nintendo confirmed in their fall 2023 Direct that a Nintendo Museum was in the works. At the time of the Direct, the building wasn’t actually completed yet. In fact, it had a completion date of March 2024. Since then, there hasn’t been any further developments. Well, that has now

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is one of the year’s most anticipated games, and by most accounts, the experience lives up to the hype. The game has earned rave reviews from most critics, including a 9 out of 10 from us. But now that it’s out in the wild, Steam players have bombarded the RPG with negative

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is one of the year’s most anticipated games, and by most accounts, the experience lives up to the hype. The game has earned rave reviews from most critics, including a 9 out of 10 from us. But now that it’s out in the wild, Steam players have bombarded the RPG with negative

You might be aware that things are changing here at Gamer Network. As well as a certain looming sale that became public knowledge a few weeks back, we’re also shuffling things around to unify our video teams from across all the brands, making a sort of videography supergroup that encompasses everyone from Dicebreaker to

Epic was unable to bring down Apple’s walled garden model with its Fortnite lawsuit, but now the Department of Justice is taking a swing. In cooperation with 16 state and district attorneys general, the department has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against the company. The suit alleges that Apple has abused its dominant market position

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube762k Fae Farm, the charming life sim from developer Phoenix Labs, isn’t quite done with updates just yet. The latest, aptly titled the ‘Spring Update’, brings a number of improvements and additions to the game that should prove most welcoming for fans. The biggest change is honestly something that we

GDC 2024, also known as the Game Developer’s Conference, is currently underway. Not only is Nintendo there, but they even hosted a Super Mario Bros. Wonder panel at the event earlier today. There, they revealed some details about the 2D Mario game that may interest some of you. At the panel, Nintendo revealed some content

Skydance New Media’s mysterious World War 2 Marvel game has a title: Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. It also has its first trailer and a release window. First announced in 2022, the game stars Captain America and Black Panther Azzuri, who is the grandfather of T’Challa. The trailer shows them pursuing the mutual goal of

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a bit of an eternal anime. There are plenty of series from the 90s that people still talk about to this day, and are plenty influential themselves, but I think even after the heat death of the universe there’ll still be a horde of figures and rotting VHS tapes floating about

Valve gave Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View a facelift on Monday. Now called Steam Families, the combined and revamped feature allows six-person user groups to play each other’s titles, maintain their own saved files and achievements, and play online at the same time. At first glance, the Steam Families beta appears to make

@Otoemetry I don’t think they were meaning TTYD was the first Paper Mario. They were specifically talking about the style of Paper Mario that 64 and TTYD had, cos after TTYD the RPG elements are pretty much non existent. Think they were just meaning they wanted to go back to the template that 64 set

The latest edition of premier Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu has arrived and Issue 1842 contains the first review of the intriguing Princess Peach: Showtime!. The four reviewers at Famitsu each gave the game 8/8/9/8 giving Princess Peach: Showtime! an overall score of 33/40. Here’s all the review scores from Weekly Famitsu Issue 1842: Outcast:

Valve has announced Steam Families, a revamped program that allows players to create a group to share and play games with close family members. The program launches today in the Steam Beta Client and it replaces the Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View features.  Steam Families can have up to six members, and joining

If you’re a Fallout fan and you would like a custom Xbox Series X, then you might want to check out the giveaway Xbox is currently holding. Prime Video’s Fallout TV show is basically right around the corner, and as part of building hyper for the upcoming series, Xbox has teamed up with

Microsoft and Google have been busy over the past year announcing new generative AI models for use in their latest products, while Apple has remained on the sidelines. It’s been reported that Apple would eventually wade into the fray in 2024 when it launches iOS 18 along with new iPhones in September. Still, it was

Image: Nintendo Life Welcome back as we rifle, once again, through the Nintendo Life Mailbox. It’s March, and around these parts we’re wading through a deluge of fantastic games (and the weekly eShop cack) while we await Princess Peach‘s upcoming solo Switch performance with great anticipation. Let’s put our Switches down for a moment, though,

Believe it or not, Super Mario Run is still receiving support from Nintendo. The mobile game may have launched almost a decade ago, but Nintendo has still been giving the game some updates. There has even been new content added to the game as recently as last year. This is no exception. A brand new

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is right around the corner, launching on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC next week on March 22. Ahead of the game’s launch, Capcom has released a new gameplay overview trailer with more than seven minutes of new footage; and perhaps strangely, it’s narrated by actor Ian McShane (Deadwood, John Wick, Pirates of

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 isn’t too far off from release, and to help the time go a bit quicker, Ninja Theory has shared four new screens from the game. The released screenshots were captured using Photo Mode, which returns for Hellblade 2. That’s great news for players who love taking artistic in-game photographs. Senua’s Saga:

The JWST’s first deep-field image, depicting galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, is among the deepest and sharpest images of the night sky ever captured. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI “Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the

Gavin Lane, editor Image: Nintendo Mario Bros. 3 was my first. Actually, I don’t remember if it was 3 or Super Mario Bros. that was actually my first — my brother had both carts — but it was 3 that really captured my imagination. The dancing objects on the World Map screen, Mario’s rotund, waddling

It seems as though one of the next Fortnite collaborations could well be with The Binding of Isaac franchise. Fortnite developer Epic Games has reportedly contacted Edmund McMillen, the creator of the franchise, to ask whether he would be interested in collaborating with the popular free-to-play game. Fortnite has had a range of successful collaborations

The Among Us animated series being developed at CBS Studios has found its Purple, Green, Red, and Orange crewmembers in Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Randall Park (Ant-Man, Always Be My Maybe), and Yvette Nicole Brown (Community, Drake & Josh).  The official Among Us X account (formerly Twitter) announced