Lego Smart Play hands-on: Using Smart Brick technology to get kids to play together

As I detailed yesterday, the Smart Play system contains three elements. The Smart Brick is packed with technology like ...
The Escapist

“A huge step for my country” – Tetris World Finals Champion on winning under pressure

The Red Bull Tetris World Finals concluded on December 13 in Dubai, culminating in a 40-storey screen with 2,800 drones showcasing Tetris, as two players competed against each other. Esports Insider ...
GamesIndustry

Romero Games working on smaller shooter that borrows from its cancelled project

Ireland-based Romero Games is working on a new, smaller project that lifts heavily from the shooter it had been working on but was cancelled by its publisher. Speaking on stage at Salón del Videojuego ...
GameSpot

Lost Sega Channel Games Saved In Latest VGHF Project

Over 140 ROMs from Sega's long defunct Sega Channel, including service-exclusive games that were thought lost to time and never-before-published prototypes, have now been recovered thanks to the ...
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2,800 RGB drones turned into the world's largest-ever game of Tetris — Red Bull Tetris world final lights up Dubai night sky

On Sunday evening, the first official live playable Tetris game in the sky was hosted by Red Bull Gaming. The spectacular backdrop to the game was the glitzy city of Dubai’s night sky, with the Tetris ...
bleedingcool

We Attended The Red Bull Tetris National Final in Florida

A couple of weeks ago, we were invited by Red Bull to attend one of their last esports events in North America, where we got to experience the Red Bull Tetris National Final. The team brought us out ...
Hackaday

This 8-Bit Commodore PET Was Hard To Fix

Over on [Ken Shirriff]’s blog is a tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips. WARNING: contains 8-bit ...
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World’s biggest game of Tetris uses 2,000 drones

GameCentral meets Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers at the Red Bull Tetris World Final, as they explain why ‘Tetris is always going to be here’. There are few games in the world quite as ...
Gizmodo

What Is a Micro RGB TV and Why You’re Gonna See Them Everywhere

In the realm of confusing acronyms describing today’s swath of TV display types, the nascent “micro RGB” is now set to flood showrooms starting in 2026. So what the hell is it, and why are major TV ...

Meet Project Patchouli, an open-source drawing tablet project to 'build your own tablet from scratch'

For something intended to mimic good old pencil and paper, drawing tablets and the tech behind them are surprisingly complicated. If you fancy a crash course in how they work and want to build your ...
PCGamesN

It's taken a year, but Project Zomboid multiplayer has finally opened its doors again, just in time for the holidays

Almost exactly a year after Project Zomboid build 42 first launched, developer The Indie Stone has given us an early gift for the holiday season by deploying its long-awaited multiplayer support. Any ...
PCGamesN

Minecraft could be in line for some big changes as Mojang hires former Ubisoft exec as new 'head of Vanilla'

Minecraft Vanilla is the purest vision of Mojang's block-building sandbox you can find these days. No mods, no graphics updates, no changes to the core gameplay that made Minecraft the behemoth it is ...