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Sony updated PlayStation Home in the spring of this year, and gave its virtual world multiplayer support and better graphics. Evidently that update wasn’t quite what Sony wanted, so the company will roll out a complete redesign of the community this autumn to make it easier for folks to connect with desired content. The revamped Home lets users find games by exploring several themed districts (Action, Adventure, Sportswalk and Pier Park) with their digital doppelgängers. Sony’s saying the changes will make PlayStation Home itself a game, so maybe it’s time for Second Life to start shaking in its boots. Denizens of Sony’s digital world can get more details in the PR below.

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Sony redesigns PlayStation Home, makes it the game outside the game originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Of course, Microsoft would be churning out more sculptures each day than new copies of Windows 7, but who wouldn’t want a physical trophy of their proudest-ever achievement? And if you’ve never seen this Solitaire waterfall before—shame on you. More »

A new gaming device has been revealed. No, it’s not another portable gaming console like the Nintendo DS or the Sony PSP, although it is indeed portable. The new gaming products that will be on everyone’s holiday list – both kids and adults alike – are called Sifteo cubes. This next-generation toy is actually made […]

OnLive’s done pretty well here in the States, and we knew it would eventually venture across the ocean to merry old England. But, we didn’t know exactly when it would bring its streaming services, MicroConsole and catalog of over 100 titles to the UK. Well, turns out it’ll make the transatlantic trip on September 22nd, just in time for the 2011 Eurogamer Expo in London — so there’s just over a month to ready yourself for gaming-anywhere awesomeness. If you’re among those interested in being the first of the Queen’s subjects using the service that day, hit the source link below to sign up.

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OnLive crosses the pond, lands in the UK September 22nd originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This handheld SNES-a-like is almost as ugly as the real thing

Just as we feel nostalgia for the music of our youth, so we feel equal attachment to the video games played during our pot-smoking college years. For me the console that most often appeared through the smoky haze was the SNES, with games of Super Mario Kart and Streetfighter II played until we were too tired and stoned to taunt each other any longer.

So I have my eye on the Hyperkin SUPABOY, a handheld, LCD-screened console that plays SNES games as God intended: from the original game carts and not through a downloaded ROM file. This portable aspect, though, isn’t the one that gets me excited. I’m far more interested in the ability to plug in two proper SNES controllers (some of the best ever designed, according to my smoke-hazed memory) and send a signal to a TV via a composite-out cable. I could of course pick up a real SNES, but it’s just too big to keep around the house.

It looks good, although weirdly none of the features are guaranteed by Hyperkin. Still, the prototype had no trouble with the usual problem games like Starfox (tricky thanks to its “Super FX” DSP chip).

The price is a reasonable $80, to which you’ll have to add your own controllers. Still, I’m tempted. If only I can find some similarly old friends to play against.

Available soon.

SUPABOY product page [Hyperkin via Retro Thing]

See Also:

• Video: SNES for iPad, Controlled by iPhone
• Wiimote-Controlled SNES Emulator on iPad
• Flash-Cart Lets You Play SNES ROMs on Original Console
• SNES Emulator for iPhone
• Game Heaven: SNES Controller for Wii