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Nintendo announces mini Super Nintendo

Nintendo has announced the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment system, a tiny console designed to look like the incredibly popular SNES that was first released in Australia in 1992.

Xbox, PlayStation in head-to-head battle to put gamer first

An attendee points past a Sony Corp. PlayStation logo before a Sony event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo ...

With Microsoft introducing the 4K-enabled Xbox One X, a competitor to the PlayStation 4 Pro Sony launched last year, the two rival gaming platforms are head-to-head once again going into the super-competitive back half of the year. At E3, the heads of each brand told Fairfax Media what sets them apart.

Fire Emblem remake an echo of an unfamiliar past

Childhood friends are reunited on the battlefield in Shadows of Valentia.

Valentia's old-meets-new approach is an interesting twist on the series, with the juggling between two parties, free exploration sections and simplified combat balancing out the lack of relationship options and the occasional killer difficulty spike.

A first look at Beyond Good and Evil 2

This city beneath a statue of Genesha appears identically in the game's art, trailer and early tech demo.

Comprising an entire galaxy that will have a consistent level of detail and believable physics regardless of whether you're chatting with a character in a downtown noodle shop, roaming the streets of a city, in orbit over a planet or racing through the cosmos, to say this game is ambitious is an understatement.

PlayStation is all games at E3

The upcoming PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man game closed Sony's pre-E3 conference.

Differing greatly from the hardware focus of the Microsoft conference, Sony's PlayStation showcase ahead of this week's E3 expo followed the blueprint it laid out last year: lots of exciting footage, minimal talking, incredible theatrics and very few concrete details about when we might play the new games.

Farpoint is the best VR shooting experience you can get at home

For accurate shooting, raising the rifle to eye height will let you see a reticule on its tiny glass display.

Sony's PlayStation VR has flown mostly under the radar since its release six months ago, with a steady flow of smaller games, optional modes and ports from other systems making up the bulk of its content. So the recently released Farpoint — as a full-sized, full-priced shooter that requires the headset to work — immediately stands out from the crowd.

Street Fighter II is back, yet again

Shooooooryuken!

Bringing the classic fighter to the Nintendo Switch, Ultra Street Fighter II is a Frankenstein's monster of a package that doesn't bring much new of value to the table but is still an excellent way to play the game.

New Mario Kart is series' greatest ever

<i>Mario Kart</i> is even bigger and better on the Switch.

When it arrived for Wii U in 2014, Mario Kart 8 was arguably the best, most full-featured entry in the beloved series. With the release of this new Deluxe version, there's no longer room for argument.