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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit blends the real and the virtual

Mario Kart is the latest game to cross over into the real world via augmented reality (AR). Nintendo has now unveiled Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, which lets you drive a little remote-controlled kart around the floor using the Switch console, dodging virtual racers and items.

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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit blends the real and the virtual

Mario Kart is the latest game to cross over into the real world via augmented reality (AR). Nintendo has now unveiled Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, which lets you drive a little remote-controlled kart around the floor using the Switch console, dodging virtual racers and items.

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The Sony PlayStation 5 comes in two models – one with an Ultra HD disc slot, and a digital-only version

After a solid year of playing coy, Sony finally cut to the chase today and revealed what the PlayStation 5 actually looks like. It turns out, there are two versions – one with a disc slot and one without. And of course, we got our first major glimpse of the lineup of games at launch and beyond, as well as some other accessories.

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The Sony PlayStation 5 comes in two models – one with an Ultra HD disc slot, and a digital-only version

After a solid year of playing coy, Sony finally cut to the chase today and revealed what the PlayStation 5 actually looks like. It turns out, there are two versions – one with a disc slot and one without. And of course, we got our first major glimpse of the lineup of games at launch and beyond, as well as some other accessories.

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Kerbals sporting ESA flight suits

Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is set to get a new, free update in partnership with the European Space Agency that will bring world-famous missions and hardware to the physics-based rocketry game. Players will gain access to all the parts needed to create their own Ariane 5 heavy-rocket, and follow in the steps of two flagship missions from ESA’s past and present – the Rosetta comet-chasing mission, and Bepicolombo’s ongoing voyage to Mercury.

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Kerbals sporting ESA flight suits

Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is set to get a new, free update in partnership with the European Space Agency that will bring world-famous missions and hardware to the physics-based rocketry game. Players will gain access to all the parts needed to create their own Ariane 5 heavy-rocket, and follow in the steps of two flagship missions from ESA’s past and present – the Rosetta comet-chasing mission, and Bepicolombo’s ongoing voyage to Mercury.

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The 5th-generation engine can render the effects of multiple moving light sources in real time

Unreal, by Epic Games, was a pretty great video game back in 1998, but the impact of the game engine built to make it has been extraordinary. Currently in its fourth generation, the Unreal Engine is responsible for the graphics, physics, lighting, sound, animation, artificial intelligence, networking, streaming, memory management and general development of a huge range of games.

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