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Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 21/02/2023

Quote of the day:

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anonymous

Jokes of the day:

Why are giraffes so slow to apologize? Because it takes them a long time to swallow their pride.

Relationship Status: just tried to reach for my dog’s paw and he pulled it away so I pretended I was reaching for the remote.

Top 10 news of the day:

PS1 Classic The Legend of Dragoon Does Indeed Have Trophies on PS5, PS4

And a Platinum — The Legend of Dragoon is battling its way to PS5 and PS4 on the 21st February as part of this month’s PS …

The Legend of Dragoon is battling its way to PS5 and PS4 on the 21st February as part of this month’s PS Plus Premium update, and as previously rumoured, the classic JRPG does indeed have a full Trophy list at launch. It’s got a total of 47 trinkets … [745 chars]

$550 Emulation console Polymega is now getting a free app version

The Polymega App will have an optional paid subscription with cloud access…

Emulation console Polymega is getting a free app version, its manufacturer Playmaji has announced. The Polymega is a retro console, which currently costs $549 with one controller, and enables players to insert their own PlayStation, Saturn, TurboGraf… [1961 chars]

One year on, Chrono Cross’ wonky remaster is getting performance fixes

Square Enix has pledged to finally address issues affecting its wonky Chrono Cross remaster, known as The Radical Dream…

Square Enix has pledged to finally address issues affecting its wonky Chrono Cross remaster, known as The Radical Dreamers Edition, in a new patch arriving this month — almost a year after its initial release on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch. Chr… [1391 chars]

Atelier Marie PS5, PS4 Remake to Include PS1 Original in Digital Deluxe Edition

But awaiting confirmation for the West — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIbHFLBKIY Slow life RPG Atelier Marie Remake: T…

Subscribe to Push Square on Slow life RPG Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg will launch on 13th July — and the Digital Deluxe Edition will come with the PS1 original included. At least, that’s the case in Japan; we’re still trying to get… [850 chars]

Bloober Team’s Layers of Fear remake coming in June

Bloober Team has announced a June launch window for Layers of Fears — the slightly ridiculously named remake of Layers …

Bloober Team has announced a June launch window for Layers of Fears — the slightly ridiculously named remake of Layers of Fear 1 & 2 — and shared a new trailer to coincide with the news. Layers of Fears is being co-developed with Anshar Studios, and … [1662 chars]

Marvel’s Avengers: Former Creative Director Apologizes For the Game

Marvel’s Avengers’ previous creative director, Virtosu Cezar, has apologized for how the game turned out and cited a “challenging production” for it not becoming what it could have been.

Marvel’s Avengers’ previous creative director, Virtosu Cezar, has apologized for how the game turned out and cited a “challenging production” for it not becoming what it could have been. Speaking to Edge Magazine (via GamesRadar), Cezar didn’t go int… [2408 chars]

Microsoft has raised Xbox Series X/S console prices in Sweden

The platform holder also recently increased console prices in Japan…

Microsoft has raised the prices of its Xbox Series X and Series S consoles in Sweden. The Xbox Series X price has increased from 5,695 SEK ($550) to 6,195 SEK ($599), over two years after the console launched in November 2020. As spotted by Gaming De… [1847 chars]

Video: Digital Foundry Analyses All Performance Modes For Hogwarts Legacy On Xbox

The amount of options is almost overwhelming — https://youtu.be/l3FZqJXCuWQ The team over at Digital Foundry has finally d…

Subscribe to Pure Xbox on The team over at Digital Foundry has finally dug into the performance of Hogwarts Legacy on all console platforms, and you can tell why it’s taken this long! Not only did the outlet set out to cover the game’s launch day ver… [1282 chars]

Are You Playing Wild Hearts?

Kemono come all — Look, we know February has been ridiculously busy, but surely you’ve got time for a new monster-slaying …

Look, we know February has been ridiculously busy, but surely you’ve got time for a new monster-slaying adventure from unlikely publishing partners EA and Koei Tecmo? Wild Hearts is out now on PS5, bringing some welcome competition to the hunting gam… [801 chars]

iPhone 15 will DITCH physical volume and power buttons, report claims

iPhone 15 has a thinner bezel, thicker camera bumps, more curved edges and haptic side buttons controlled by touch instead of physical buttons, the renders reveal.

Apple is notoriously secretive leading up to the release of a new iPhone. But leaked renders of the upcoming iPhone 15, which is not due to be unveiled until the autumn, show some major design changes compared with last year’s iPhone 14. iPhone 15 ha… [6525 chars]