The Big Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

The Big Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

Each week there are a lot of news stories that come through, some are massive enough that they generate conversation, then there are those that can just slide on by.

This weekly post will allow you to catch up on the bigger stories of the week that was, ensuring you didn’t miss anything.

With Microsoft and Nintendo both hosting big events, the Surface Hardware Update and Direct respectively, there was a lot of news, for all the Direct coverage, you can read that here.


Nintendo Switch Online Expands with both Nintendo 64 and Sega Mega Drive Games This October

Many folks were expecting Nintendo to address their NSO offerings during the Direct, there were also countless stories over the past few weeks about the addition of GameBoy titles to it, but getting Nintendo 64 games was a close second in the rumour world, Mega Drive though, that was a surprise

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Surface Duo 2 Is A Second Chance For The Microsoft Foldable Device

The second version of the Surface Duo is getting a more global release, letting folks enjoy two screens, without some undercooked folding display. Updates to the camera system and by that I mean it has one now, NFC, 5G and more make it a real competitor for other Android devices.

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The Super Mario Movie Gets A Super Cast, Ahead Of Its Holiday 2022 Release

The reveal of a new Super Mario movie was always going to be interesting, but when the cast was revealed, I don’t think anyone could have predicted what was to come, from Chris Pratt to Jack Black, Kevin Michael Richardson to Charles Martinet, the cast is diverse as the Mushroom Kingdom

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Monster Hunter Rise Is Keeping The Quests Coming With Sunbreak

Monster Hunter Rise broke records when it released on Switch earlier in the year and while there have been countless small updates since then, people have been after more and in 2022, Sunbreak will offer that.

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Microsoft Have Unveiled The Surface Laptop Studio, Giving New Ways To Create On The Go

Laptops generally fall into two spaces, powerful and chunky or average and light, but they always have the same basic form factor, not so with the Surface Laptop Studio. This takes the design ethos from the Studio desktop and brings it into the portable realm

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There are always more stories that we cover here, so what news items impressed you in the week that was?