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Portable hardware Black Friday deals take off from Nintendo, Evercade and more

 While there's no sign of a discount on the PlayStation Portal or Xbox Ally, portable gamers can still get in on the Black Friday action. From handheld PC gaming devices to Nintendo, there's plenty on offer.  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europe and US markets.  Not all deals have kicked in yet, but the official list is:  Up to 30% off all cartridges released before September 2025 20% off all hardware released before September 2025 US and Canada to receive 20% off all lines released before Sep 2025 Big names, including Evercade Alpha Street Fighter and Mega Man bartop arcade, Tomb Raider, all Super Pocke...
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Homebrew - Purified first look on the Vita

Its hard not to smile as Sony and the world furiously tries to bury the Vita, and then gems like this explode into life. Even in this first-glimpse, super-early state, Purified from solo-dev Balder is a highly-polished looking 60fps third-person boss/arena shooter for homebrew Vitas with bags of detail and class.

Update: Some better-quality imagery over here thanks to Balder.  


Draw your own conclusions, but I'm getting a strong Quake vibe, with multiple weapons, cool wings and plenty of smart effects, all underscored by music by Brian Czernikowski - and lots of things to kill. Sure, this will be done when its done and there could be plenty of changes along the way, but great to see such a slick-looking effort made with love for the Vita. Happy to pay cold hard cash for the release! 

Follow Balder for the latest news and keep cheering on him along with the other developers out there doing great stuff into the Vita's second decade. Purified is being built in Unity 2018 with a collection of custom mods. 

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