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Festive portable deals take off from Xbox Ally, Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks.  December deals :  Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details .  PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK  (another £10 off for refurbs)  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  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 Europ...
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Go Rogueing with new Mega Drive release Astebros

Check out the cheesy teaser, then fire up your Mega Drive/Genesis or Switch and enjoy some Astebros from Neofid Studios. A roguelite with procedurally-generated dungeons, you choose one of three heroes; knight, mage or ranger, and battle through scrolling levels to upgrade their gear to tackle the ever tougher denizens. 

Update: Wow, got my wish, Astebros and its predecessor Demons of Asteborg are arriving on Evercade as a dual-game cart, in December!

 

Asterbros' developers raised over €100,000 on Kickstarter for the project. A solid mix of old-school ninja-platformer and modern rogue, Astebros packs in lots of bright scenery, background detail, plenty of hidden secrets, chunky chests to base open, with solid-looking characters, smartly animated enemies and a great chiptune soundtrack. 


Since not many of us have 16-bit consoles hanging around, the Switch or Steam option is most likely. I'm not sure when the Switch releases goes live, but keep an eye out. Also, this looks like a great candidate for an Evercade release! 

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