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Possible new PlayStation Portal model pays homage to the Vita's OLED

While much of the focus on PlayStation's next steps is the PS6 and PS6 Portable , the two-year old PlayStation Portal could be getting a revamp according to those pesky internet rumours.  Update : Hints at pricing are around £/$250-299 for the new model, but everything remains deeply in rumours territory. Presumably the goal is to hit the 10% (currently 7%-ish) adoption rate among PS5 owners, something that would make it a bone fide hit gadget.   There's a PlayStation State of Play coming up on 12th February that might act as an announcement point. Certainly, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than a distant cousin that most of its appearances suggest.  As the improvement in connectivity and streaming tech, proven by many gamers enjoying their PS5 or PlayStation Plus streamed content from around the world, an updated Portal Pro could be on the cards.  Possibly featuring a 120Hz display and an OLED screen in honour of ...

The Thalamus collection of 8-bit hits blasts onto Evercade

Evercade's one-company news onslaught continues and ends of a high for the week with Thalamus Collection 1. Hot on the heels of Tomb Raider from the PlayStation era and more hardware, it shows the versatility of the platform to cross generations. 

One of the Commodore 64's legendary publishers, Thalamus gets its own collection for Evercade as the seventh Home Computer cartridge. Featuring a mix of shooters and action games, the collection includes:

  • Armalyte: Competition Edition
  • Creatures
  • Creatures II: Torture Trouble
  • Hawkeye
  • Heatseeker
  • Hunter’s Moon Remastered
  • Nobby the Aardvark
  • Retrograde
  • Snare
  • Summer Camp
  • Winter Camp

Evercade Thalamus

The collection is another July release, with so much happening that month we could rename it Julcade, dancing in the sun with our retro portables! And the company has the second half of the year of its roadmap to fill, with more surprises to come. 

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