> Welcome to GBAtemp v6 !
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Dear Tempers,

As some of you may know this August GBAtemp.net will be celebrating it's 15th Anniversary! To celebrate this momentous occasion we have been working tirelessly to make 2017 GBAtemp's best year yet!

Welcome to the latest version of your community - GBAtemp v6!

We have a bunch of announcements to share with you so please read on to see what's new at your favourite independent gaming community:-​

A Fresh Coat of Paint

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Introducing tempStyle 2 - designed by @shaunj66 we finally have a brand new look for the site that completely revamps your GBAtemp experience including - hi-DPI support, retina icons, faster browsing, improved layout & functionality, but more importantly a better mobile experience! The skin is still a work-in-progress and we need your help to beta test it. Please find a small Q&A and details on how to provide feedback further down below...

A Better Mobile Experience

We have completely revamped the responsive & mobile browsing experience. GBAtemp is now crafted to fully take advantage of smartphones and smaller screen sizes! We have made the site more touch friendly with a range of new design choices. Go ahead, try visiting GBAtemp.net on your phone!

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A Patreon

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As you can see, we've decided to step up our game this year: we finally have a modern-era site design, and our press coverage has been increasingly extensive and exhaustive. We have published hundreds of reviews for all platforms over the past years thanks to our amazing editorial team. We now provide you with fresh news coverage for the entire spectrum of the gaming industry (Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, computer gaming...), and unlike most other sites we still have the rare freedom of being able to openly discuss console hacking and system modifications. This freedom is due to the independence we have managed to conserve over all these years.

We're working behind the scenes every day to make this community one of the best and largest independent gaming communities on the web and we intend to keep it that way. But in order to make this happen, to be able to keep providing you with fresh editorial content and in order to conserve our freedom under any circumstance, we need your help.

With your support on Patreon, we intend to do great things: just take a moment to check out our campaign and see for yourself. If you decide to back us, there will be amazing consequences from both individual and community perspectives.

Perks include:

• Exclusive backer banner/icons (date & details TBC)
• The return of the GBAtemp Homebrew Bounty - now the GBAtemp Bounty! (details to follow)
• Exclusive site styles
• Early access to tempStyle 2 Dark
• The satisfaction that you're helping support a site celebrating it's 15th Anniversary!

Please visit our Patreon page and we hope you'll consider supporting us just as we've supported you for nearly 15 years.

GBAtemp on Patreon

> tempStyle 2 Q&A

Can I continue to use the old style?
Change can be difficult but we suggest you try using tempStyle 2 for a while to feel the benefits. The old tempStyle's are now obsolete and we can't guarantee any future forum improvements or changes will be made available in them.

But what about the dark theme?
We know a lot of you browse GBAtemp in Dark mode and we hear you. You're welcome to use the old Dark theme for now while we find the resources to create a Dark version of tempStyle 2.

Why isn't there a dark theme available right NOW!?
tempStyle 2 took over 6 months to create - keeping in mind we all have full time jobs at GBAtemp, finding the time to work on the site can be tough especially just for aesthetic reasons. We have launched the Light (default) version now in order to let our members help us find any bugs that may need working out before work on the Dark version. Otherwise early bug fixing would require fixing multiple templates. Please understand!

Can I help?
We have just launched a Patreon to let our members support our site. If you want to pledge to help support our work not only can we devote more time to the site but you get awesome rewards such as early access to the tempStyle 2 Dark theme! See above for more info on our Patreon.

I found something that doesn't look quite right?
We are still working on the new skin and bugs or sections of the site may have been overlooked when designing it. If you find a bug or something that looks unpolished or in need of updating please let us know in the dedicated thread by clicking here.

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All of this just before E3 2017!

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Don't forget that E3 is right around the corner with the EA Press Conference expected to start later today.

GBAtemp will be providing live coverage of GBAtemp E3 2017 both right here on our site and a live Twitter feed. Resident newser @Chary is currently in Los Angeles preparing to provide you all with the latest news, updates and announcements from GBAtemp. Check out our home page for more information!

Follow E3 2017 with GBAtemp on Twitter

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We hope you like the changes GBAtemp v6 brings and that you'll celebrate our 15th Anniversary with us up to this August.

Thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us for these 15 years and for making GBAtemp the best community on the web.

- The GBAtemp Staff

 

[GhostLatte]

I'm going to continue to use the old dark theme until a new one is made

 

[pwsincd]

didnt real all posts .. overall very nice / simplistic / modern . i went for a similar feel on wiiubrus forums.. although i do feel the logo icon looks a little over sized..

edit also think the light blue is a little light in the section headers . i feel more of the darker (gbatemp) blue would be more fitting in places.

 

[Maxouille]

i don't like windowns 8&10 art D: i prefer windows 7 art !

 

[BARNWEY]

Eventually, I will just throw my laptop out the window and do every task on my 3DS, this is one of the essential steps in complete 3ds control. Soon (tm), I will need nothing else in my life, fame, power, wealth, I'LL HAVE IT ALL! My 3ds will soon replace my entire view on EVERYTHING!!!

I just need to make sure I can get notified on when someone says my profile picture is dumb.

Seems legit

 

[tech3475]

I'm finding the new skin feels 'cramped' compared to the old one, at least on a desktop UI.

 

[Deleted User]

I'm finding the new skin feels 'cramped' compared to the old one, at least on a desktop UI.

Yeah, it does feel a little bit crowded.
It's still less cramped than the other sites I've been to which try to have a modern look, and then somehow end up having a header that's as large as half the screen in the process.

 

[Procyon]

working on a temporary custom theme, but I won't share it. I find it hard to make one though.

 

[Armadillo]

Too bright, although I guess dark theme will fix that.
Icons for each section are too big.
Don't like the new alert bar or whatever you call it, again, so big.
Header at the top of the page with share to reddit etc is too big and takes too much space.

I guess the latter two are to accommodate sausage fingers on a touch screen.

Other than that, meh I guess. Could be a lot worse I suppose. These days I fully expect update to modern=make the site worse.

 

[SonicfanCEMUTesting]

tempStyle 2 Dark when?

Probably more than 6 months after finishing tempStyle 2.

 

[Cody090909]

Looks soo clean, but I like darkness, gonna wait to use it.

 

[Armadillo]

Didn't notice the Patreon earlier, was checking the theme out.

Patreon support concerns me a little, especially with it being linked to the site (memeber group). Concerns me that those members will get more leeway when it comes to moderation, after all, don't want to lay the banhammer down on people who support the site.

Should have just been anonymous, support the site or don't. No links to member accounts, even if it's not intentional, can't help but feel being a paid member will influce mod decisions.

 

[Deleted User]

OOH, also, can I suggest something even though my suggestion will probably be ignored? What if GBATemp started using Project Wonderful for some ads? Google ads are kinda annoying and I'm sure that people are less likely to disable their adblocker because of it.

 

[Blue]

We've been saved!
https://userstyles.org/styles/143761/gbatemp-net-dark-for-tempstyle-2

 

[HamBone41801]

gz on 15, GBAtemp! I think I like the old theme better though.

 

[Deleted User]

We've been saved!
https://userstyles.org/styles/143761/gbatemp-net-dark-for-tempstyle-2

I'll wait until the official one or a more complete userstyle is out, that one just looks... Off.

 

[Blue]

I'll wait until the official one or a more complete userstyle is out, that one just looks... Off.

Yeah, after using it for 10 seconds, I see what you mean o-o

 

[Procyon]

I'll wait until the official one or a more complete userstyle is out, that one just looks... Off.

It's far from finished I think, I was working on one, but deleted it. Might fix this one, tho.

 

[Dionicio3]

I honestly wish I can donate to the patron for the beta tester thing

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

Oh, gawd, it's so bright! My eyes! MY EYES!!!

 

[Deleted User]

I wrote some CSS to make the new style dark cos I couldn't wait lol

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