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Xbox Is Working On A Gaming Handheld But It's Still A Few Years Out
13.11.2024
Rumors have been flying all year that Xbox is working on a PC gaming handheld. On Wednesday, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that plans are underway, though it sounds like an actual portable device is still a few years out.Read more
Guy Who Taunted Nintendo About Streaming Pirated Switch Games Before Release Now Faces $7.5 Million Lawsuit
8.11.2024
Jesse Keighin liked to stream Nintendo Switch games online before they were officially released and then gloat about it right in Nintendo’s face, according to a new lawsuit filed by the Mario maker in Colorado District Court earlier this week. “[I] can do this all day,” he allegedly wrote in...
Report: Developers Told Not To Expect Switch 2 Before April 2025
13.8.2024
The question on everyone’s lips right now is: Switch 2 when? Now in its eighth year, the current handheld hybrid is more than a little long in the tooth, and the evidence continues to mount that fans still have a bit of a wait to go before Nintendo launches its next console.Read more
Nintendo Says It Has A Plan To Prevent Scalping: Just Make Loads Of Switch 2s
1.7.2024
A few years on, it’s oddly hard to remember how difficult it was to get hold of the most recent generation of games consoles. On their release in November 2020, both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X were incredibly scarce, thanks to an imperfect storm of covid, global chip shortages, and supply...
A Rare Piece Of Nintendo History Is Currently On Auction For Over $3 Million
8.5.2024
An original prototype of Nintendo’s Super Famicom, Japan’s (superior) version of the SNES, is currently up for auction and recent bids have already pushed the grey piece of gaming history north of $3.2 million. The “god-tier” nostalgia bait shows the market for retro collectibles can still be...
Mysten Labs Announces Suiplay0x1, a Web3 Enabled Gaming Handheld
13.4.2024
Mysten Labs, the company behind the development of Sui, a proof-of-stake blockchain project, has announced it is working on developing Suiplay0x1, a Web3-enabled gaming handheld. The organization did not reveal hardware specs but did state that the device would be able to run several app stores...
Seven Years Ago, Nintendo’s Risky Gamble Paid Off Handsomely
4.3.2024
Seven years ago, Nintendo took its biggest gamble yet and released the Nintendo Switch, a forward-thinking and bold home console that dared to be a handheld first and foremost. It’s hard to argue with the results of that bet all this time later, especially seeing as how the Switch has continued...
*That* Borderlands Movie Trailer, A Nintendo Direct, And More Of What Went Down This Week
24.2.2024
As yet another week passes, we get more proof that 2024 is shaping up to be a very busy year in gaming—if not for game releases, then certainly for big stories around game exclusivity, adaptions, and, as always, streamers. This week we got our first look at the highly anticipated Borderlands movie...
Um, GameShark May Have (But Probably Didn't) Leak Switch 2's Release Date
11.1.2024
In a new press release from audio electronics company Altec Lansing, it was revealed that GameShark is returning, sort of via an artificial intelligence-powered successor called “AI Shark” You don’t care about that. Instead, the big news out of this press release is that it might have leaked...
Nintendo Will Stop Supporting 3DS And Wii U Online In April 2024
4.10.2023
Nintendo will discontinue online service for 3DS and Wii U consoles in April 2024, the company announced in a recent blog. After this point, the 3DS Pokémon storage app Pokémon Bank will be the only software accessible online. Read more
Sony’s PS5 Remote Play Gaming Handheld Is Just $200
23.8.2023
Today, Sony delivered some news that’s sure to get PS Vita fans mildly interested: Sony is back in the handheld game (kind of) via a dedicated remote play streaming device that’ll beam pixels from your PS5 straight to your hands. It’s called the PlayStation Portal remote player and it will cost...
Sony’s PS5 Remote Play Gaming Handheld Is Just $200
23.8.2023
Today, Sony delivered some news that’s sure to get PS Vita fans mildly interested: Sony is back in the handheld game (kind of) via a dedicated remote play streaming device that’ll beam pixels from your PS5 straight to your hands. It’s called the PlayStation Portal remote player and it will cost...
PlayStation 5 Handheld Looks Even Goofier Than Expected In Leak
24.7.2023
The PlayStation 5 is absolutely killing it right now. Record-breaking hardware sales? Check. A steady stream of popular and critically praised exclusives? Check. Customizable faceplates? Check, check, check. So of course it’s gearing up to release one of the most absurd handhelds ever to reach...
It Is 2023, Please Stop Blowing Into Nintendo Consoles
7.7.2023
Yeah, it’s cute, it’s folklore, people used to blow into the cartridge slots of their Nintendo games in the olden days if they were having hardware issues. The thing is, it was all bullshit. It didn’t fix them, if anything it made things worse. Yet so strong has the urban legend become that, in...
A Colony Of Ants Took Over Their Gaming Handheld. Now What?
19.4.2023
Despite being a largely failed gaming handheld, there are still millions of PlayStation Vitas out there in the world. Many are collecting dust. Some are waiting to be sold to new buyers who have yet to discover the niche beauty of one of Sony’s wilder hardware experiments from the previous decade....
Sony's Next Gaming Handheld May Not Be The Vita 2 Fans Want
5.4.2023
A decade after the early demise of the PlayStation Vita, handheld gaming is more vibrant than ever, leading many people to wonder whether Sony will one day try to get back into the portable gaming market. Based on a new report by Insider Gaming, the answer is both yes and no. Sony is seemingly...
$300 For A Cloud-Only Gaming Handheld Sure Is Optimistic, Logitech
22.9.2022
Having a (relatively) small device that can play basically any big game on it is a cool idea, and that’s what I love about Valve’s Steam Deck. But the Deck can be a bit bulky, and its battery just doesn’t last sometimes. Plus it doesn’t work easily with Xbox Game Pass. So the idea of a new, smaller...
A Big Nintendo Direct Might Be Coming Soon
13.6.2022
In years past, this would have been the week for the big annual June Nintendo Direct, but in 2022 the Mario maker is so far nowhere to be seen. But the company could still be planning to close out the month with a showcase of some kind, according to a writer at Sony Santa Monica.Read more
Nintendo Walked Right Into Porn When Promoting Switch Sports
6.4.2022
If you’ve been bowling, there’s a good chance you’ve seen those corny 3D animations that unfold whenever you get a strike, spare, split, or miss the pins outright. These 90s relics are having a bit of a horny renaissance right now, thanks to an artist who recently posted a salacious bowling...
Here's Everything Shown At Today's Nintendo Direct
10.2.2022
There was a Nintendo Direct held earlier today, which covered everything from Metroid to Mario Kart, and if you missed it and want to catch up on everything, or didn’t miss it and just wanted to revisit the parts that actually interested you, here you go.Read more