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9 More Things Nintendo Will Announce Before The Switch 2
31.10.2024
Where the hell is the Switch 2, folks? It’s the last day of October and Nintendo still hasn’t revealed the one thing every fan is waiting for. Instead, we’ve gotten almost everything else the company could think of, from random ports of cult Wii U games to literal alarm clocks. What else could...
PS5 Slim Plates Don't Work With The PS5 Pro Despite Being The Same Size
30.10.2024
The PS5 Pro launch is still over a week away, but fans have already made an annoying discovery: the new console won’t work with players’ existing custom cover plates. Sony will eventually sell new ones, but those won’t be available until sometime in the future. Read more
A Stealth Switch Update Fixes A Small But Very Frustrating Bug
30.10.2024
Here’s something annoying. You buy a new game on Switch, or maybe need a big update to download. The process starts and then you walk away to do something else. Only you come back later, after the Switch is in sleep mode, and it’s somehow still not finished. The good news is that the Nintendo...
My Favorite Trick For Getting $15 Off New Nintendo Switch Games
29.10.2024
We’re getting toward the end of the year, a time for big game releases, catching up on older ones, and treating yourself to indulgent purchases as the holiday frenzy approaches. Here’s one of my favorite ways to save on new Nintendo Switch games, a deal so good I’m surprised the infamously stingy...
PS5 30th Anniversary Bundles That Sold Out In Minutes Will Be Briefly Back In Stock
28.10.2024
The PlayStation 30th Anniversary bundles look awesomely retro, so it was a shame when pre-orders for them all sold out within the blink of an eye following a confusing online queuing process. Fortunately, a surprise update to the PlayStation Direct store page indicates that Sony is getting...
The All-Digital PS5 Might Be The Least Popular Console Of All
24.10.2024
Gaming seems destined for an all-digital future, but even as players overwhelmingly buy games digitally, they still appear to be opting for consoles with disc drives over ones without them. According to recent data on the current state of the console race, digital-only PlayStation 5s appear to...
Monster Hunter Wilds Isn't Out Until 2025 But You Can Give It A Try Later This Month
23.10.2024
The official release of Monster Hunter Wilds is months away, but the hit franchise’s first mainline sequel built from the ground up for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S will be available to try for free near the end of October in its first open beta test. PlayStation Plus subscribers in particular...
The Last Of Us And Other Games Reveal Their PS5 Pro Modes
22.10.2024
The PS5 Pro is out in just a few weeks promising “enhancements” for over 50 games to start. One of those is The Last Of Us Part I, which was showcased in the initial tech demo for the hardware running more smoothly at higher fidelities than its current PS5-only version. The Naughty Dog hit...
Super Affordable Xbox Headset Gets An Upgrade And A Price Bump
22.10.2024
The Xbox Series X/S wireless headset is getting a bunch of improvements. The newest edition supports Dolby Atmos now and promises over 20 hours of battery life. It will also be $10 more than the existing version, however, which it will be replacing on store shelves. Read more
Nintendo's Mysterious Switch Playtest Details Revealed, And...It's Not What You Hoped
21.10.2024
When Nintendo announced a secretive 10,000-person playtest for an NDA-enwrapped project, speculation naturally ran wild. While something to do with the upcoming reveal and release of the Switch’s successor seemed the most popular idea, others wondered if it might be some sort of expansion of...
A Video Game Flopped Harder Than Anything At The Box Office This Year, And The Mainstream Press Barely Noticed
18.10.2024
In the summer of 2024, an entertainment project went more spectacularly wrong than possibly any entertainment project in human history. A venture that cost an approximated $400 million, and is thought to have made back only $1 million, representing a flop that dwarfs the likes of movie disasters...
Everything Announced At Xbox's Short But Sweet October Showcase
17.10.2024
Today, Xbox hosted a partner showcase featuring over a dozen new trailers for a variety of third-party, non-Xbox-published video games. The event was only about 25 minutes long, so we admittedly didn’t expect much from the shorter third-party showcase, but we were pleasantly surprised with some...
Ex-PlayStation Boss Warns Of 'Death Sentence' For Gaming
17.10.2024
There are more games coming out every day than ever before, but the total number of people playing them hasn’t seemed to grow by nearly the same amount. Former SIE Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden says that mismatch can’t be fixed just by churning out endless big-budget sequels and more...
Stalker 2 Devs Haven't Given Up On A 60FPS Mode For The Weaker Xbox
16.10.2024
After numerous delays, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is set to arrive in November on Xbox, Game Pass, and PC. And for all you Xbox Series S owners worried about how the big open-world shooter will play on the less powerful machine, Ukraine-based developers GSC Game World have good news.Read more
The Analogue 3D Plays N64 Games In 4K For $250
16.10.2024
Analogue 3D is the retro console maker’s take on the Nintendo 64. For $250 it will play your old The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Banjo-Kazooie cartridges in 4K. It was supposed to arrive this year but has unfortunately been delayed until 2025. Read more
Game Pass Junks Its $1 Trial A Week Before Black Ops 6 Is Released
16.10.2024
Microsoft’s determination to destroy the great reputation of Game Pass continues apace, with the news that the corporation has suddenly pulled its years-long offer of a two-week trial subscription for a dollar, just a week before it adds Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 to the subscription.Read more
Nintendo Was Reportedly 'Upset' About That Creepy Mario Photo From 2016
15.10.2024
Back in 2016, Nintendo tweeted out an image of a person in a Mario costume peeking out from behind a curtain. The tweet was meant to tease the upcoming reveal of the Switch. But the odd image was seen as creepy by some and quickly became a meme online. And according to two people who used to work...
More Activision Games, Including Black Ops 6, Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass This Month
15.10.2024
The eclectic mix of stuff coming to Xbox Game Pass over the next few weeks includes some Call of Duty games, some nasty zombies, StarCraft, a South Park RPG, and a wonderful indie game about a growing hole. Read more
PS Plus Is Losing A Bunch Of Big Games This Month
15.10.2024
It feels like only yesterday that Red Dead Redemption 2 arrived back on PS Plus, daring everyone to finally go ahead and finish the overwhelmingly big open-world Western. But now it’s leaving the PlayStation subscription service again in October, along with a bunch of other cool stuff. Read more
Halo Moves To Unreal, Nintendo Announces...An Alarm Clock, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
12.10.2024
This week, YouTuber and Kick streamer Jack Doherty crashed his $200,000 McLaren sports car while broadcasting, an event which has seen him banned from the latter platform permanently. Also, The Weather Channel used its Unreal-powered storm visualization tool to give viewers a good look at just...