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FBI Indicts Wall Street Banker For Doing Crimes On Xbox 360
29.9.2023
A newly unsealed FBI indictment accuses a former analyst at Goldman Sachs of insider trading, including allegedly using an Xbox to pass tips onto his close friends. The friend group earned over $400,000 in ill-gotten gains as a result, federal prosecutors claim. “There’s no tracing [Xbox...
PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Is Retiring
28.9.2023
The head of PlayStation is stepping down, Sony announced in a press release today. Jim Ryan, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s CEO, is retiring after just four years on the job. The massive shakeup in leadership comes as the PlayStation 5 breaks sales records as Sony has doubled-down on prestige...
Leaked Xbox Boss Email Perfectly Explains Why Game Publishers Are Eating Themselves Alive
22.9.2023
You probably saw a ton of headlines about Xbox leaks this week: new hardware, upcoming games, Game Pass costs, acquisition strategies. A trove of unredacted documents accidentally uploaded to a federal court’s case server gave the world an unprecedented look into the secret machinations of...
$245 PS5 Controller Promises To Get Rid Of Stick Drift
21.9.2023
French gaming accessory distributor Nacon opened preorders for its Revolution 5 Pro controller for PS5, PS4, and PC. The officially licensed, polished-looking product is listed at €229, or $245, approximately half the cost of a new PlayStation 5. But if you can’t stand stick drift, maybe that’s...
The Massive Xbox Leak: 11 Big Reveals
20.9.2023
This week brought us a wonderful treasure trove of leaks from deep inside the highest echelons of Microsoft’s Xbox division, accidentally shared online as a result of the company’s legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission over its now-greenlit Activision acquisition. These confidential...
All-Digital Xbox Leak Reignites Game Preservation Fears
20.9.2023
In some ways it feels like Microsoft has never quite recovered from its disastrous rollout of the Xbox One. A decade later, it has new studios, better consoles, and tons of great games, but the shadow of its big, out-of-touch bet on an all-digital Xbox with an expensive Kinect add-on still lingers....
The Silly Story Behind The Weirdest Xbox Exclusive
20.9.2023
Remember when the Xbox Series X and S launched with a Yakuza game, but the PS5 didn’t? That was weird, right? For such a long time the Yakuza franchise had been closely tied to PlayStation. But, at least for a few months, the then-latest game in the series skipped Sony’s next-gen machine for Xbox’s...
Your September-October Xbox Game Pass Offerings Await
19.9.2023
Microsoft has announced the next crop of games you can snatch up on Xbox Game Pass for the rest of September and the early parts of October. The offerings are pretty lowkey, but there’s some cool stuff to download right now.Read more
Who Was Responsible For The Biggest Xbox Leak Ever? Court Blames Microsoft
19.9.2023
Microsoft is currently facing an unprecedented leak of confidential plans and conversations around both the recent past and coming future of Xbox. Sensitive documents meant only for the eyes of the court involved in the Federal Trade Commission’s failed battle to stop Microsoft’s acquisition...
Xbox Expected A Red Dead Redemption 2 Next-Gen Update, Wanted It On Game Pass
19.9.2023
Fans have long wanted Rockstar Games to release a next-gen patch or updated version of Red Dead Redemption 2 that would let the large game take advantage of the more powerful PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. That’s not happened yet, even though many have speculated about it. And new documents...
Xbox Series X/S Redesign And New Controller Coming In 2024, According To Leaked Plans
19.9.2023
Microsoft has big plans for the fourth year of the Xbox Series X/S, based on new leaks from the Federal Trade Commission’s failed court fight to block the company from acquiring Activision Blizzard in June. In addition to a revised Series S, the tech giant is also planning a cylyindrical, disc-less...
Activision Says Switch 2's Power Is Akin To PS4, Xbox One
18.9.2023
As reports that a Nintendo Switch successor is inbound become more commonplace, we’re learning more about what we can likely expect from the company’s next console. Maybe this was to be expected, but new details suggest that the performance of the Nintendo Switch 2—or whatever it ends up being...
Microsoft Aiming To Release Next Xbox By 2028
18.9.2023
The successors to Microsoft’s current game consoles, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, seemingly won’t be coming out until sometime in 2028. That’s according to conversations between company executives that were recently made public in federal court filings following the Federal Trade...
It’s Time To Start Killing Your Subscriptions
18.9.2023
These companies are bleeding me dry. Starfield on Game Pass. Sea of Stars on PS Plus. Ahsoka on Disney Plus. The Last of Us on (HBO) Max. Subscription services used to make me feel like I was getting away with something. Cheaper, easier entertainment at the click of a button. No commercials, Fewer...
Xbox Game Pass Core Reveals All 36 Games Ahead Of Launch
13.9.2023
The full list of 36 games for Xbox Live Gold’s replacement, Game Pass Core, has been revealed a day ahead of its launch. And they’re...they’re really good.Read more
Xbox Has Made A Gamer Credit Card
11.9.2023
If the last time you were at the store you thought, “I wish it was more clear that I am a gamer while buying these groceries,” then Xbox has a solution for you: the official Xbox Mastercard. Announced in an Xbox news blog on September 11, the new Xbox Mastercard (issued by Barclays) will let...
New Nintendo Controller Patent Shows Possible Joy-Con Drift Fix
11.9.2023
A patent for a new Nintendo controller, published by the United States Patent Office on September 7, indicates the Super Mario developer is at least considering how to permanently shake its Joy-Con drift issue. Joy-Con drift, a phenomenon in which your Switch responds to phantom Joy-Con movement...
Mega Bloks Xbox 360 Collector Set Is A Pricey Nostalgia Trip
8.9.2023
On September 8, seemingly out of nowhere, Microsoft announced the Mega 3:4 scale Xbox 360 collector set. It will propel you back to the halcyon days of 2007, at least if you’re willing to throwdown $150 for a collectible that doesn’t actually play any games.Read more
Report: Nintendo Is Holding Secret Switch 2 Demos For Developers
7.9.2023
A successor to Nintendo’s massively popular Switch gaming console has been rumored for years, but actual Switch 2 hardware now appears to be out in the wild. Eurogamer reports that Nintendo used a special version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to demo the new console for developers...
Nintendo’s Genius Plan To Sell More Switches Depends On Kids Fighting
6.9.2023
The Nintendo Switch has sold an unprecedented 125 million units so far, putting it right behind the Nintendo DS (154 million) and Sony’s PlayStation 2 (over 155 million) on a list of best-selling consoles of all-time. Could the handheld hybrid surpass them and become the best-selling gaming device...