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Fans Are Bringing PlayStation Home Back To Life
29.11.2021
The Metaverse is the latest stinker to make waves in the virtual world landscape, but why move forward when we’ve got gems returning from the past?Read more
PS2 Emulator Can Now Boot Every Single Title Except For One Weird Golf Game
12.11.2021
While last month the emulation scene was celebrating the fact that PS3 games were making solid progress on the PC, this month it’s the PlayStation 2's turn, with the PCSX2 team announcing that every single game on their plate can now boot at least to the menu screen. Well, almost every single...
In Japan, The Xbox Series X/S Is Doing Better Than The Xbox One
18.10.2021
After years of struggling in Japan, the Xbox Series X/S is showing more than signs of life in Japan. In comparison to previous efforts, it’s actually doing well. Famitsu reports that as of October 10, Microsoft has sold 64,284 Xbox Series X consoles and another 38,307 Xbox Series S consoles. That’s...
Nintendo Apologizes For Metroid Dread Bug And Promises An Update
15.10.2021
Near the end of Metroid Dread, some players are getting an error message that reads, “The software was closed because an error occurred.” The error prevents the player from proceeding, because the game goes into forced shutdown. “A bug has been found in #MetroidDread that can prevent players from...
Sony's Latest PS5 Firmware Update Sure Improves System Performance
7.10.2021
Last month’s PlayStation 5 firmware update was the biggest overhaul of the tech since its release in November of last year. How does Sony follow that? It leans hard the other way with an exceedingly underwhelming update.Read more
Xbox’s Cloud Streaming Upgrade Means You Might Not Need A Series X
7.10.2021
Xbox’s cloud-gaming service just got the hardware upgrade you’ve been trying to nail down for months. Speaking to The Verge, representatives for Microsoft confirmed that Xbox cloud gaming now runs entirely on Xbox Series X hardware, wrapping up a backend upgrade that quietly kicked off over...
Sony Planning To Make PS3, Vita Stores Nearly Unusable
5.10.2021
Sony has invented a new form of digital sabotage, which would almost be impressive if it weren’t so irritating. According to a post in the “Important Notices” section of Sony support, the brilliant business minds at the Japanese giant have decided to discontinue credit card and Paypal payment...
Xbox One’s ‘Black Screen Of Death’ Is Bricking Consoles (Again)
24.8.2021
Most everyone remembers the infamous “red ring of death,” an Xbox 360 hardware malfunction in which the console power ring would turn red and the console would just...stop working. The problem was eventually fixed after Microsoft dropped a cool $1 billion on it. But now there’s another flaw...
A Bunch Of Great Indie Games Are Coming To Game Pass
20.7.2021
Pour one out for my backlog and maybe yours, too. Arguably too many promising indie games are coming to Xbox Game Pass. Also, Microsoft Flight Sim will finally lift off on console, at least for those with next-gen Xboxes. Here’s everything coming to Game Pass over the next few weeks.Read more
Steam Deck Might Not Play Some Of Steam's Most Popular Games
16.7.2021
The way Valve describes it, the new Steam Deck sounds like a tiny—but still alarmingly heavy—marvel, capable of running Steam’s vast library of games despite the beefy specs required to play many of them. However, it is at its core a Linux machine, and that may lead to some complications.Read more
Rumor: PS Vita Store Will Release No New Games After July 20
5.7.2021
We know the PS Vita will no longer have its store taken offline this month, but what no one thought to ask was: Will new games continue to be added? If the claims of Vita developer Spooky Squid Games prove to be true, theirs—Russian Subway Dogs—is to be one the last come July 20.Read more
Sony Will Keep Selling PSP Games After All
2.7.2021
This past April, Sony backed down from closing the PS3 and Vita digital storefronts amid a public outcry from fans and retro enthusiasts. Instead, Sony announced it would only move forward with its plan to end the sale of digital PSP games. Or so everyone thought. According to a notice recently...
Windows 11 Wants To Make Your PC Feel More Like An Xbox
24.6.2021
During Microsoft’s Windows 11 reveal event this morning, Xbox executive Sarah Bond took to the stream to talk about how the latest version of the operating system will bring powerful tools from the Xbox Series X/S to PC, including auto HDR and the super-speedy DirectStorage API.Read more
How To Play PS5 Games On A PS4
17.6.2021
New PlayStation 5 consoles are still impossible to find, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play PS5 games like Returnal and Ratchet & Clank. You just need a PlayStation 4. And a friend...with a PS5. Oh, yeah, and you’ll both need PS Plus subscriptions. And some patience. Okay, it’s not exactly...
Xbox One Will Soon Be Able To Stream Next-Gen Games
16.6.2021
As we enter the sixth month of the great console shortage of 2021 and the infinity-th month of you not having $500 to just throw around, you might be starting to feel like you’ll never get your ticket to board the next-gen express. Well, take heart, because Microsoft is planning on making its slate...
PlayStation CEO Clarifies That One Time He Called PS2 Games ‘Ancient’
12.6.2021
Few statements have marred PlayStation’s public image than a quote from a 2017, in which PlayStation head Jim Ryan described a PS2 game as “ancient.” At the time, the comment give fans the impression that PlayStation’s lack of interest in supporting cross-gen play came from the top. Ryan addressed...
Some Switch Users Can’t Download Games After Recent Firmware Update
11.6.2021
The latest Switch stability update appears to be causing issues with downloads to the system, according to several complaints lodged on social media over the last few days.Read more
Nvidia's DLSS Sorcery Is Coming To Linux
7.6.2021
DLSS, a technology I do not want to understand because then it will no longer feel like magic, has until now been available only to folks playing Windows games. Thanks to some work from Valve and Nvidia, though, that’s about to change.Read more
CHOKESLAM!
29.5.2021
After taking a week off, Snapshots is back. And to make up for the week off, I’ve included more screenshots than usual! Turns out, when you skip a week, you miss a bunch of awesome screenshots. If it’s your birthday, consider it a nice birthday present. Your welcome!Read more
Here's An Original Xbox Easter Egg That's Remained Hidden For Nearly 20 Years
21.5.2021
A developer who worked on Microsoft’s original 2001 Xbox console, who wishes to remain anonymous, informed Kotaku of a hidden “Easter egg” in the Xbox Dashboard that’s remained undiscovered for nearly 20 years. They told us how to trigger the secret, which displays a previously unknown credits...