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Confused Halo Infinite Fans Buy Nail Polish For Skins, Get Forza Stuff Instead
4.2.2022
An unrewarding battle pass. Big Team Battle. The freakin’ mangler. Halo Infinite’s most hardcore fans have long had minor gripes with the shooter, but here’s a new one: Cross-promotional tie-ins. Some players say they recently bought beauty products solely for the purpose of scoring cosmetics...
Racist Xbox Commenters Duped By Popular Impersonator Just In Time For Black History Month
4.2.2022
It would be so satisfying if corporations and brands more often called out racism and other ills in their comments sections on social media. In the responses to a recent Xbox post on Facebook, it appeared at first glance that the console-maker had done exactly that. And while it’s not quite what...
Nintendo Sounds Leery Of Acquisitions, But Isn't Against Them
3.2.2022
While Xbox and Sony are entering an acquisition arms race, Nintendo isn’t so eager to snap up a slew of game studios.Read more
The Nintendo Switch Has Now Surpassed The Wii In Sales
3.2.2022
First launched in 2017, the Nintendo Switch has now sold more units than the Kyoto-based game company’s previous top home console, the Wii.“Sales [of the Switch] rising to the second-highest level ever, despite scarcity due to delays in production and distribution (especially in North America)...
Sony Cuts PlayStation 5 Sales Expectations Due To Global Chip Shortage
2.2.2022
In what will come as a surprise to absolutely no one, chip shortages impacted the PlayStation 5 late last year. Don’t expect that to change just yet. During Sony’s most recent quarterly financial earnings, the company’s gaming division did see a rise in profit. However, as Reuters notes, Sony...
Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Some Of Its Best Games
1.2.2022
The Xbox hard drives of the world needed a break eventually. For February 2022, Xbox Game Pass isn’t cluttering the most jam-packed release slate in recent memory. Not only is the upcoming lineup fairly slight, but some of the best and biggest on Microsoft’s games-on-demand service will soon...
The Japanese Internet Reacts To Sega Leaving The Arcade Business
1.2.2022
After 56 years, Sega’s arcade history is coming to a close. In fall 2020, Sega sold off 85 percent of its arcade business to Tokyo-based Genda. Now, the company has sold off its remaining stock, and Genda is removing the Sega name from arcades. In its place, Genda will use the “Gigo” name, which...
Destiny 2 Won't Become A PlayStation Exclusive Post-Acquisition, Sony Says
31.1.2022
Since it acquired Activision Blizzard, we’ve heard a lot of hedged words from Microsoft about potential Xbox exclusivity for Call of Duty in the years to come. In contrast, Sony is being much more upfront regarding its newly announced plan to acquire Bungie: Destiny 2 will remain multiplatform,...
Make Shopping Online Better With The Wii Shop Channel Song
31.1.2022
It’s a universally agreed-upon truth that the Wii Shop Channel music is a banger. No doubt about it. One of the best pieces of music humanity has ever created. And now, thanks to a nifty and clever little browser add-on, you can have this wonderful song play wherever you go, provided it’s on...
Xbox Game Pass Will Soon Stop Taking Money From Inactive Accounts
29.1.2022
Thanks to an investigation into online gaming subscriptions by the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Microsoft will soon improve the ways in which its Xbox Game Pass service handles auto-renewal, refunds, and inactive memberships. (h/t PC Gamer)Read more
Who Knew A Game Boy's Insides Could Be So Beautiful?
27.1.2022
Stop encasing your old gaming hardware in resin to make furniture, there is a better way to honor the handheld systems that came before. Art studio Grid is taking apart old Game Boy, PSP, Nintendo DS, and Game Gear consoles, and transforming them into stunning technological dioramas you can hang...
PlayStation Fans Reeling From Xbox Call Of Duty Deal Swear Something Is Afoot
26.1.2022
Ever since Microsoft announced it was buying Activision Blizzard in the biggest gaming deal ever, Sony fans have been desperate to see the PS5-maker respond in some way, as if the console giant had “big news” stored in a t-shirt cannon ready to be blasted out into the ravenous crowd at the drop...
Xbox Creator Nearly Got Fired After Saying Gaming Is Like Masturbating
22.1.2022
Back in 2001, one of the key creators behind the original Xbox console, Seamus Blackley, compared gaming to masturbating. Apparently, this didn’t go over well with Bill Gates and other high-ranking Microsoft execs. According to Blackley, he nearly got fired for the quote. Read more
A Look Inside Nintendo’s Old Kyoto Headquarters
20.1.2022
If you’re a Nintendo fan, you’ve probably seen countless photos of the exterior of Nintendo’s old Kyoto headquarters. But have you seen inside?Read more
Xbox Game Pass Kicks 2022 Off With Two 2021 GotY Contenders
18.1.2022
The big news out of Microsoft today is, obviously, its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for the nominal fee of, oh, a small country’s GDP. The immediate impact here means major Activision-published behemoths like Call of Duty and Overwatch will become first-party games under Microsoft’s...
Creator of PS5 And Xbox Scalper Subscription Service Claims To Be A Jobs Creator
18.1.2022
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles are still notoriously difficult to acquire. This is partially because of the chip shortage that affects the availability of the components inside the machines, but also because of scalpers who can buy consoles and sell them for a much higher price. One...
Creator of PS5 And Xbox Scalper Subscription Claims To Be A Jobs Creator
18.1.2022
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles are still notoriously difficult to acquire. This is partially because of the chip shortage that affects the availability of the components inside the machines, but also because of scalpers who can buy consoles and sell them for a much higher price. One...
Microsoft Is Bringing Activision Blizzard Games To Game Pass
18.1.2022
Alongside news that Microsoft is preparing to acquire Activision Blizzard for $70 billion, the Xbox console maker has confirmed that games from the recently troubled Call of Duty and Warcraft publisher will make their way to Xbox Game Pass.Read more
But When Will Sony Kill Off The PS4? Let's Guess!
14.1.2022
One day, the PlayStation 4's time will end. It’s bound to happen! But earlier this week, Bloomberg claimed that Sony apparently planned to discontinue the PS4 at the end of 2021. Sony has once again denied this claim. So, when will the console’s lifespan end? Read more
The Xbox One Is Officially Dead
13.1.2022
The Xbox One is officially dead. RIP. It will not be missed.Read more