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Nintendo Switch eShop Sees Big Server Issues Christmas Morning
25.12.2021
Across the country, folks everywhere are unwrapping their new Nintendo portable hardware, booting up their accounts, and trying to buy new digital games. But over the last few hours, per social media, the Nintendo Switch storefront known as the eShop has been in and out of commission. Sometimes...
11 Things Every New Xbox Series X/S Owner Should Try Or Consider
25.12.2021
Congratulations, you got a next-gen console. It’s hard to believe that over a year after the launch of the Xbox Series X/S, it’s still so damn hard to find one. But you did it. Or someone who really loves you did and gifted it to you for the holidays. How nice of them! Either way, now that you...
16 Things Every New PS5 Owner Should Try Or Consider
25.12.2021
So, you got your hands on a PlayStation 5. Congrats! You’re officially in the next generation of console gaming, a member of an exclusive club allowed to play games about malicious space tentacle monsters and whatever the hell a lombax is. The PS5 might seem like a straightforward (if oddly shaped)...
Continued Xbox Shortages Force Microsoft To Use Dev Kits In Latest Halo Tournament
18.12.2021
If you’ve been trying to buy a PS5 or Xbox Series X over the last year, you know how hard it can be. You might think Microsoft, the company that literally builds and sells Xbox consoles, would be able to snag some, but even it is struggling. So for its latest Halo Infinite tournament, the...
12 Games Killed In 2021 That Prove Preservation Is Vital
17.12.2021
2021 was a helluva year for games. Some of it good, most of it bad, and a handful of it truly disappointing, particularly around preserving older titles. Games deserve to be played in their entirety forever, regardless of when they came out, yet this year saw so many of them unceremoniously...
The Best Video Game Surprises Of 2021
16.12.2021
Face it: The past year has been…not great. Over the course of 2021, the global temperature rose at a once again alarming rate, Marvel released not one but two panned films, and we’ve all gotta come to terms with the sobering realization that this covid-19 pandemic might never fully end. A fitting...
The PlayStation 5 Got Some Great Games In 2021 But Not Much Else
15.12.2021
Who would have guessed that one of the most eye-catching video game consoles ever made would also be one of the least exciting?Read more
A Year Later, It Still Sucks Getting A PS5 Or Xbox Series X
14.12.2021
We’re more than a year into the ninth console generation, and it’s still largely a pain in the ass to get one. No matter where you go, whether it’s Microsoft and Sony’s official websites or any of the many retailers, both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S appear constantly sold out. Unless...
The New, Chill Xbox Game Pass Titles You’ll Probably Download Over Winter Break
14.12.2021
For its final update of the year, Xbox Game Pass is getting some of the best adventure games in recent memory, including Firewatch and Broken Age. But, like the strangest charcuterie station you’ll hover around next week, they’re paired with debatably the least chill game of the past few years:...
PlayStation 4 Jailbroken, Exploit May Work On PS5 Too
13.12.2021
December 13, 2021 may go down in history as the day the PlayStation 4 finally got blown wide open, as a trio of noted console hackers just released a new, ready-to-run kernel exploit for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro that works on firmware version 9.00 and earlier. In other words, running...
Game Pass Ruled 2021, Giving Us A Glimpse Of An Xbox-Less Future
13.12.2021
Xbox’s 20th birthday was all about killing the Xbox.Read more
Sony Finally Releasing Colorful PS5 Covers
13.12.2021
Sony revealed today that a year after launch, the PlayStation 5 is finally getting color swaps for its giant plastic covers. There are five new variants in total, and new DualSense controllers to match, set for a global launch starting in January 2022. Hopefully they don’t suffer from the same...
Xbox Game Pass PC Gets A New Name And Four More Day One Games
10.12.2021
Xbox Game Pass is a good name for a subscription games service. Xbox Game Pass for PC is not, so Microsoft got together with rappers Lil Dicky and GaTa last night during The Game Awards to announce the PC version’s new name, the much more sensible PC Game Pass. The ad spot also revealed four...
Battle Royale Wrestling Game Looks Like A Cool Take On The Crowded Genre
10.12.2021
Whether you’re a gym rat, a lifeguard, or a music performer, the premise of Rumbleverse is simple: everyone’s out to beat the shit out of everyone else. Tonight, Iron Galaxy Studios revealed the battle royale at The Game Awards.Read more
Steelrising Game Says What If Victorian Times But With Robots?
10.12.2021
Steelrising got a new trailer tonight during The Game Awards 2021, showing off its wild mix of robots and a Victorian-era world. The game is coming out next year to PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5.Read more
Horizon Forbidden West's Dinosaurs Are Suitably Epic In New Footage
10.12.2021
Guerrilla Games showed off more of Horizon Forbidden West—which criminally is not titled Horizon One Dawn or Horizon Zero Dusk—at The Game Awards tonight. Take a look:Read more
Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Dies At 78
9.12.2021
Masayuki Uemura was the lead architect for the Famicom (aka the Nintendo Entertainment System) and the Super Famicon (aka the SNES). The mark he left on the gaming industry and popular culture is indelible. According to Oricon News, Uemura passed away on December 6. He was 78. Read more
Xbox Game Pass Adds Another Surprise Game
7.12.2021
Xbox has started to release games on its popular Game Pass subscription service without announcing them, and it’s starting to feel like an advent calendar. Serious Sam 4 was previously only available on the PC and Stadia, but it got a surprise launch on the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 today...
Scuf’s New PS5 Controllers Have Cool Features, Large Price Tags
7.12.2021
Atlanta-based Scuf gaming’s made a name for itself with outstanding third-party controllers for Xbox One, Series X/S, and PlayStation 4. Now the peripheral maker sets its sights on the PlayStation 5 with the new Scuf Reflex line, a trio of high-performance PS5 controllers with four rear paddles...
Nintendo Might Have To Make Pre-Order Refunds Easier After Losing Lawsuit
6.12.2021
Last week, following a lengthy appeal process, the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) successfully argued that Nintendo’s current eShop pre-order return policies are insufficiently flexible, and the console maker may now have to further loosen its heavily criticized digital...