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Xbox's Starfield Controller Looks Real, Will Absolutely Take My Money
2.6.2023
The saga of the Starfield Xbox controller has been going on for months, but we now have our best confirmation yet that the sleek retro-sci-fi-styled gamepad is potentially real and coming this summer. It might just be my favorite-looking Xbox Series X/S controller yet. Read more
The Brilliant Scholar Who’s Challenging Racism In Game Design
2.6.2023
During her keynote speech at last year’s ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in New Orleans, Dr. Kishonna Gray shared a story about the game Pokémon Go.Read more
Nintendo Releasing Beautiful New Pastel Joy-Cons
2.6.2023
We’re long enough into the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan to have seen a lot of different colours for the console’s controllers, but these news ones just announced by the company may be the nicest yet. If you’re into soft pastels.Read more
Xbox Promises To Make Games For Much-Needed Queer Visibility
1.6.2023
Xbox has announced its plans for Pride 2023, and they include a “long-term” partnership with media-monitoring organization GLAAD, the option for players to donate Microsoft Rewards points to several LGBTQIA+ organizations, and a curated list of games that are made by queer-identifying developers...
Report: Xbox Exclusive Redfall Suffered From Few Resources, Poor Direction
1.6.2023
While Redfall’s rough launch and poor reviews scores caught many Xbox fans off-guard, Bloomberg now reports that developers at the studio behind it, Arkane Austin, were aware of the issues for years. The online vampire shooter was pitched as a live service game with microtransactions,...
PlayStation Fans Refuse To Throw Away Box Even After Sony Tells Them To
31.5.2023
The official PlayStation UK Twitter account has decreed it’s “OK to throw away the cardboard box your PlayStation came in now,” but squirrelly fans aren’t convinced. What if they might actually one day need the dusty, frayed cardboard their PS4 arrived in 10 years ago?Read more
PlayStation Plus Adds Some Great Games For June
31.5.2023
Another month, and another chance to add more games to your PlayStation library if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber. While May 2023 saw GRID Legends, Chivalry 2, and Descenders (which you can still grab if you’re reading this before June 6) added to Sony’s subscription service, June’s got some...
Game Gets Wrongfully Banned On Switch After A Child Gambling Joke
31.5.2023
Last week, Nintendo mistakenly blocked and rejected the release of a cutesy animal game, after it took a jokey TikTok from the developer at face value and pulled its release in North America. Read more
How A Wild Video Game Rumor Races Around The Internet Before Getting Shut Down
30.5.2023
It’s almost summer and gamers are starting to lose it. In the midst of a renewed console race frenzy and video game industry consolidation, fan speculation about future game releases and company deals is at an all time high. It’s an exciting time for new announcements as we head into not-E3...
Nintendo Asks Valve To Kick GameCube And Wii Emulator Off Steam, Says It's Protecting Its Creativity And Work
28.5.2023
Valve removed the Steam listing for Dolphin, a popular emulator for the GameCube and Wii, after it received a cease and desist from Nintendo, developers behind the project claim. The company behind Mario and Zelda accuses the emulator of illegally circumventing its protections, and says it’s merely...
This Retro Game Trade-In For A Tears Of The Kingdom Switch Is Breaking The Internet
26.5.2023
An indie store called Hey Bro Video Games in Houston, Texas recently celebrated an eye-catching retro trade-in on Instagram. The customer gave the store a limited edition Pikachu Nintendo 64 in the box, an original NES in the box, and several SNES classics in great condition. In exchange he...
PS5's Prestige Pivot Makes The Innovative Games Stand Out
25.5.2023
While Sony’s shuttering of Concrete Genie developer PixelOpus earlier in May wasn’t making headlines the way yesterday’s PlayStation Showcase announcement of the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake did, it still hangs over the PlayStation brand like a dark cloud, even when Sony’s showing an hour’s worth...
Some Of The PS5’s Biggest Showcase Games Aren’t Actually Exclusives
25.5.2023
Not every game announced at yesterday’s PlayStation Showcase will be available to play only on PlayStation consoles, it turns out. Xbox revealed—only a little smugly—on Twitter after the show that 12 of the games PlayStation publicized will also come to Xbox.Read more
Alan Wake 2 Won't Be Releasing On A Disc
25.5.2023
Alan Wake 2, one of the stars of this evening’s PlayStation Showcase, has some very interesting news tucked away in an accompanying FAQ released at the same time as its latest trailer: the game will not be shipping on a disc. At all. It’ll be digital-only.Read more
Sony Announces New Handheld, And Sorry, It's Not The Vita 2
24.5.2023
Well, it finally happened: Sony’s got a new handheld on the way. It promises all the features of the fancy DualSense PlayStation 5 controller on an 8-inch high-definition screen. The only catch? It’s a Wi-Fi streaming-only device, pulling directly from your PS5. Sorry, Vita fans.Read more
9 Things We Just Learned About Sony’s Big Playstation Plans
24.5.2023
With the wind at their back, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan and head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst recently presented the state of the PlayStation 5 ecosystem to investors and hinted at what’s coming in the near future. Among other things, the company promised new IPs, more...
PlayStation CEO Says Its Games Still Won't Come To PC On Day One
24.5.2023
If you were hoping PlayStation would reverse course and launch its games on PC sooner than months or even years later, keep on that hopium. The company recently said it will continue to “stagger” exclusive releases on other platforms.Read more
Get Ready: Sony’s About To Show Off An Hour’s Worth Of New PS5 Games
17.5.2023
A PlayStation Showcase presentation is set to premiere on Wednesday, May 24, the company announced on the official PlayStation Blog today.Read more
PlayStation Has To Pay Back Some Loot Boxes After Court Ruling
17.5.2023
Over the past few years EA’s FIFA series has been the target of multiple investigations and government hearings across Europe, with some countries concerned that the game’s flagship Ultimate Team mode is basically gambling, and others convinced that it is and taking action.Read more
Borderlands 3 Fans Vent Over Old Xbox Issue That Won’t Go Away
16.5.2023
On May 9, a Borderlands 3 player lit the popular subreddit r/Gaming ablaze. They posted a photo of an error message on their Xbox Series S, which indicated that the console had run out of video memory. Not long after, the post was inundated with tons of comments saying the same thing: This happens...