Screenshot: Acid Nerve The big news from Microsoft today is, of course, its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for the nominal fee of, oh, a small country’s GDP. The immediate effect here means big Activision-released giants like Call of Duty and Overwatch will become a first-party … Read More

Photo: Aftermarket Arbitrage / Facebook PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles are still notoriously difficult to obtain. This is partly due to the lack of chips that affect the availability of the components inside the machines, but also due to scalpers that can buy … Read More

Photo: Mohd Syis Zulkipli (Shutterstock) Halo infinite. Forza Horizon 5. Game Pass’ relentless march towards global dominance by indoctrinating everyone on the planet. It’s hard to imagine the Xbox having a better year than 2021 – and to be sure, the console’s upcoming tablet certainly … Read More

Screenshot: Techland some games, like Wordle and other indie titless, trying to be less experiences that you play for a few minutes or hours and then go. Dying light 2 is not one of those games. Iinstead, the people behind the game enthusiastically announce that … Read More

Photo: Sandronize (Shutterstock) If you own retro consoles—say, a Super Nintendo or a Sega Genesis—you have access to some of gaming’s biggest roots. However, you may find that connecting these amazing consoles to your current TV does not result in the experience you remember from … Read More

Picture: Nintendo Black Friday is awful and we should all refuse to attend. But in other news, goodness gracious, there is one lot of great prices on the Nintendo Switch right now. Publishers like Capcom, Ubisoft, and EA have joined Nintendo’s own first-party titles to … Read More

Picture: Unknown Over 20 years ago, when Microsoft was preparing to release the original Xbox, some at the company were worried that they would not have enough games to accompany the console at launch. So someone had the bright idea to go and try to … Read More

Picture: Unknown Over 20 years ago, when Microsoft was preparing to release the original Xbox, some at the company were worried that they would not have enough games to accompany the console at launch. So someone had the bright idea to go and try to … Read More

Unfortunately, Reggie did not say, “My Xbox is ready.”Screenshot: Microsoft Alumni Network Right from the start, former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé addresses the elephant in space: “I’m sure at this point you’re wondering what the former President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo … Read More

Picture: Sony / USPTO / Kotaku If Thanksgiving week is all about putting on plates, here’s a treat you can enjoy: Sony seems to have got a patent earlier this month from the U.S. Trademark Office for record covers, which spurred some observers to speculate … Read More