Gaming

By Leif Johnson Mini gaming devices are becoming all the rage these days, thanks to the success of devices like the SNES Classic Mini. Not to be outdone, Sony has announced a new Mini Wired Gamepad for the PS4 that’s specifically aimed at kids. Well, kids and people with smaller hands. Just don’t get the…

By Emma Boyle It’s October. The month of cold weather, warm clothing, pumpkin spiced everything and, most importantly, Halloween. This year, PlayStation is getting into the spirit of the occasion with its Sale of the Dead event on the PlayStation Store. As you’d expect, this is a sale on horror games and there are pages…

By Nick Pino Star Wars games, especially those of the ambitious variety, are no strangers to development hell – the term that audiences and developers give games that are in limbo with on again/ off again production schedules and indefinite ‘TBA’ release dates. It happened to Star Wars 1313, a cancelled action-adventure game from now-defunct…

By Nick Pino Video game historians oft speak of the failed collaboration between Nintendo and Sony that spawned the original PlayStation console. The deserted Nintendo PlayStation, which fell through just before production began, has soured the relationship between the companies for the last two decades. But now, 26 years after the Nintendo PlayStation failed to…

By John Archer When the original Xbox One and PS4 consoles came out, it looked like video games – on consoles, at least – had opted to sit out the 4K revolution that was already sweeping the TV world: Both consoles were originally resolutely HD-only, and there wasn’t so much as a sniff of support…

By Gerald Lynch When it comes to Black Friday in the US, there are two (near) certainties: people will be hysterically hunting down ridiculous deals, and that those deals will include some video-gaming goodness. PS4 deals will inevitably be among the top US Black Friday deals, too, so get those thumbs limbered up. It’s the…

By Emma Boyle After months of testing across all tiers of its Insider program, Microsoft has announced that its Xbox One fall update is now finally available for all users. Since we first got a brief look at what the update might offer back in August, Microsoft has been gathering feedback and testing and refining…

By Andrew Willliams Game consoles are among the top Black Friday deals. You can expect every platform to feature in this year’s line-up of bargains. But we expect to see a whole bunch of Xbox One and PS4 deals. Not only does Black Friday 2017 represent the peak of pre-panic Christmas shopping, landing on 24…

By Emma Boyle Though in recent history Nintendo has appealed to our sense of childish fun with excellent first-party exclusives and innovative gameplay, one thing it hasn’t offered is gaming experiences geared towards older audiences. This is something that could, however, be about to change if a recent report from The Wall Street Journal is…

By David Nield There’s less than a month to wait before you can walk into a Microsoft retail store and exchange cold, hard cash for an Xbox One X, but if you can’t wait that long, you can now try out the next-generation console at certain Microsoft outlets around the world. As part of the…

By Andrew Willliams Black Friday is the biggest online shopping day of the year. And nowadays it has spread far from its roots in the US, landing only on the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday (despite the name) tends to last around a week, and you’ll see it’s associated retailer sales pop up in several…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln Monolith’s sophomore visit to Middle-earth is a beast of two very different natures. On the one hand, it’s a big budget fan-fiction that takes a heavy-handed approach to crafting a story in a lore that will always overshadow it. On the other, it’s one of the most engaging and enjoyable games we’ve…

By Emma Boyle Of all the current generation consoles on the market right now, Microsoft’s Xbox One is by far the most impressive when it comes to its commitment to backwards compatibility. At the moment there’s an extensive list of Xbox 360 games that can be played on the Xbox One and while that’s continuing…

By David Nield You can now play Minecraft across the Xbox One, Windows 10, mobile and VR, but it could be a while yet before Sony joins the party on that or any other game – at least that’s the view of Xbox chief Phil Spencer, who’s been speaking to Gamespot, and says that Microsoft…

By Leif Johnson Last summer, the Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch bundle enjoyed an appealing $100 six-week price drop down to $399. As of today, though, that’s now the permanent price in the US. Facebook virtual reality chief Hugo Barra made the announcement on stage during today’s Oculus Connect event. However, the company has yet…