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With the Switch 2 likely to be mere months away from release, Nintendo has announced that they are discontinuing their Gold Points program.

Sony’s recent PlayStation State of Play showcase broke a bunch of viewership records for the company - with over 2 million concurrent watchers.

During the 1990s and early 2000s, instead of PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox, the video games industry’s 3 console giants consisted of the aforementioned PlayStation and Nintendo – but also SEGA. Unfortunately, following the failure of the Dreamcast, the console maker would pivot to becoming a 3rd-party publisher. With Microsoft seemingly set to go a similar route, Xbox Head Phil Spencer has now directly addressed these comparisons.

Last month, following years of leaks, rumours and speculation, Nintendo finally officially announced and unveiled the Switch 2. That said, the presentation was brief and focused solely on the physical attributes of the new hardware – with the company promising a more in-depth look later down the line. Finally, the company has confirmed that we will be getting out first proper deep-dive Direct on the Switch 2 in early April.

Nintendo has updated its hardware and software sales figures, revealing that the Switch has now officially sold over 150 million units.

A decade ago, Valve attempted to bring PC gaming to the living room with its own ‘console' style mini-ITX PCs known as Steam Machines. Unlike the Steam Deck, Valve opted to pass off Steam Machine development to third-party partners and focused on the software side of things. This ultimately led …

February is set to be a big month for Game Pass. We already know that Obsidian's new fantasy RPG, Avowed, will be a day-one title for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Now, we know the full list of games joining the service over the next two weeks. 

Back in August, we began to hear rumours that Microsoft was planning to bring Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 5 to PlayStation – following on from the likes of Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves. Reports later claimed that this port had been internally delayed, but not cancelled. Finally, seemingly out of nowhere, Forza Horizon 5 has officially been announced for PS5.

Due to the highly-positive reception towards their introduction, Sony has promised to bring back its anniversary PS5 themes as a more permanent addition.

With us comfortably into 2025 now, Microsoft is looking back to last year, sharing some stats on the best-performing Xbox games across its digital storefront in 2024. From total units sold to Daily Active Users, the top 20 titles from each category have now been revealed.

Sony has announced the full list of games set to be dropped from PlayStation Plus some time next month, including a bunch of 'Tales of' titles.

Tomorrow, Microsoft will be going live with its Xbox Developer Direct, in which the console maker is said to be showing off 4 titles in total – including DOOM: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight. According to one insider, Microsoft is keeping its cards close to its chest, with “a few other surprises” said to be announced during the event...

With the Switch 2 soon upon us, one insider is claiming that Nintendo has one final “big game” planned to be announced for the current-gen console.

Switch 2 is set to get tons of games, with one insider claiming “basically every third party is considering supporting it with its most ambitious AAA titles.”

The Switch 2 looks set to be massive for Nintendo, with the console’s hardware reveal trailer already breaking viewership records.

Nintendo has finally officially unveiled the Switch 2 alongside the next Mario Kart – revealing that the next-gen racer will feature up to 24 players per race.

The GSD have released their annual European game sales report – revealing some troubling stats for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S console(s).

With leaks and rumours for the Nintendo Switch 2 ramping up, one insider is claiming that the next-gen system will be officially unveiled this week.

Following various announcements of new AMD Ryzen Z2-powered consoles over at CES 2025, reports emerged that MSI would also join the party by launching a Claw handheld using a Z2 APU. This intriguing tidbit comes from CodeCommando (via VideoCardz), a leaker with a reliable track record for AMD and MSI-related …

With the Switch 2 mere months away from release, we have now gotten our first (unofficial) look at the next-gen system’s logo.

The Nintendo Switch has had a great run but sales have begun to slow down at around the 150 million mark. With the Switch 2 arriving next year, let's take a look at what Nintendo could do to push the Switch 2 to become the highest selling console of all time.

FromSoftware's upcoming co-op spin-off, Elden Ring: Nightreign, is getting a network test in February. However, PC players will be left out, as the test appears to be exclusive to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. The official Bandai Namco website for the Nightreign network test confirms a February timeframe for …

Following multiple unfortunate delays, Phasmophobia finally came to consoles in late October – selling 1 million copies in its first month.

As they do each year, Microsoft’s 2024 Xbox year in review is now live – letting you see all your gaming stats from the past 365 days.

With the Switch 2 getting increasingly closer to being officially unveiled, a video showing off the next-gen Joycons has now leaked.

Celebrating the PlayStation’s 30th anniversary, you can now get 4 separate themes to use with your PS5 based on all previous console generations.

Due to console hardware limits, installing too many mods can cause a range of issues. As a result, there's a new limit on mod installs in Baldur's Gate 3.

Cities: Skylines 2 continues to struggle with its console release – thanks to “hardware limitations of consoles” – meaning we still do not have a release date.

Rumour has it that Microsoft plans to stop making dedicated consoles due to market struggles. However, Xbox head Phil Spencer says otherwise.

Microsoft Gaming CEO, Phil Spencer, confirms plans for an Xbox gaming handheld, but work is only just beginning, so expect a multi-year wait.