You saw the news yesterday. The Xbox One was everywhere, and everyone talked a lot about it. But when a new console hits, often we'll latch onto the biggest, shiniest new baubles. Now though, having slept on it, let's dig into the real nerd porn. It's worth a look. Read More >>
Featured comment by Trolly:
"Also thinking about it further, this could pave the way for more advanced game physics now there's more disposable computing power." More »
Xbox One is making TV watching awesome. It switch back and forth between games and TV like you do with your TV remote, but with your voice and gestures. This makes it insanely easy to multitask. Read More >>
Microsoft's official internet mouthpieces are all champing at the bit to tell us that they know something we don't, with MS exec Aaron Greenberg claiming we'll see plenty of exclusive games on the machine -- and a release this Christmas. Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"I've played halo a LOT and to my knowledge there's very little modding/hacking. there's a lot of glitches in gears, granted, but for the most part, wh..." More »
This is easily the most exciting piece of gaming hardware to come to light in many years. A super-rare Sega Pluto prototype of which only two were ever made. It's a bit battered, but you can buy it. You may need to sell your house, car, sofa, phone, microwave and bottom by the hour first to raise enough money, but it could be yours. Read More >>
Managed to get in at the ground floor with the Ouya? Then you probably don't care that the rest of us will only catch a glimpse of it at an official March 28th launch, because you'll have your own Ouyas landing in your laps. But you might be interested to learn that you should be able to do a spot of online multiplayer gaming before the year's out. Read More >>
Before Angry Birds, Call of Duty, and Halo, there was Pong. And before that there was Tennis (cartridge 3) for the Magnavox Odyssey. And that machine was Ralph Baer's baby. An inventor by trade, Baer developed the first working prototype, "the Brown Box," in 1968, and just four years later, the Odyssey burst onto store shelves, jump-starting console gaming as we know it. Read More >>
The Ouya fun-cube is about to attach itself to the TVs of early adopters, with the maker announcing it'll ship finished units to Kickstarter backers on March 28th. Couple that with an ever-expanding games list and a forthcoming full retail launch and you have what might be the most disruptive event the games industry has ever seen. Or a cheap thing that plays sub-par mobile tat and swiftly disappears. Time will tell. [Ouya] Read More >>
Yes, that's right. The console, previously only available in Canada for some reason, is coming to the UK. We don't know how much it'll cost (probably about £60), but we do know that it'll be available come March 22nd. You know, just in case you don't already have a super-cheap Nintendo sitting under your goggle box, and aren't interested in the other Wii. [TechRadar] Read More >>
Featured comment by Raja Awad:
"it is sad that some people actually buy every single version of these consoles. every colour has to be bought a mini version has to be bought, just li..." More »
We don't know squat about what the PS4 will look like since it didn't make an appearance at Sony's two-hour long press event last night, but we've learned a lot about what it'll be like when it finally shows up. And now, we know it's going to have AMD innards. Read More >>
Fans of the Ouya console have been keeping track of developments in the console's list of forthcoming games, with an enormous forum posting currently tracking nearly 500 titles said to be hitting the little Android games machine. Read More >>
According to Nat Brown -- the co-founder of the Xbox, and ex-Microsoft engineer -- Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo should be quaking in their boots. Not because Valve's going to kill them off, or Ouya, but of Apple. If it wanted to, Apple could simply kill them all. Read More >>
Featured comment by g3f:
"Android really killed Windows Mobile when all the manufacturers jumped ship and started developing Android devices instead. If Android didn't exist to..." More »
Ouya's CEO Julie Uhrman has announced that the company's console will buck the trend of most gaming devices, which are infrequently updated, instead offering a new version of the hardware every single year. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jonny2284:
"So in reality it's gonna be a bust, if I have to buy 4 or 5 of them over a traditional consoles lifespan for it to remain viable it's no actual gain.
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Everybody is expecting Sony to announce the PS4 on February 20th that it's a forgone conclusion at this point. Now rumours are coming out about the price of the next generation system. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the PS4 will retail for over £270. Expensive? Read More >>
Featured comment by OhMyGodICantBelieveItsNotButter:
"It *WILL* cost betweek £400 and £500. Quote me on that. Remind me after the launch. It WILL.
Also, it will be bundled with crap you don't want by m..." More »
The maker of the rampantly successful Ouya Android console has filled out its plans for launch, revealing that the cheap little gaming machine ought to explode when it hits the mighty Amazon this June. Read More >>
Featured comment by OhMyGodICantBelieveItsNotButter:
"Well, Sony are the devil and make overpriced un-reliable rubbish. I would never purchase from them again in a million years after they way they treate..." More »
The WSJ is confirming what we all saw in Sony's slick video teaser for its upcoming February 20th event we just saw: Sony will be announcing the PlayStation 4. Citing the ol' reliable 'people familiar with the matter', the WSJ says that the PS4 will be announced on February 20th and be released later this year. Read More >>
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