Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
The Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo's rumored next hardware, will feature digital and physical backward compatibility. At least, that's what the usually well-informed 'Necro' Felipe Lima' from Portuguese outlet Universo Nintendo writes based on information from Nintendo content creator and journalist PH Brazil. The creator said as much during his most recent podcast on Spotify. "PH Brazil is currently a content creator and also a games journalist who has already brought a lot of information about Nintendo's or partners' movements in advance and with precision in the past", Felipe writes (translated). "Taking its history into account, there is a high chance […]
Although Nintendo has yet to officially announce its next platform, known SEGA/Atlus leaker Midori has claimed that the upcoming new SEGA games are all coming to the new Switch 2. Recent rumors suggest that Nintendo will likely announce the Switch successor next month, and on X, known leaker 'Midori' has now shared some additional details about upcoming projects from SEGA/Atlus. Some days ago, the leaker already took to X to post about the Persona series, and we know have some additional details about the Jet Set Radio Reboot, the new Crazy Taxi, a new Virtua Fighter, and more. During The […]
Nintendo Switch 2 has yet to be revealed, but the wait is not going to be much longer, as a March reveal is very likely. Speaking during the latest episode of the Nate the Hate podcast released today, the known insider commented on the reveal timing together with Digital Foundry's John Linneman, saying not only that a March reveal would make sense to get the ball rolling, it is also very likely to be before this year's edition of the Game Developers Conference, which is being held from March 18th to March 22nd. If this is indeed the truth, the […]
Nintendo recently shared their earnings for the third quarter of their 2024 fiscal year (which runs from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024) and, as we reported, it was a good three months for the company with the Switch inching closer to edging out the PS2 as the best-selling console ever. Overall, the first three quarters of FY2024 have set a record for the company, with them bringing in ¥408 billion (or about $2.8 billion). But what about what comes next? Rumors have been running rampant that Nintendo’s successor to the Switch will arrive sometime this year, and just […]
Finding a Nintendo Switch 2 in stores should be easy, compared to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles, as a huge amount of consoles should be produced during the first fiscal year of availability. Providing an update on today's earlier report, which suggests the next console by Nintendo will be released later this year with an 8" LCD panel, Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki revealed on X/Twitter that, based on display shipment data, Nintendo should produce over 10 million units in the console's first fiscal year of availability. This, coupled with the fact that there are no chip shortages, should […]
Today, Bloomberg has reported that the Nintendo Switch 2 console might launch this year equipped with an 8-inch LCD screen, according to Omdia analyst Hiroshi Hayase. The Bloomberg report mentions Hayase's prediction to be based on research on small and medium displays, checking with companies involved in the supply chain. As such, Hayase reckons the Nintendo Switch 2 will be the force behind a doubling in the shipments of amusement displays in 2024. Of course, Nintendo has not officially confirmed a new console yet. However, rumors on the Nintendo Switch 2 have been swirling for many months now. Even industry […]
Nintendo may be looking to expand its offerings beyond video games in the future, as some recent findings seem to suggest the Japanese company is working on a multimedia streaming service. Earlier this month, Nash Weedle shared on X/Twitter a recently filed patent for selecting and ordering streaming content, defining the systems used to indicate the available content, what has been watched, and so on. 🔥Leak Express: Nintendo, con Miyamoto a la cabeza, patenta un método para seleccionar y ordenar contenido audiovisual en streaming. A destacar: -Asignar el icono que tú quieras que represente el contenido.-Sistema de checks para indicar […]
Atlus and Nintendo have a long history, with many of the Persona maker’s games coming to Nintendo platforms (often exclusively) over the decades. That said, in recent years new Atlus games being on Nintendo platforms has ceased to be a lock, with games like Soul Hackers 2 and upcoming titles like Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor: ReFantazio skipping the Switch. Has the relationship between Atlus and Nintendo soured? Not so fast. In a recent exchange on X, Atlus insider “MbKKssTBhz5” responded to a story about the publisher specifically deciding not to bring Persona 3 Reload to Switch by saying this […]
2024 is upon us, and it seems very likely the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be upon us sometime this year as well. We’ve been hearing reports for months that dev kits may already be in studios’ hands and just recently many developers from Japan talked pretty openly about their excitement for a new Nintendo console in their New Years’ messages. Well, as part of a 2024 predictions article at Gamesindustry.biz, Kantan Games analyst Dr. Serkan Toto had some additional things to say about Nintendo’s 2024 plans. Toto has been doing the analyst thing for a long time and […]
The Nintendo Switch 2 has yet to be officially revealed, but it seems like its 2024 release is locked, judging from a recent comment from CAPCOM's Masao Kawada. Despite Nintendo acting as if no new system is in the works, it seems like the new console from the company will indeed be released in 2024, as the Resident Evil 3 remake director said to Japanese publication 4gamer how this year's going to bring new consoles and new indie titles to follow, without mentioning it outright. Other Japanese developers are extremely excited about the Nintendo Switch 2. Koei Tecmo's Fumihiko Yasuda, […]
The Nintendo Switch 2 may feature an OLED display produced by Samsung, according to a new online report from Korea. The new report, which was posted on news site Chosun Biz, revealed how Nintendo is reportedly in talks with Samsung Display to to supply next-generation OLED panels for various IT devices. These talks are pretty recent, as they apparently started on December 1st and were pretty much forced by the accusation of display maker BOE having allegedly gotten hold of Samsung's OLED trade secrets. While we have received some conflicting information about the type of panel the Nintendo Switch 2 […]
There have been some wild rumors circulating on the Nintendo Switch 2 and its capabilities, but there's a good chance these may be exaggerations, and the only area where the new console by Nintendo will have the upper hand over the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S will be ray tracing thanks to NVIDIA's Ray Reconstruction tech. Speaking during the latest episode of Nate the Hate's podcast, the insider discussed the new console's capabilities with Digital Foundry's John Linneman, who put the rumors circulating about the system in context. While it's extremely likely the system will be able to deliver […]
The Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo's rumored next hardware, will feature digital and physical backward compatibility. At least, that's what the usually well-informed 'Necro' Felipe Lima' from Portuguese outlet Universo Nintendo writes based on information from Nintendo content creator and journalist PH Brazil. The creator said as much during his most recent podcast on Spotify. "PH Brazil is currently a content creator and also a games journalist who has already brought a lot of information about Nintendo's or partners' movements in advance and with precision in the past", Felipe writes (translated). "Taking its history into account, there is a high chance […]
Although Nintendo has yet to officially announce its next platform, known SEGA/Atlus leaker Midori has claimed that the upcoming new SEGA games are all coming to the new Switch 2. Recent rumors suggest that Nintendo will likely announce the Switch successor next month, and on X, known leaker 'Midori' has now shared some additional details about upcoming projects from SEGA/Atlus. Some days ago, the leaker already took to X to post about the Persona series, and we know have some additional details about the Jet Set Radio Reboot, the new Crazy Taxi, a new Virtua Fighter, and more. During The […]
Nintendo Switch 2 has yet to be revealed, but the wait is not going to be much longer, as a March reveal is very likely. Speaking during the latest episode of the Nate the Hate podcast released today, the known insider commented on the reveal timing together with Digital Foundry's John Linneman, saying not only that a March reveal would make sense to get the ball rolling, it is also very likely to be before this year's edition of the Game Developers Conference, which is being held from March 18th to March 22nd. If this is indeed the truth, the […]
Nintendo recently shared their earnings for the third quarter of their 2024 fiscal year (which runs from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024) and, as we reported, it was a good three months for the company with the Switch inching closer to edging out the PS2 as the best-selling console ever. Overall, the first three quarters of FY2024 have set a record for the company, with them bringing in ¥408 billion (or about $2.8 billion). But what about what comes next? Rumors have been running rampant that Nintendo’s successor to the Switch will arrive sometime this year, and just […]
Finding a Nintendo Switch 2 in stores should be easy, compared to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles, as a huge amount of consoles should be produced during the first fiscal year of availability. Providing an update on today's earlier report, which suggests the next console by Nintendo will be released later this year with an 8" LCD panel, Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki revealed on X/Twitter that, based on display shipment data, Nintendo should produce over 10 million units in the console's first fiscal year of availability. This, coupled with the fact that there are no chip shortages, should […]
Today, Bloomberg has reported that the Nintendo Switch 2 console might launch this year equipped with an 8-inch LCD screen, according to Omdia analyst Hiroshi Hayase. The Bloomberg report mentions Hayase's prediction to be based on research on small and medium displays, checking with companies involved in the supply chain. As such, Hayase reckons the Nintendo Switch 2 will be the force behind a doubling in the shipments of amusement displays in 2024. Of course, Nintendo has not officially confirmed a new console yet. However, rumors on the Nintendo Switch 2 have been swirling for many months now. Even industry […]
Nintendo may be looking to expand its offerings beyond video games in the future, as some recent findings seem to suggest the Japanese company is working on a multimedia streaming service. Earlier this month, Nash Weedle shared on X/Twitter a recently filed patent for selecting and ordering streaming content, defining the systems used to indicate the available content, what has been watched, and so on. 🔥Leak Express: Nintendo, con Miyamoto a la cabeza, patenta un método para seleccionar y ordenar contenido audiovisual en streaming. A destacar: -Asignar el icono que tú quieras que represente el contenido.-Sistema de checks para indicar […]
Atlus and Nintendo have a long history, with many of the Persona maker’s games coming to Nintendo platforms (often exclusively) over the decades. That said, in recent years new Atlus games being on Nintendo platforms has ceased to be a lock, with games like Soul Hackers 2 and upcoming titles like Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor: ReFantazio skipping the Switch. Has the relationship between Atlus and Nintendo soured? Not so fast. In a recent exchange on X, Atlus insider “MbKKssTBhz5” responded to a story about the publisher specifically deciding not to bring Persona 3 Reload to Switch by saying this […]
2024 is upon us, and it seems very likely the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be upon us sometime this year as well. We’ve been hearing reports for months that dev kits may already be in studios’ hands and just recently many developers from Japan talked pretty openly about their excitement for a new Nintendo console in their New Years’ messages. Well, as part of a 2024 predictions article at Gamesindustry.biz, Kantan Games analyst Dr. Serkan Toto had some additional things to say about Nintendo’s 2024 plans. Toto has been doing the analyst thing for a long time and […]
The Nintendo Switch 2 has yet to be officially revealed, but it seems like its 2024 release is locked, judging from a recent comment from CAPCOM's Masao Kawada. Despite Nintendo acting as if no new system is in the works, it seems like the new console from the company will indeed be released in 2024, as the Resident Evil 3 remake director said to Japanese publication 4gamer how this year's going to bring new consoles and new indie titles to follow, without mentioning it outright. Other Japanese developers are extremely excited about the Nintendo Switch 2. Koei Tecmo's Fumihiko Yasuda, […]
The Nintendo Switch 2 may feature an OLED display produced by Samsung, according to a new online report from Korea. The new report, which was posted on news site Chosun Biz, revealed how Nintendo is reportedly in talks with Samsung Display to to supply next-generation OLED panels for various IT devices. These talks are pretty recent, as they apparently started on December 1st and were pretty much forced by the accusation of display maker BOE having allegedly gotten hold of Samsung's OLED trade secrets. While we have received some conflicting information about the type of panel the Nintendo Switch 2 […]
There have been some wild rumors circulating on the Nintendo Switch 2 and its capabilities, but there's a good chance these may be exaggerations, and the only area where the new console by Nintendo will have the upper hand over the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S will be ray tracing thanks to NVIDIA's Ray Reconstruction tech. Speaking during the latest episode of Nate the Hate's podcast, the insider discussed the new console's capabilities with Digital Foundry's John Linneman, who put the rumors circulating about the system in context. While it's extremely likely the system will be able to deliver […]