Today, Sony released its Q2 2024 financial report, revealing that the PlayStation 5 had reached 65.5 million units and the quarter had performed well enough to warrant an upgrade to the full-year forecast for the gaming segment. Following the report, the usual investors call saw PlayStation Co-CEO Hiroki Totoki talking about a couple of hot topics. Speaking of the failure of Concord, which led to wasting over $200 million spent on the project and to the closure of the developer Firewalk Studios last week, he said (excerpt via GamesRadar): Currently, we are still in the process of learning. Basically, with […]
The holiday season is one of the best times to make a gaming laptop purchase, but as you can already tell, Amazon and other online retailers continue to list RTX 4080 models for insanely high prices. Fortunately, opting for a renewed version is an excellent way to save money while also getting a 90-day warranty, and with the Acer Predator Helios 16, you get to keep hundreds of your hard-earned cash because this absolute beast of a machine is available for just $1,799. Aside from a few marks and cosmetic imperfections, this version of the Predator Helios 16 is no […]
OpenAI's continuous work on exploring AI and the technological possibilities it holds has been creating quite the buzz for a while now, with users and the tech community hooked on their new model release and the advancements it has in store. While the company is vigorously working on the development of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), many key employees of previously prominent companies have joined OpenAI to play their part in bringing AGI forward. Now, the company's CEO Sam Altman, hinted on the AGI benchmark to be hit in the next five years, and also mentioned about the impact on society […]
Grand Theft Auto V may be getting a late port on Nintendo, judging from information discovered recently. Following the leak of the game's source code, people have been looking through it to find new information on the game. As reported by X/Twitter user @Budzcario, the source code includes Nintendo Switch platform support, suggesting a port may be in the works. In recent times, Rockstar Games supported the Nintendo Switch with ports of its older titles, such as Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, so a Grand Theft Auto V port definitely wouldn't be […]
The Switch is going out with a bang. Ahead of the likely reveal of the Nintendo handheld hybrid’s successor next year, the aging hardware continued receiving an amazing slate of new games in 2023, including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, on...
Good job folks, that’s another year down. This year, like so many recent years, was a mess as we continued to deal with the ongoing effects of the pandemic while governments and businesses around the world pretended everything is better now. And now, I...
Game streaming service Google Stadia (why are you laughing?) shutdown in 2022, leaving behind one mark on the physical realm: its not-too-shabby looking gamepads. Originally intended for Wi-Fi-only connection, after shutting down the Stadia service, Go...
With 2023 speeding to a close, you might be wondering how much time you spent gaming in what many have called the best year ever for the industry. (Was it, though?) It’s hard to remember the early months of the year when we enter the final stretch so, ...
The Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator was recently improved with some new features that improve the experience in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and several other titles. Mainline Build 1646 added optimizations for parsing and building RomFs, which translated into a 2.5 seconds faster boot time in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on an AMD 5950x CPU. The improvements made to the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator did not end with Mainline build 1646, as the latest build, 1650, brought improvements for Portal 2 emulation and more. Early Access Build 4018, on the other hand, promises to improve the experience considerably in […]
The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for November, typically the biggest gaming month of the year, and surprisingly, the results weren’t that great. Players spent $5.9 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in November, a 9 percent year-on-year decrease. This was largely driven by a 24 percent drop in hardware spending, with all consoles being down double digits year-on-year. The PlayStation 5 was the #1 console, followed by the Xbox Series X/S, with the Switch really dropping off this season. It seems like inflation, and rumors that a new Switch […]
The development of Metroid Prime 4 is almost complete, and it's only one specific issue that is holding the game from release, according to rumors circulating online. According to PapaGenos, as reported on the Gaming Leaks and Rumors subreddit, the development of the fourth entry in the series is basically done and has been for a good while. What's delaying the game is the quality of the cutscenes, which are said to be really bad. Additionally, the game is still targeting a release on the original Nintendo Switch, suggesting its release may not be too far off in the future, […]
Batman Arkham Knight and embarrassing ports are terms that seem to go hand in hand, as those who played the PC version of the game at launch know well, but it seems like the final entry in the series by Rocksteady reached a new low with the recently released Nintendo Switch port. As shown in a new video shared by Digital Foundry's Oliver Mackenzie, the Switch port of the game is extremely bad. Even with severely downgraded visuals, the game struggles to run decently on the console, suffering from massive stutters a few seconds long when the game runs at […]
When you think of Nintendo, you tend to think of family-friendly gaming. You think of Link and Mario and sunshine and smiley stars. The word “adult” doesn’t likely come up when you ponder games on Switch, but that’s seemingly about to change. The compa...
Grand Theft Auto V may be getting a late port on Nintendo, judging from information discovered recently. Following the leak of the game's source code, people have been looking through it to find new information on the game. As reported by X/Twitter user @Budzcario, the source code includes Nintendo Switch platform support, suggesting a port may be in the works. In recent times, Rockstar Games supported the Nintendo Switch with ports of its older titles, such as Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, so a Grand Theft Auto V port definitely wouldn't be […]
The Switch is going out with a bang. Ahead of the likely reveal of the Nintendo handheld hybrid’s successor next year, the aging hardware continued receiving an amazing slate of new games in 2023, including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, on...
Good job folks, that’s another year down. This year, like so many recent years, was a mess as we continued to deal with the ongoing effects of the pandemic while governments and businesses around the world pretended everything is better now. And now, I...
Game streaming service Google Stadia (why are you laughing?) shutdown in 2022, leaving behind one mark on the physical realm: its not-too-shabby looking gamepads. Originally intended for Wi-Fi-only connection, after shutting down the Stadia service, Go...
With 2023 speeding to a close, you might be wondering how much time you spent gaming in what many have called the best year ever for the industry. (Was it, though?) It’s hard to remember the early months of the year when we enter the final stretch so, ...
The Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator was recently improved with some new features that improve the experience in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and several other titles. Mainline Build 1646 added optimizations for parsing and building RomFs, which translated into a 2.5 seconds faster boot time in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on an AMD 5950x CPU. The improvements made to the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator did not end with Mainline build 1646, as the latest build, 1650, brought improvements for Portal 2 emulation and more. Early Access Build 4018, on the other hand, promises to improve the experience considerably in […]
The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for November, typically the biggest gaming month of the year, and surprisingly, the results weren’t that great. Players spent $5.9 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in November, a 9 percent year-on-year decrease. This was largely driven by a 24 percent drop in hardware spending, with all consoles being down double digits year-on-year. The PlayStation 5 was the #1 console, followed by the Xbox Series X/S, with the Switch really dropping off this season. It seems like inflation, and rumors that a new Switch […]
The development of Metroid Prime 4 is almost complete, and it's only one specific issue that is holding the game from release, according to rumors circulating online. According to PapaGenos, as reported on the Gaming Leaks and Rumors subreddit, the development of the fourth entry in the series is basically done and has been for a good while. What's delaying the game is the quality of the cutscenes, which are said to be really bad. Additionally, the game is still targeting a release on the original Nintendo Switch, suggesting its release may not be too far off in the future, […]
Batman Arkham Knight and embarrassing ports are terms that seem to go hand in hand, as those who played the PC version of the game at launch know well, but it seems like the final entry in the series by Rocksteady reached a new low with the recently released Nintendo Switch port. As shown in a new video shared by Digital Foundry's Oliver Mackenzie, the Switch port of the game is extremely bad. Even with severely downgraded visuals, the game struggles to run decently on the console, suffering from massive stutters a few seconds long when the game runs at […]
When you think of Nintendo, you tend to think of family-friendly gaming. You think of Link and Mario and sunshine and smiley stars. The word “adult” doesn’t likely come up when you ponder games on Switch, but that’s seemingly about to change. The compa...