Amazon has revealed Luna, its cloud-gaming platform and the latest competitor to xCloud and Stadia. It goes live in early access this October, and sign-ups to receive an invite are available now. Luna will support Fire TV, PC, Mac and iOS devices at first in early access, with Android support coming soon. More than 100 […]
Pre-orders for the Xbox Series X and Series S weren’t quite the shambolic fiasco that we saw with the PlayStation 5 and RTX 3080, but some sites did crumble under the pressure of people frantically trying to secure one of Microsoft’s machines they sold out even faster than Sony’s consoles. A tweet from the official […]
On the launch of pre-orders for the Xbox Series X, Microsoft’s old console, the Xbox One X, has jumped as massive 1,368 places up Amazon’s ‘Movers and Shakers’ charts, and at full price as well. The 431% increase in sales could be attributed to a sudden interest overall in the Xbox brand or.. well, that’s […]
As of today, Xbox Game Pass across all platforms has managed to attract an astonishing 15 million subscribers in total. That’s not bad for a platform that only recently came to a wider audience, but a significant chunk of those customers only signed up recently. To be more specific, Xbox Game Pass accrued five million […]
Microsoft has rolled out a new Android Xbox app, which will allow all Xbox One owners to stream games from their console to their phone or tablet. Until now, only Xbox Insiders had access to the feature. The Xbox remote play feature, known previously as Console Streaming, lets you remotely connect to an Xbox One […]
Sony has apologized for PS5 preorders being a bit of a mess. “Let’s be honest: PS5 preorders could have been a lot smoother,” says Sony from the official PlayStation Twitter account. “We truly apologize for that.” Preorders for the new PS5 console began on Wednesday, a day earlier than Sony had said retailers would take […]
Hours after Sony announced the PlayStation 5’s release date and pricing, pre-orders went up. Several retailers, including Amazon, and GameStop, went live with their pre-order pages for the PS5, but as of right now. They all seem to have sold their allotments within less than 24 hours, and there is no indication when or if […]
Sony finally announced both. The Sony PS5 will cost a whopping $500, and the disc-free Digital Edition will retail for $400. Both will ship Nov. 12 in the U.S. and Nov. 19 elsewhere. However, players in China are facing a longer wait. “PS5 launch date for China is still under exploration and will be announced […]
Ubisoft has announced new Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell games built entirely for virtual reality. The games, announced during the Facebook Connect virtual keynote on Wednesday, mark a long-rumored but still potentially exciting addition to VR. Ubisoft will develop the VR versions of both games. They’ll be built from the ground up but will stay […]
Facebook’s next-generation Oculus Quest 2 standalone VR headset ships in October starting at $299 with Qualcomm’s latest XR2 chipset driving major upgrades including a 90 hz mode and much higher resolution. The new Oculus Quest 2 “all-in-one” arrives to buyers starting October 13. Pre-orders start today for the 64 GB headset and Touch controllers priced […]
Microsoft is revealing today that the company will have more than 150 games to stream through its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription service tomorrow. Known previously as xCloud, the game streaming feature launches on September 15th for Android tablets and phones. xCloud is being bundled into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate as a game streaming feature. […]
Sony will reveal new information about the PlayStation 5 in a livestream on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Sony’s PlayStation 5 Showcase promises “updates on the latest titles from Worldwide Studios and our world-class development partners.” More specifically, in a PlayStation Blog post, the company says it plans to show “games coming to PS5 at launch (and beyond!)” during […]
Microsoft is fully detailing its new Xbox Series S console today. The $299 next-gen console will arrive on November 10th, designed to be a more affordable option for 1440p gaming. Microsoft is using the same CPU from the Xbox Series X inside the Series S, running at 3.6Hz. This is only slightly slower than the […]
Microsoft is launching its Xbox Series X console on November 10th for $499. Preorders for the new console will begin on September 22nd, with the company also offering the Xbox Series X through its Xbox All Access program. Xbox All Access is a bundle that splits the cost of an Xbox console, Xbox Game Pass […]
The Xbox Series S, Microsoft’s all-digital next-gen console, will land on November 10th for $299. After a brief tease this morning, Microsoft revealed a trailer and details about the Series S, including the fact that it’s nearly 60 percent smaller than the Xbox Series X. The Series S is targeting 1440p gameplay at up to […]