Nintendo Switch sales are still going strong, in part thanks to people buy multiple Switch consoles the company expects that demand will increase. In an investor Q&A, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said that approximately 20 percent of the Nintendo Switch systems sold during the fiscal year ending March 31st, 2021 were to households that already […]
Microsoft is introducing a new “Console Purchase Pilot” program that will give selected Xbox Insider members the chance to register to reserve an Xbox Series X or Series S console directly from the company through their existing Xbox One consoles. The new program is only rolling out in the US for now, and even if […]
Xbox games aren’t opening or launching for many across Europe today, with an error message being presented instead. “The person who bought this needs to sign in,” the error message said, alongside a long message that suggested the wrong person was playing the game. It was also accompanied by a long error code, reading: 0x803f9006. […]
The Epic Games v. Apple trial is starting today, and it has begun with a court conference call full of kids screaming for Fortnite to return to mobile. The public call line allows anyone to dial in and listen to today’s proceedings, but the court didn’t manage to properly mute all participants for more than […]
Sony has made a minority investment into social network Discord, with full integration coming to PlayStation next year. “Our goal is to bring the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mobile starting early next year, allowing friends, groups, and communities to hang out, have fun, and communicate more easily while playing games […]
Microsoft shook up the PC gaming business this week with the announcement that it was reducing the price it takes from sport gross sales on the Home windows retailer. On the floor, it’s a welcome transfer, with Microsoft matching the 12 % reduce that Epic Video games takes, and placing extra strain on Valve, which […]
One of the most bizarrely missing features for Stadia is finally launching. Starting today, Stadia for web now offers a proper search bar to find games in the store, as well as a revamped library view, and Google is teasing a few future upgrades. At launch, Stadia didn’t offer any sort of search functionality, and […]
Microsoft is enabling its Xbox FPS Boost mode on 13 EA games, with 12 now supporting up to 120fps. The FPS Boost feature for Xbox Series X and Series S consoles is designed to make existing games run better. While Microsoft has improved frame rates with some backward-compatible games, FPS Boost specifically bumps performance to […]
Sony will begin rolling out 1080p support for its PlayStation Now cloud streaming service. “The rollout will occur over the next several weeks across Europe, US, Canada and Japan, where PlayStation Now is available,” the company said in a tweet. The platform’s previous cap left you playing games at 720p, a limitation that meant PlayStation […]
Starting today, all Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S owners can play free online multiplayer games without an Xbox Live Gold membership. In all, that means more than 50 free-to-play titles no longer require a subscription to play online with your friends. In a post on Xbox Wire, Microsoft explained that over 50 free-to-play multiplayer […]
Sony has announced that it’ll be keeping its PS3 and PlayStation Vita digital storefront open “for the foreseeable future.” The PSP’s store will still be shut down on July 2nd, 2021, as originally planned. Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan wrote in a blog post that, after more reflection on the planned PS3 […]
Microsoft has revealed that it will begin inviting “select” Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to try the Cloud Gaming beta on iPad, iPhone and Windows 10 PCs starting on April 20th. You’ll need to use Chrome, Edge or Safari rather than a native app, but you can use custom touch input if you can’t play […]
Amazon is rumored to have canceled the development of its upcoming Lord of the Rings video game. While the game had been in development at Amazon Game Studios in partnership with Tencent’s Leyou Technologies, it’s now been reported that development has been shuttered following a contract dispute between megacorps Amazon and Tencent. An Amazon spokesperson […]
EA has announced the first game from Codemasters since it bought the racing specialist earlier this year. F1 2021 is coming to PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Steam on July 16th. A new story mode makes its debut, too, called Braking Point. Players will start off as a Formula 2 driver […]
Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest update, Xbox France is giving away a PC shaped like a jet engine that has been cut in half. The contest asks entrants to follow @XboxFR on Twitter, retweet its post, as well as comment with the hashtag #MicrosoftFlightSimulator in order to be entered to win. Microsoft Flight Simulator has existed […]