I am excited to announce that PlayStation Vue has officially launched today in Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia on PS4 and PS3. PlayStation Vue is a new service that combines live and on-demand TV, and a cloud based DVR to stream the best TV shows, movies and sports directly to your console without a…
Putting the ‘meh’ in ‘homehscreen’. One of the biggest criticisms against the Nintendo Switch is its home screen. There’s nothing wrong with it, per se, but it does lack a certain pizazz that we had come to expect from Nintendo’s consoles. The House of Mario didn’t pull back the curtain on what creative design swings…
With Monster Hunter Wilds likely to be one of the biggest new games of 2025, I thought there was a chance that Capcom and Nvidia would be teaming up to ensure that the PC version of Wilds was an absolute showstopper. Typically Nvidia and AMD collaborate with developers to test games before release and ensure…
If you’re playing Oblivion Remastered via the Microsoft Store, perhaps because you got it with your PC Game Pass subscription, then you have access to a patch that other players do not. But before Steam users get jealous, this is not a patch anyone would want. This 2GB update seems like it was rolled out…
Add to cart(ography). Map fans, listen up! Retro Game Books is back with another volume of Video Game Maps: SNES — the gorgeous-looking hardback that (fittingly) examines some of the console’s most iconic cartography — and this one is set to put another 65+ retro gems under the microscope. Following on from last year’s ‘Vol….
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Nick Evanson, Hardware writer (Image credit: Nicholas Evanson) This month I’ve been benchmarking: Endless benchmarking. Hours upon hours, run after run. All in the name of seeing exactly one game performs on a range of different PCs. And I’d do it all again in a flash, as I adore benchmarking. Yes, I am a little…
Founded in 1972, Atari® changed the way we approached gaming – from the way games were designed to the way they were played. Atari’s iconic games, including Asteroids®, Centipede® and Missile Command® have been played by many millions. Half a century later, Atari® ’s legacy endures. The Gamestation Pro has over 200 games, including Atari®…
The latest Famitsu video game software and hardware charts are now in direct from Japan and it has been a slower week this week for video game hardware. The Nintendo Switch family of systems managed to sell a combined 96,458 units, while the PlayStation 4 only managed 6,325, presumably because the PlayStation 5 will be…
SAG-AFTRA, a large US-based union covering a ton of performing talent across multiple industries, has finally reached a “tentative agreement” with a series of major companies after 10 months of strike action. The strike, which began July 26 of 2024, is still ongoing until details are finalised—but there’s a light at the end of the…