Microsoft just gave the Xbox One a big power boost – but only if you ditch Kinect
When Microsoft finally unbundles the Kinect from the Xbox One later this month, it will be more than just good news for consumers; Microsoft confirmed …
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Revealed: All the sneaky tricks King and Rovio use to get you addicted to their games
Do you find yourself playing mobile games like Angry Birds and Candy Crush Saga long after you know you should have stopped? If so, then …
What’s really stopping Microsoft from adding one of the Xbox One’s most wanted features?
Microsoft has done a lot to make the Xbox One a better deal for gamers over the last year but there’s still one feature that …
One huge way that Xbox One is finally catching up with PS4
For years, Sony has given PlayStation owners one incredible reason to sign up for its PlayStation Plus subscription service: the Instant Game Collection. With the …
Does Watch Dogs live up to the massive hype?
What happens when a game takes on a life of its own? When developers make promises that they aren’t going to be able to keep, …
HBO GO, Comedy Central and 40+ more media apps coming soon to Xbox One
When Microsoft first announced the Xbox One, the company pitched its new console as an entertainment hub for the living room. Although the console launched …
Xbox One’s big June update brings highly anticipated new features
The highly anticipated Xbox One June update is here, Microsoft announced, bringing several interesting features to users, including external storage support and better access to …
Check out these amazing deals on Watch Dogs and Mario Kart 8
Gamers who haven’t yet purchased Watch Dogs and/or Mario Kart 8 yet and are looking for better deals should check out the promotions currently available …
Watch Dogs surpasses 4 million sales after just one week
The hits just keep coming for the game that helped define the new generation of consoles. Ubisoft announced on Tuesday that Watch Dogs sold over …
Mario Kart 8 still wasn’t enough to push Wii U past Xbox One and PS4
As expected, the highly acclaimed Mario Kart 8 has given Nintendo a significant sales boost… but it still wasn’t enough to beat the hottest game to …
Watch 10 minutes of Battlefield Hardline gameplay in this new leaked video
Shortly after the first trailer for Battlefield Hardline leaked last week, Steve Papoutsis of Visceral Games noted on Twitter that the footage was meant for …
Mortal Kombat X trailer brings the classic fighting game to PS4 and Xbox One
After threatening to decline into irrelevancy just a few years ago, the Mortal Kombat franchise made a huge resurgence with a self-titled reboot in 2011. Three …
Review: MLB 14 The Show for PS4
Sports game franchises are infamous for their inability to break new ground. Year after year, with the same modes, the same features, the same mechanics …
Nintendo’s horrors multiply
Game revenue stats from the first quarter of 2014 are grim reading for Nintendo. The ailing giant is now being overtaken by multiple mobile app companies, …
Here’s a massive list of every game confirmed for E3 2014
With all the leaks, reveals, countdowns and announcements, it can be hard to keep track of the enormous list of games waiting to make their …
Watch Dogs is Ubisoft’s fastest selling game ever
There was little doubt that Watch Dogs was going to be a success based on the unprecedented hype and inescapable marketing campaign, but even Ubisoft was …
PS4 owners will get 2 free games every month if they subscribe to PS Plus
PlayStation Plus has been one of the best deals in gaming for four years running, but Sony wants to make it ever better. Starting in …
Living the dream: These are the highest-paid professional video gamers in the world
Each and every one of us had a dream job in mind when we were young. A small fraction of us actually grew up to live …
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer discusses Microsoft’s exciting E3 plans
We’re less than two weeks from E3 2014, but that hasn’t stopped Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division, from hopping on Twitter to spend some …
Valve’s Steam Machines have been delayed to 2015
Bad news, Linux fans. Valve took to the Steam Community forums on Tuesday to announce that its first foray into hardware would be delayed to …
This is the closest you’ll get to attending Sony’s E3 Press Conference
If you haven’t had the chance to attend E3, we can tell you from first-hand experience that it’s a mess. A raucously fun mess, but a …
Battlefield Hardline is coming to E3 2014 – watch the leaked trailer now
Shortly after EA confirmed the existence of Battlefield Hardline, the next game in the enormously popular first-person shooter series, a YouTube user leaked an extensive …
Review: Soul Sacrifice Delta for PS Vita
Soul Sacrifice Delta is not a sequel to the PS Vita exclusive title that preceded it, but more like a director’s cut. All of the …
One of this year’s biggest PS4 exclusives was just delayed until 2015
It looks like we’re going to have to shrink our list of most anticipated PS4 games for 2014. Polygon has learned that The Order: 1886, …
An awesome new feature is coming to the PS4 this fall
Sony has confirmed that starting with Bungie’s hotly anticipated game “Destiny,” PlayStation 4 owners will be able to pre-download any games that have been pre-ordered from its …
Six months after launch, the PS4 is already profitable for Sony
The success of the PlayStation 4 cannot be understated. After capitalizing on Microsoft’s PR blunders with the Xbox One, Sony took charge of the new …
The first review of Watch Dogs comes courtesy of Conan O’Brien
As the release of Watch Dogs inches ever closer, you’re probably ready to find out whether or not Ubisoft’s open world hacking adventure lives up …
Comparing Watch Dogs’ graphics on the PS3, PS4 and Xbox One
The excitement surrounding the impending release of Watch Dogs was slightly tempered earlier in the week when Ubisoft announced that the PS4 version of the …
Minecraft is finally coming to the PS4, Xbox One and PS Vita
The indie game phenomenon is finally making its way to the next generation. Mojang announced on its blog on Thursday that Minecraft will be coming …
Review: Borderlands 2 for PS Vita
There aren’t many games that I’ve returned to after I’ve finished them. Borderlands 2 was one of those games. After storming through the campaign on …
