Sony unveils PlayStation 5 design for the first time
Sony finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. The console was revealed during a PS5 game showcase being lived streamed online. The console will …
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Xbox 720 will not launch this year, Microsoft exec says
Microsoft will reportedly not launch the highly anticipated follow-up to the Xbox 360 this year. Cedrick Delma, Microsoft’s marketing director in France, recently told Le …
Nintendo cuts 3DS sales forecast, will report first annual loss
Nintendo recently published a note in which it said it will report an annual operating loss of 45 billion yen ($575 million) for the December …
Xbox 720 may be six times more powerful than the Xbox 360
The Xbox 720, which BGR exclusively reported will likely be unveiled during E3 this summer, could be six times more powerful than the current generation …
Sony cuts PS3 price to $249
Sony announced on Tuesday that it is lowering the price of its 160GB PlayStation 3 console to $249, down from the console’s original $299 price …
Sony PlayStation Vita could launch in October
Sony’s brand new portable gaming console, the PlayStation Vita, could launch as soon as this fall according to IGN. A Blockbuster flier in the United …
Sony to launch PlayStation 4 in 2012, report claims
Sony’s manufacturing partners will begin building the consumer electronics giant’s next-generation video game console toward the end of this year, with a launch scheduled for …
Preliminary Wii U specs emerge
While Nintendo has been quiet when it comes to the specs of its newly announced Wii U gaming console, preliminary details are beginning to emerge …
Sony PlayStation Vita hands-on!
We’re here at E3 2011 in Los Angeles and we just got our hands on Sony’s brand new PlayStation Vita — its next-generation portable gaming …
Spy-cam catches Nintendo’s Wii 2 on video
Listen up gaming fanatics. It looks like Nintendo’s Project Café, otherwise known as the Wii 2, has been caught on video thanks to a sneaky …
Nintendo 3DS eShop and browser landing on June 6th
Nintendo will launch the 3DS web browser and eShop on June 6th during the E3 game tradeshow in Los Angeles. A post on Nintendo’s website …
Nintendo Wii falls to $150 this month, includes Mario Kart for free
Nintendo has just announced that the Nintendo Wii retail price will drop to $149.99 beginning May 15th, and it will include a free copy of …
Hon Hai to build Nintendo’s Wii 2; Nintendo to take delivery beginning in October
Terry Gou’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. is said to have landed an exclusive contract to build Nintendo’s next-generation video game console. According to a …
Nintendo president: 3DS sales weaker than expected
Speaking during an investor briefing on Tuesday, Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata said that sales of his firms new 3DS portable gaming system failed to meet …
Nintendo Wii 2 'Screen Stream' controllers leak
Nintendo’s next generation Wii console — currently codenamed “Project Cafe” — could land later this year, and it may sport a new controller with a …
New Microsoft and Sony gaming consoles may not land until 2014
According to Kotaku, neither Microsoft nor Sony will launch new gaming consoles before 2014. “Both [Microsoft] and Sony are telegraphing to each other that they’re …
Sony: PS3 shipments surpass 50 million units globally
Sony has kept its PlayStation 3 sales figures close to the vest, but on Friday the company officially announced shipment figures for its popular PlayStation …
Android, iOS grab 34% of U.S. portable video game sales in 2010
Analytics company Flurry has published an interesting study involving Android, iOS, and the U.S. video game market. Following up on a report from 2009, the company notes …
Nintendo may drop Wii to $150 on May 15th
Nintendo may drop the price of its Nintendo Wii game console from $200 to $150 on May 15th, Engadget is reporting. The new price will …
Nintendo 3DS review: seeing double
The 3DS, Nintendo’s latest portable gaming platform and the first with a 3D display, made its U.S. debut on March 27th. Nintendo moved 400,000 units …
Nintendo 3DS breaks Amazon U.K. console pre-order record
If Amazon U.K.’s pre-orders are any indication of what’s to come, the Nintendo 3DS could be as big of a hit as it was in …
Microsoft Kinect pre-orders sold out at Best Buy, Amazon.com
It’s not exactly a mystery that Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect sensor is highly anticipated — Kinect is expected to be the hottest gaming accessory to launch …
Throwback Thursday: Sega Dreamcast
Who doesn’t remember the 9-9-99 launch date? What about the VMU controller accessory which never took off? Sega’s Dreamcast console was the first to enable …
Wii sales top 30 million in U.S.
In a short but sweet press release, Nintendo announced that sales of its Wii gaming console have topped 30 million units in the United States. …
Sony PlayStation 3 Slim coming soon to Japan in white and with increased storage
Sony is adding a bit of flair to its PS3 Slim by offering the gaming console in white and upping the console’s on-board storage. Launching …
Is the PSP Go! the new UMD-less PSP?
We’ve heard some rumors about an upcoming PSP refresh in the past — ok, a whole lot of rumors — but new information is casting …
New Sony PSP rumor refresh; out before Christmas
With the E3 expo coming up in June, rumors of a refreshed PSP are surging once again. Now billed as yet another “iPhone killer”, chatter …
