Microsoft speeds up Xbox boot times by more than 50% in latest update
Microsoft is speeding up the Xbox Series X boot time, the director of Xbox has confirmed. The latest Xbox console has always featured a faster …
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Nielsen: 56% of U.S. households own a current video game console
Over the last year, the total time spent playing video games increased 7% and purchases of digital content and subscriptions rose 8% according to a …
Video game consoles are ‘fundamentally doomed,’ Ultima creator says
Microsoft just sold nearly one million Xbox 360 consoles last week alone, but we’re nearing the end of the road for video game consoles according to …
IDC: Video game console business will rebound in 2012
Much has been made of the video game console business’ steady decline, and rightfully so; console sales have dropped considerably in recent months. Some attribute …
U.S. video game sales slide 10% in June
Sales of video game hardware and software declined 10% in June according to new data reported by industry watcher The NPD Group. Total content sales …
Nintendo boasts of 1.5 million DS, Wii units sold last week
Gaming giant Nintendo recently announced that during Black Friday week, U.S. consumers purchased a combined 1.5 million DS and Wii gaming systems. Holiday shoppers scooped up nearly …
Hulu Plus gets official: $9.99 per month, supports iOS, TVs, Blu-ray players, and more
Announced earlier today after months of speculation, Hulu Plus has finally become official. For $9.99 per month, subscribers will be able to watch their favorite …
Throwback Thursday: Sega Game Gear
In the previous installment of Throwback Thursday, we flipped the calendar all the way back to 1977 and took a look at the Atari 2600. …
Throwback Thursday: Atari 2600
In honor of E3 week, we thought we would dedicate this week’s Throwback Thursday to a gaming device from the past: the Atari 2600. The …
Nintendo announces the 3DS
Today at E3, Nintendo delivered upon its promise and announced the 3DS, the only device of its kind to deliver 3D imagery without requiring users …
Microsoft announces a leaner, meaner Xbox 360
Well, it’s official. Today during its E3 keynote, Microsoft took the wraps off the latest and greatest version of the Xbox 360. Described as being …
Sony says majority of its PlayStation games to be 3D
According to Ray Maguire, head of Sony’s UK PlayStation division, the future will see the majority of first-person games for the PlayStation available in 3D; …
Video game sales plummet in April
April saw the video game industry suffer through its worst month in nearly 10 years, as both hardware and software sales tumbled for a combined …
Nintendo CEO says 3DS will have new anti-piracy measures, 2D switch
Speaking to the Associated Press on Friday, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed that his company’s upcoming Nintendo 3DS will in fact gamers the choice of …
Nintendo slides through the Nintendo 3DS
Sure it might turn out to be nothing more than an incredibly expensive fad, but whether you like it or not, 3D everything is going …
Tony Hawk: RIDE now available in North America
Dust off your old pair of Vans and get ready to party like it’s 1995, because Tony Hawk: RIDE has finally been released in North …
Modern Warfare 2 sells almost 5M copies on launch day
We all knew that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was destined to smash industry sales records, but the pace at which the game is …
Sony's PS3 Slim gets official
Sony just took the wraps off its new PS3 Slim at Gamescom in Cologne and apart from the fact that it looks more like a …
PS3 price drop, Slim model launch imminent
Remember all of those rumors about a PlayStation 3 price drop and a new, slimmer model? Well they might not be rumors for much longer …
Xbox 360 sales pass 30 million mark
This past week, Microsoft announced a major milestone for its Xbox 360 console. According to Redmond, the 360 has officially surpassed the 30 million sales …
Rumored PS3 Slim gets outed, maybe
While these photos most certainly have not been authenticated at this point, we may be looking at the first images of Sony’s upcoming PS3 Slim. …
Nintendo DSi makes a big splash in the US; 435,000 sold in first week
The first quarter of 2008 was rough on the typically hardy gaming industry but following a 17 percent decline in overall sales, there is a …
March PS3 sales trump Wii… in Japan
It’s not exactly the major coup Sony needs to become a gaming leader once again, but surpassing Nintendo Wii console sales in a market like …
Wii sales continue to defy gravity as gaming industry grows 10 percent in February
We suppose the continuing upward trend in the video game industry shouldn’t be a surprise to us anymore but we can’t help it… Will someone …
EA looks to Wii for salvation
Electronic Arts reported its earnings yesterday and while things are hardly as catastrophic as, say, a company like Sony, EA did manage to fall short …
Nintendo reveals top selling Wii and DS games, Wii Sports becomes best selling game ever
Nintendo just can’t seem to make an announcement regarding numbers without wowing us these days, and its recent financial call is no exception. Forgetting about …
Nintendo unveils Q1 2009 Wii and DS lineups
On Wednesday Nintendo announced the full lineup of Wii and Nintendo DS game titles the world can look forward to in Q1 of 2009. Totaling …
