Discover more about Console Gaming with insights from the experts at Tom's Hardware.
Discover more about Console Gaming with insights from the experts at Tom's Hardware.
Console GamingGameStop customer earned over $10,000 in store credit from a stack of broken consolesBy Mark Tyson Published
PlayStationPS5 emulation arrives on Steam Deck, Astro Playroom showcased running at 0.6 FPSBy Hassam Nasir Published
PlayStationStream PS4 & PS5 games on your Steam Deck without a console thanks to AsobiBy Hassam Nasir Published
Handheld GamingResourceful gamer shrinks Valve’s Steam Deck into Game Boy, with custom 3D-printed coolingBy Mark Tyson Published
XboxMicrosoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt inBy Hassam Nasir Published
XboxMicrosoft raises European Xbox prices by up to £200 — RAMpocalypse and component shortages force major console markupsBy Mark Tyson Published
PlayStationSony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward'By Zhiye Liu Published Handheld GamingResourceful gamer shrinks Valve’s Steam Deck into Game Boy, with custom 3D-printed coolingBy Mark Tyson Published
Handheld GamingUpgrading an MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld gaming PC with a 2TB SSDBy Brandon Hill Published
Handheld GamingDisgruntled gamer builds booby-trapped Steam Deck with 3D-printed spikes and a built-in taserBy Mark Tyson Published
Handheld GamingBest Handheld Gaming PCs 2026: Windows and Steam Decks testedBy Andrew E. Freedman Last updated
Handheld GamingMSI Claw 8 EX AI+ review: Unmatched performance and a jaw-dropping price tagBy Brandon Hill Published
Handheld GamingMSI's new Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld with an Intel Arc G3 Extreme and 32GB of RAM costs $1,799By Hassam Nasir Published
Handheld GamingDeveloper gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95By Luke James Published Handheld GamingMSI Claw 8 EX AI+ brings Intel Arc G3 Extreme to handheldsBy Andrew E. Freedman Published
Handheld GamingSellers circumvent Lenovo’s retro handheld ban with cheap wholesale storefrontsBy Zhiye Liu Published
NintendoLost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100By Mark Tyson Published
Nintendo$21 Nintendo Wii U upgrade lets you add TBs of storage to your console with an M.2 or SATA SSDBy Jowi Morales Published
NintendoSecurity engineer ports password cracker hashcat to Gameboy AdvanceBy Bruno Ferreira Published
NintendoRetro Nintendo Switch 2 dock looks exactly like the Nintendo 64 and holds six Game Cards in its cartridge slotBy Mark Tyson Published
NintendoNintendo Switch 2 with user-replaceable batteries coming to the EUBy Hassam Nasir Published
NintendoNintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2 by $50 from September, handheld will now start at $500By Hassam Nasir Published
NintendoKeychain-size ‘GameCube’ uses genuine Nintendo siliconBy Mark Tyson Published
NintendoLegendary ZSNES Nintendo emulator rewritten from scratch with GPU-acceleration, no vibe codingBy Mark Tyson Published
NintendoNintendo Switch 2 update brings Handheld Mode BoostBy Kunal Khullar Published PlayStationPS5 emulation arrives on Steam Deck, Astro Playroom showcased running at 0.6 FPSBy Hassam Nasir Published PlayStationStream PS4 & PS5 games on your Steam Deck without a console thanks to AsobiBy Hassam Nasir Published PlayStationSony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward'By Zhiye Liu Published
PlayStationPS5 emulation hits new milestone in record time, multiple 3D games now playable in KytyBy Hassam Nasir Published
PlayStationOpen-source PS3 emulator says it’s now compatible with over 75% of all PS3 games on PCBy Jowi Morales Published
PlayStationPS5 emulation ramps up in response to Sony killing physical gamesBy Hassam Nasir Published
PlayStationPlayStation disc petition approaches 200,000 signatures as backlash grows over Sony's decision to stop producing new physical mediaBy Luke James Published
PlayStationPS5 Disc Drive purchase cap predates Sony's disc cutoffBy Luke James Published
PlayStationDigital archivists rush to save PS3 game data before Sony shuts down the store forever in 2027By Hassam Nasir Published XboxMicrosoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt inBy Hassam Nasir Published XboxMicrosoft raises European Xbox prices by up to £200 — RAMpocalypse and component shortages force major console markupsBy Mark Tyson Published XboxMicrosoft says physical discs should not have stopped working during the Xbox outageBy Hassam Nasir Published
Xbox16-hour Xbox outage even stopped physical games from workingBy Luke James Published
XboxMicrosoft shipped a native Xbox 360 emulator with its new backwards-compatible releases on PCBy Hassam Nasir Published XboxMicrosoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase gamesBy Luke James Published XboxMicrosoft 'resets' Xbox by cutting 3,200 jobs this year, divesting five game studiosBy Andrew E. Freedman Published XboxMicrosoft increases Xbox Series console prices for the third time in two years, kills off 2TB modelBy Bruno Ferreira Published
XboxXbox will pay five times more for memory and storage in 2027 than it did two years agoBy Hassam Nasir Published PlayStationSony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward'By Zhiye Liu Published NintendoLost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100By Mark Tyson Published PlayStationPS5 emulation hits new milestone in record time, multiple 3D games now playable in KytyBy Hassam Nasir Published