Latest about Console Gaming

• • Console GamingConsole market craters as Xbox sales crash 33% to the lowest since launch 25 years ago, PS5 sales drop 25%By Jowi Morales Published
  • PlayStationPS5 hack delivers native PS2 disc support and 4K upscaling where Sony refused toBy Zhiye Liu Published
  • PlayStationAnyPS5 project reaches critical GPU milestone in race to enable running PS5 games natively on PCBy Zak Killian Published
  • Handheld GamingSneak a great deal on the original MSI Claw during Best Buy clearance saleBy Jake Roach Published
  • DealsThe best Switch 2 accessories on sale nowBy Stewart Bendle Published
  • PlayStationUsed PS5 Pros now cost $1,399 at GameStop, 50% more than new onesBy Jowi Morales Published
  • DealsNintendo Switch 2 drops to £354.99 all-time low to defy the AI tax — pocket £65 in savings across these retailersBy Zhiye Liu Published

Handheld Gaming

• • Handheld GamingSneak a great deal on the original MSI Claw during Best Buy clearance saleBy Jake Roach Published
  • DealsThe best Switch 2 accessories on sale nowBy Stewart Bendle Published
  • Handheld GamingAirbus turned the Steam Deck into a controller for a prototype Mars roverBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • Handheld GamingSwitch 2 Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition preorders open on Amazon for $519.99By Zhiye Liu Last updated
  • Handheld Gaming‘World’s first fully transparent video game console’ is on its way to KickstarterBy Mark Tyson Published
  • Handheld GamingAcer’s wild Project DualPlay Mini is a foldable handheld that doubles as a netbookBy Jake Roach Published
  • Handheld GamingAsus ROG Xbox Ally X20 with OLED screen available October 15, pre-orders start nowBy Andrew E. Freedman 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

Nintendo

• • DealsNintendo Switch 2 drops to £354.99 all-time low to defy the AI tax — pocket £65 in savings across these retailersBy Zhiye Liu Published
  • DealsScore the Nintendo Switch 2 at its lowest ever Amazon UK price, now just £354.99By Ben Stockton Published
  • NintendoNintendo wins $4.5 million lawsuit against Switch pirate by defaultBy Jowi Morales Published
  • NintendoNintendo of America puts tariff refunds towards 'customer appreciation' sale, but no refunds to Switch 2 buyersBy Andrew E. Freedman Published
  • NintendoNintendo unveils The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2, pre-orders live at $520By Hassam Nasir Published
  • NintendoYou can now play GTA V natively on a Nintendo Switch at 30 FPS thanks to unofficial Homebrew portBy Hassam Nasir Published
  • Nintendo$50k worth of retro Nintendo NES games stolen in devastating home robberyBy Stephen Warwick Published
  • NintendoNintendo takes down over 400 GitHub repositories hosting Switch emulators in a single dayBy Hassam Nasir Published
  • NintendoConsole modder builds working Switch 2 Joy-Cons inside original Wii Remote shellsBy Luke James Published

PlayStation

• • PlayStationPS5 hack delivers native PS2 disc support and 4K upscaling where Sony refused toBy Zhiye Liu Published
  • PlayStationAnyPS5 project reaches critical GPU milestone in race to enable running PS5 games natively on PCBy Zak Killian Published
  • PlayStationUsed PS5 Pros now cost $1,399 at GameStop, 50% more than new onesBy Jowi Morales Published
  • PlayStationModder brings original Xbox emulation to jailbroken PS5By Jhet Borja Published
  • PlayStationMarvel's Wolverine reaches gameplay with KytyPS5 emulatorBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • PlayStationNew PS5 Relapse jailbreak enables homebrew and Switch emulation but is hamstrung by rapidly-changing firmware revisionsBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • PlayStationSony Japan tries an anti-scalper lottery system for PS5 Pro orders, locks systems behind a 60-hour playtime requirementBy Mark Tyson Published
  • PlayStationOpen-source AnyPS5 dumps emulation to run PlayStation 5 console games natively on PCBy Kunal Khullar Published
  • PlayStationOriginal Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 yearsBy Mark Tyson Published

Xbox

• • XboxXbox Disc to Digital feature rolls out to all Xbox players to enable playing disc-free, but selling your media revokes accessBy Jowi Morales Published
  • XboxXbox marks 25 years with eye-catching translucent green PC accessoriesBy Luke James 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

More about Console Gaming

• • DealsNintendo Switch 2 drops to £354.99 all-time low to defy the AI tax — pocket £65 in savings across these retailersBy Zhiye Liu Published
  • PlayStationModder brings original Xbox emulation to jailbroken PS5By Jhet Borja Published
  • Console GamingSony brings AI-powered upscaling to the standard PS5By Kunal Khullar Published