A Catalogue Of Some Of The Rarest Consoles Ever Made
I’ve always had a weird thing for collections of video game hardware. Rare colourways, odd promotional designs,…
How to Clean Your Video Game Consoles
Your video game console is filthy. Choked with dust, smeared with fingerprints or riddled with insects. Your game…
What To Do With Your Old Video Game Consoles
Hooray—you got an Xbox One X for Christmas. And instead of dwelling on the sentimental value of the 2013-minted Xbox…
Zelda-style action adventure Secret Legend was a highlight of PAX 2016, but the name wasn’t great. Now it has a new…
Data Shows Xbox Gamers Aren't Using Backward Compatibility Much [Update: Microsoft Contests]
Backward compatibility is a big draw for console gamers nostalgic for older titles, but new data shows that Xbox One…
Two Months In, I've Barely Taken My Nintendo Switch Off The Dock
The big concept behind the Nintendo Switch is that it can be enjoyed both on the TV, and in handheld mode. Instead, the…
The Fight Over How To Play Overwatch On Consoles
Since last weekend, Overwatch console players have flooded forums with denunciations of so-called “cheaters” who play…
Smash Bros. Sells Better On 3DS Than Wii U
Yesterday’s Nintendo financial report revealed that Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U sold 3.43 million fewer copies than…
Minecraft's Next Update Will Bring Huge Progress To Consoles [Update]
In an announcement today, Mojang has indicated that a large number of long-awaited changes are coming to the console…
One Important Thing To Do Before Gifting A Game Console On Christmas
If you’re thinking of giving someone an Xbox, PlayStation, Wii U, 3DS, Vita, or iPad this Christmas, there’s something…
The State of the Wii U In 2015
The Wii U had a tough 2015. Nintendo can boast that they’ve released some of the most excellent exclusives of the year,…
Our incredibly efficient pals at Lifehacker have posted a wonderfully-detailed comparison of the Xbox One and…
Reminder: The Inside Of Your PS3 Is (Probably) Disgusting
You know how when you look at your consoles, you sometimes see some dust caked around the vents? That’s just the crap…
7 Things You Might Not Know About The Wii
Nintendo’s original Wii is as peculiar a video game console as it is a successful one. Its story has some…
Everything We Know (Not Much) About Nintendo's New Hardware
Nintendo just surprised everybody with the announcement that its working on some new hardware, codenamed "NX." Pretty…
Two Interesting Things We Learned From The Xbox One Software Leak
Internal developer documentation for the Xbox One appears to have leaked on the Internet—and after scanning through the…
China Does Not Require Region Locked Consoles
Back when the Xbox One was announced for China, one thought came to mind: would it be region locked? When the console…
I'm Finally Starting To Like It When The PS4 Controller Talks
Ever since I started playing games on my PS4, one thing about the console's controller has always stood out to me. It…
The Xbox One and PS4 Aren't Really Rivals in China
It's official folks: in China, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be operated by the same conglomerate, Shanghai…