The Nintendo Switch has proven that handheld game machines have not been totally subsumed by smartphones. Valve is planning to release the Steam Deck, although the timeline has been pushed back. Not to be outdone, Razer is prepping the release of a Qualcomm-powered gaming handheld known as the Snapdragon G3X…
(Photo: Mika Baumeister/Unsplash) Every year after Thanksgiving a flurry of steals and deals takes America by storm, and discounts involving the newest gadgets—including pricey, hard-to-find video game consoles—enjoy a special level of anticipation. This Black Friday, the new Xbox Series S has beaten out every other console on the market.…
If finding a way to play PlayStation 1 games on a Gameboy Advance was one of your 2021 resolutions, you’re in luck. A modder by the name of Rodrigo Alfonso has hacked a cartridge for the 20-year-old handheld, allowing them to play 3D games like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro: Year…
Gamers the world over have been waiting with bated breath for the release of Rockstar’s GTA Trilogy, and maybe it wasn’t worth the wait. The launch last week was an unmitigated disaster, with gamers complaining of bugs and ugly graphics until Rockstar’s authentication system broke, making the games impossible to…
(Photo: Kamil S/Unsplash) Phil Spencer, VP of Gaming at Microsoft, is calling on gaming companies across the industry to work toward preserving older games. In a statement to Axios, Spencer shared that he hopes more companies will follow in Microsoft’s footsteps by making older titles available through software emulation, something…
On Wednesday Nvidia announced it’s making more money than it ever has before, pulling in a record-breaking $7.1 billion in the 3rd quarter ending October 31, 2021. According to the summary posted by Nvidia, this represents a whopping 50 percent increase compared to the same quarter last year. In fact,…
Microsoft has been trying to expand the number of exclusive titles on Xbox to counter popular Sony properties like Spider-Man, Horizon, God of War, and more. Microsoft’s Xbox head Phil Spencer just confirmed they’ve got a big one planned. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda parent company ZeniMax, The Elder Scrolls VI…
It’s a big news day for Nvidia, as the company has unleashed a barrage of updated software, including some free tools that could prove to be quite useful for a lot of people. At the top of the list is an updated version of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), followed…
You have plenty of cloud gaming options at your disposal these days, from Microsoft’s cross-platform Xbox Game Pass to Google’s Stadia platform. There’s also Nvidia’s GeForce Now, which the company has been tinkering with for the better part of a decade, but it’s still not a perfect experience. Case in…
(Photo: Credit: Laura Ockel/ Unsplash, PCMag) According to a Twitter account that posts rumors about upcoming tech, the next generation of GPUs from both AMD and Nvidia are going to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, both in terms of raw power and power consumption. The Twitter user @greymon55…