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With the potential for 8K displays becoming more mainstream next year, the demand for cables with sufficient bandwidth to carry the high resolution is increasing. The premium fiber optical cable manufacturer VIVIFY has just announced a new HDMI cable that is capable of doing just that. The launch of next-generation …

All the way back in July 2015, we learned that an incredibly rare prototype of the unreleased SNES-CD, otherwise known as the SNES PlayStation or the Nintendo PlayStation Superdisc, was found and recovered in near perfect condition. Over the next couple of years, the owner got the console working and even managed …

In a surprise announcement by PlayStation, the Dualshock 4 will be receiving an official attachment which adds two back buttons to the controller, allowing for a more versatile playstyle. The “Dualshock 4 Back Button Attachment for PS4” will allow you to “Map up to 16 different actions to the two …

During The Game Awards last week, Microsoft surprisingly announced the name and showed off its next-gen console for the first time. The Xbox Series X name has been thrown around but it turns out that Microsoft didn't get its message across very clear, as the next-gen console is supposed to …

It is still a year away until the next generation of gaming consoles are due to be launched. However, Microsoft has officially announced its next-generation offering with the Xbox Series X set to be Microsoft’s most powerful console yet. Microsoft claims its next-generation Xbox Series X console will be the …

There has been a lot of next-gen console talk over the last few weeks, in large part thanks to leaks surrounding the PS5. Now, leaks on the Xbox side are starting to catch up. Last week, we heard that Microsoft is still planning to launch two consoles next year targeting …

In celebration of the Original PlayStation’s 25th anniversary, the company has been giving fans insight into various aspects of the console brand, including sales figures, trivia, and behind the scenes details. Today, the company spoke with 10 of Worldwide Studios’ creators, to ask them what their favourite PlayStation game of …

Late last year as plans for next-gen consoles started to solidify, multiple reports claimed that Microsoft would be coming out with two devices, with ‘Anaconda' set to be the high-end, more powerful console and ‘Lockhart' set to be a cheaper, digital-only version. In June, plans for a cheaper ‘Lockhart' console …

Following the launch of Halo Reach on Xbox Game Pass yesterday, The company has announced the full line-up of games that will be adorning the service in December for PC. The titles joining the service include Metro: Last Light Redux, Farming Simulator 17, and Human: Fall Flat – among others. …

Back in 2017, Atari announced a return to the console market with its own retro gaming system. The console has been through a lot since then, including a name change, a big crowdfunding campaign, content partnerships and internal hardware changes. Initially, the Atari VCS was due to ship out to backers before …

Development on next-gen consoles is well underway at this point, with Sony confirming several key specs for the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft announcing Project Scarlet. Developers already have their hands on early versions of this next-gen hardware and while devkits are normally kept heavily under wraps, the PS5 has been subjected to numerous leaks, …

Phil Spencer has clarified whether or not the next Xbox will support VR...

A couple of weeks ago, we covered the leak of Sony's patent for what looked like a new game cartridge. Now, we have information to which system this new cartridge is for – Toio. This is a console designed for children and is currently available in Japan only. After the …

Back during October the PlayStation 5 was officially announced with the release window of ‘Holiday 2020’. The console wasn’t given a price or release date, although if a recent rumour is anything to go by, the console will be arriving on the 20th of November, for $499. This would be …

Razer is launching a new flagship retail store in the UK...

When Sony introduced the PlayStation 4, it announced the arrival of a feature called ‘Share Play’. The feature allowed users to ‘hand off’ their controller to another player through the internet, giving them access to whatever game was being played at the time. It appears that Sony may be eyeing …

Google Stadia’s journey from announcement to release has been a controversial one. From the announcement that preorders were unlikely to arrive on launch day, to the meagre 12 titles that were listed for launch, among other various odd restrictions, the new ‘console’ by Google has faced many setbacks. With Stadia …

Briony is impressed. Find out why.

When Google announced the launch titles that were to be released alongside the ‘console’ on Tuesday the 19th of November, it brought with it a wave of criticism. With only 12 games, and many of them over a year old, Google Stadia’s launch line-up appeared lackluster to many ‘Founders’ who …

During a Q&A session at Nintendo’s six-month financial briefing, Shuntaro Furukawa, President of Nintendo, was asked about Nintendo’s future pricing plans for the Switch, to which Furukawa revealed that Nintendo currently holds no plans to reduce the Switch’s price in the future. Nintendo’s strategy for profitability will come purely from …

For the last year or so, the US and China have been engaging in a trade war, imposing various tariffs on each country’s goods and services. What this has meant for the video game industry is that the upcoming PlayStation 5, Xbox Scarlett, and Nintendo consoles were threatened to have …

Briony unboxes the new Shield TV Pro and gives us her first impressions

In just 2 and a half years, the Nintendo Switch has already proven itself as one of Nintendo’s more successful consoles, selling 41.67 million units, since its release back in March of 2017. The handheld/console hybrid had already overtaken the Wii U, GameCube, and Nintendo 64, and is currently nipping …

The PlayStation 4 has officially become the world's second highest selling home console to date, with more than 102.8 million units sold worldwide. Unfortunately, this level of popularity didn't translate to a best selling subscription service, with PlayStation Vue generating continuous losses for Sony. With that in mind, it shouldn't …

Sony announced during its Q2 2019 financial results that the PlayStation 4 had officially become the second best selling home console of all time, surpassing the PlayStation 1, and putting it only behind its own PlayStation 2. Sony’s 4th generation PlayStation was released near the end of 2013, and has …

Last year, Microsoft launched a limited-time subscription service called Xbox All Access. Now it is back with a few changes and just in time for the ramp up towards next-gen consoles. Xbox All Access will be available in the US, UK, and Australia, greatly expanding the service's reach. However, the most important …

If you ever doubted Sony’s long-term commitment to the gaming industry, you can now rest easy. Sony Interactive Entertainment have trademarked the names “PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9 and PS10” in Japan, all before the PS5 has even released. While this might simply seem like standard practice for most companies, the …

Back in June, around the time of E3, Google held a Stadia Connect event where it revealed the “Stadia Founder’s Edition”. It was announced that this founder’s pack would be in limited supply, and it seems like it has now been sold out. If you only preordered it recently however, …

PlayStation is continuing its yearly tradition of offering deep discounts around Halloween time, ensuring that you get your spook on this October. The PlayStation store has maintained an ever evolving rotation of deals to reward its users who choose to purchase games digitally. The store is currently hosting a Halloween …

We have seen plenty of rendered images of the supposed PlayStation 5 development kit over the past few months. However, an actual photo of the real thing has been revealed online and it looks just like the previous rumours. Ideas have been floating around online for a while of what the PlayStation …