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Steam Deck OLED model announced, features 6nm SoC shrink, 90Hz HDR panel
Valve's new Steam Deck OLED model features a few upgrades over the original, including an 7.4-inch OLED HDR panel with up to 90Hz refresh rates and more.
Grand Theft Auto V ships 190 million copies, surprises Take-Two once again
Grand Theft Auto 5 continues its sales streak by breaking over 190 million units shipped worldwide, pushing total GTA franchise sales to 410 million.
Rockstar confirms GTA 6 trailer for December
Rockstar Games founder Sam Houser officially announces that a Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer is coming in early December, confirms recent GTA 6 reports.
New Mass Effect 4 teaser is driving fans wild
BioWare celebrates N7 Day by kicking off a scavenger hunt with a new Mass Effect 4 teaser trailer that has sent fans scouring the footage for clues.
Nintendo on Switch 2: 'Rumors are inaccurate and untrue'
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa deflects recent Switch 2 rumors, says behind-the-scenes console briefings with partners is inaccurate and untrue.
Epic Games Store still isn't profitable, may not deliver positive cumulative profit for years
Epic Games upper management confirms that the Epic Games Store still isn't profitable, which may indicate the company enacted its aggressive pursuit model.
Phil Spencer: Japanese PC games market has doubled, Game Pass PC users have quadrupled
Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer discusses how the Japanese video games market has grown since 2020, with PC gaming and Game Pass PC subs expanding rapidly.
Fortnite OG breaks records with 44.7 million players in a single day
Fortnite's latest season takes players back to the OG days of chapter 1 battle royale and leads to record-breaking player engagement numbers for Epic.
Sony's new acquisition fuels PlayStation's 'aggressive' cloud gaming ambitions
Sony Interactive Entertainment's latest acquisition will help propel the company's cloud gaming ambitions while also bolstering other streaming services.
Bungie CEO Pete Parsons gave up annual bonus to help avoid layoffs, but it wasn't enough
Bungie CEO Pete Parsons and other executives are said to have forfeited their annual bonuses to help prevent laying off 100 workers, but it wasn't enough.
PS5 Slim uses same 6nm SoC, isn't 5nm
New teardowns reveal the inner-workings of Sony's new PlayStation 5 and squash rumors of a new 5nm refresh--the slim uses 6nm, like previous revisiions.
The Final Shape may determine the fate of the Destiny franchise
How well The Final Shape expansion does may determine the fate of the Destiny franchise moving forward, Bungie plans to make it better than The Taken King.
John Romero takes you back to hell with new Sigil II Doom mod, pre-orders open at €6.66
OG Doom godfather John Romero takes us back to the molten pits of demon-infested hell with his new Sigil II Doom WAD, now up for pre-order for €6.66.
Nintendo patent: Detachable DS screens can be combined in vertical & horizontal orientation
A new patent from Nintendo shows a unique 3DS-like dual-screen design that allows gamers to not only detach screens, but to also orient them differently.
SEGA's new Super Game set for 2026, may include Crazy Taxi or Jet Set Radio live games
SEGA reiterates internal schedule for its new Super Game genre, and the first game could be a live service title based on Jet Set Radio or Crazy Taxi.
Destiny 2 is missing Bungie's revenue targets by nearly 50%
Destiny 2 is missing Bungie's annual revenue targets by nearly 50%, leading to layoffs of around 100 developers that include some 20-year Bungie veterans.
Atari buys Digital Eclipse shortly after Nightdive, consolidates big portion of retro market
Combined with Nightdrive, Atari's latest acquisition sees the company consolidating a significant portion of the retro/remaster video games market.
Baldur's Gate 3 helps spike Hasbro digital game revenues by 133%
Hasbro's Q3 digital gaming revenues surge thanks to Baldur's Gate 3's incredible success on console and PC, BG3 helped make over $133 million for Hasbro.
AceMagic Tank 03 is a mini PC with GeForce RTX 3080 mobile graphics and a funky boombox design
Mini PCs that can double as capable gaming rigs is always great to see and the new AceMagic Tank 03 is exactly that thanks to decent specs.
Xbox and PlayStation will benefit most from AI, Morgan Stanley analysts predict
Platform-holders like Microsoft and Sony are expected to benefit the most from AI integration in gaming, AI expected to raise earnings and lower costs.
Xbox gets new president, Microsoft shakes up internal gaming leadership team
Microsoft changes its Xbox gaming leadership teams following the Activision merger, plans to tighten integration of content, hardware, and services.
Xbox + Activision expected to make $7 billion in holiday 2023
Xbox's new baseline performance metrics will be established this holiday season when it recognizes Activision Blizzard King's billion-dollar revenues.
Xbox Q1 results beat top forecast by $128 million
In a somewhat rare occurrence, Microsoft's video games division has beat topline forecasts by over $100 million as Starfield propels Xbox revenues.
Xbox owns at least 17 video game franchises with $1 billion lifetime revenue
After integration with ATVI, Xbox actually owns the rights to at least 17 separate video game franchises that have made $1 billion in lifetime revenue.
Xbox hits record-breaking $3.92 billion Q1 thanks to Starfield, first-party games, Game Pass
Starfield's huge blockbuster release and continued Xbox Game Pass momentum helps Microsoft deliver a record-breaking Q1 period for the Xbox games division.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite dev may be working on another third-person sci-fi Alien game
Aliens: Fireteam Elite developer Cold Iron Studios is working on a new project, and it could be another game set in Ridley Scott's horror franchise.
Spider-Man 2 breaks all PlayStation sales records
Insomniac does it again: Spider-Man 2 is a breakout sales success that achieves the milestone of the fastest-selling first-party game in 24 hour sales.
Final Fantasy XVI is crossing over into FF14 with 'introduction' collab
Square Enix's Yoshi-P announces a bunch of new info about Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Dawntrail expansion, including two new jobs, activities, and more.
Criterion working on Battlefield, but Need For Speed isn't going anywhere
Including Criterion, EA now has four studios working on the future of Battlefield, but a new Need For Speed experience is also in early planning stages.
Starfield was the best-earning game of September based on game sales and early access purchases
Microsoft's new business tactic is paying off in spades as Starfield tops September's best-earning sales charts in the United States based on revenues.
When will Switch's lifecycle end? Not until March 2025 at the earliest
Nintendo has no plans to retire the Switch in the next 16 months, will continue making new games for the current Switch family until at least March 2025.
Xbox first-party may jump to $11.6 billion following Activision-Blizzard merger
Games analyst and expert Joost van Dreunen predicts that Microsoft's first-party video games revenues could reach $11.6 billion combined with Activision.
Digital-only Switch 2 doesn't seem likely, here's why
Reports indicate that Nintendo could release two next-gen Switch SKUs: one that supports GameCards, and another cheaper digital-only hardware model.
Rockstar adds GTA mobile games to its Game Pass-like GTA+ subscription
Rockstar Games injects even more value into its own personal Game Pass-like subscription service, adds two new Grand Theft Auto games to the subscription.
Activision games won't come to Xbox Game Pass until 2024, Phil Spencer confirms
Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirms there's no 'secret' or surprise celebratory salvo of Activision-Blizzard games planned to launch on Game Pass.
Netflix wants to release a GTA game to help supercharge its fledgling gaming content
Netflix reportedly wants to secure and release a new Grand Theft Auto game on its subscription service, but this could be a very hard sell for Take-Two.
Pete Hines retires from Bethesda weeks after Starfield's release
After 24 years of Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom, and many others, gaming icon and beloved industry figure Pete Hines is leaving Bethesda Softworks.
Gaming nears $350 billion annual revenues, EA exec says
Electronic Arts president of EA Entertainment Laura Miele shares eye-opening figures for the games industry while discussing growth vectors for gaming.
Xbox's most profitable game has sold 300 million copies
Minecraft, the best-selling and most-profitable game in the entire Xbox gaming brand, has now sold over 300 million copies worldwide across all platforms.
Next Halo campaign is reportedly in development at 343 Industries
343 Industries reportedly has a dedicated team of developers working on a new campaign featured in the next Halo game, will be built in Unreal Engine.
GeForce Now price hiked day before Microsoft-Activision merger approved
NVIDIA raises the price of GeForce Now in the UK, Europe, and Canada just a day before the CMA approved the $68.7 billion Microsoft-Activision merger.
Report: Wal-Mart to remove physical Xbox games from stores in 2024 & further all-digital future
Big box retailer Wal-Mart will reportedly stop selling physical Xbox games on its store shelves sometime in 2024, follows Best Buy's big media cut.
Halo Infinite will soon let gamers create custom campaign levels
Firefight is finally coming to Halo Infinite with the new Season 5 Reckoning update, and gamers will be able to make their own custom Forge variants.
Opinion: Disney buying EA? Now isn't the time for media giants to buy pure-play publishers
Now isn't a great time for any media company--whether it be Disney or someone else--to spend billions on an acquisition in the pure-play video games space.
Activision games coming to 'Game Pass and other platforms,' Xbox's Phil Spencer says
Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer teases that Activision-Blizzard games will come to 'other platforms' in the coming months...does this mean WoW on consoles?
Xbox Mastercard may be a good fit for diligent and committed Xbox gamers
Microsoft's new Xbox Mastercard looks like a good fit for savvy, diligent, and committed Xbox gamers, offering point rewards and a great promo bonus.
Bobby Kotick will leave Activision in 2024
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick officially confirms he will leave the company in 2024 as Microsoft moves towards finalizing its $68.7 billion mega merger.
Microsoft closes Activision merger, incorporates 8x billion-dollar franchises into Xbox brand
It's official: Microsoft has purchased the entertainment industry's largest independent gaming empire as Activision is welcomed into the Xbox brand.
Microsoft wins CMA approval, Activision merger now free to close
UK regulators at the Competition and Markets Authority have approved Microsoft's restructured merger proposal, and the merger is now free to close.
New 1TB PS5 slim may have 808GB of usable storage
Sony's new PlayStation 5 slim duo sports a beefed-up 1TB SSD, but the consoles may only have about 808GB of actual usable storage for content and games.