Editorials for 2013

Browse our Editorials section, featuring 8 items for 2013 curated from the Gaming category. Dive into the latest releases, detailed buying guides, expert tips, performance benchmarks, and hands‑on reviews - everything you need to compare options, stay ahead of trends, and make the best informed choices. Also, learn about how TweakTown tests and reviews hardware.

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Next-Generation Consoles and the Steam Machine, a Christmas dilemma?

December 17, 2013 | Chris looks at the current state of next-gen consoles and tells us why he thinks open source will revolutionize the gaming market.

Gaming Is About To Go Next-Gen, but With No Thanks to Sony and MS

October 26, 2013 | On the eve of next-gen consoles launching from Microsoft and Sony, more options are emerging, and they're more exciting. Let's take a close look.

Battlefield 4 Beta Gameplay and Performance Preview

October 2, 2013 | We take a look at the Battlefield 4 Beta, and see how it performs on our system at various resolutions running NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 GPUs.

Nintendo: A gaming giant that needs to change

August 14, 2013 | We weigh in on Nintendo's past, present and future and what we think the Japanese gaming giant needs to do to boost its sale figures of the Wii U.

OUYA - the Android-powered Console Review

August 13, 2013 | Can the Kickstarter-funded, $99, Android-powered OUYA console change gaming? Not yet.

The Next-Gen Console War is here, but should we only dream about Xbox One and PS4?

June 18, 2013 | The world has been introduced to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but we still have some competitors left... Let's discuss.

Sony brutally destructs Microsoft's Xbox One plan with its PlayStation 4 console at E3

June 11, 2013 | Have we ever seen so much destruction in one press conference of a competitor? Simon chimes in on the events from Sony and Microsoft yesterday at E3.

Xbox One - Just what is Microsoft thinking?!

May 22, 2013 | The whole tech world knows about the upcoming next-generation Microsoft entertainment device, the Xbox One. We give you our thoughts on it. Warning: Microsoft may not like it.