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As Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service continues racking up subscribers, its biggest competitor Sony recently swiped back with changes and upgrades to its PlayStation Plus service. The lead-up to PlayStation P…
When Amazon’s digital store launched in 1994, it found itself at the forefront of digital commerce. There were very few competitors in the space and Amazon was able to carve out a niche as the premier online bookstore. Fast-forward several decades and …
Nintendo Switch shortages should get better by the end of the year, after supply constraints hurt Nintendo’s hardware sales in the last quarter.
The latest earnings report from Nintendo confirms that the ongoing chip shortage has been having an impact…
At a glance
Expert’s Rating
Pros
Impressive game library all included with subscription
“Out of the box” functionality
Cons
Video compression makes a big impact on visual quality
Not all games are staying in the game library
Our Verdict…
The video game industry is a lucrative business, with some home consoles selling tens of millions of units worldwide. How well each console sold is a great measure of what went right during that particular generation. It’s an effective way to gauge a s…
It’s hard to imagine that Sony was a major player in the handheld console race less than 10 years ago. The console giant found success with the PSP in the 2000s and looked to push its advantage in 2012 with the PlayStation Vita. That didn’t quite go as…
Sony announced earlier this year that its PlayStation Plus subscription service and PlayStation Now streaming service would be merging into a single service. The new service, also called PlayStation Plus, has three subscription tiers: Essentials, Extra…
On May 29, 2020, we got a glimpse of the future. Sony hosted a stream called “The Future of Gaming,” which served as the red carpet debut of the PlayStation 5. That stream included grand reveals for what would end up being the first two years of the co…
We’ve called an emergency meeting, not because a body’s been found, but because a brand new way to trick and deceive your friends is on the way. Among Us was a sleeper hit that didn’t actually hit mainstream success until years after its initial launch…
Two-player board games occupy a special niche in the wider canon of the best board games. As soon as you rise above that number, you create various design problems around balance and turn order that need to be considered. In a fighting game, for exampl…