Microsoft says one of its studios is making a new IP that will be a jaw-dropper.

What’s happening with Sony’s latest console, now that it’s been out for six months? Supply issues aside, it’s proving to be much more than a simple evolution. Six months after its November 12 debut, the PlayStation 5 is well on its way to being a success story for Sony. As of March 31, the company had sold 7.8 million of the new video game consoles worldwide—enough, in both units and dollars, to make it the biggest console launch in US history. Bigger than the Nintendo Wii. Bigger than the Xbox One. Bigger than even the PS4. And who knows what that number might be if everyone who wanted one was actually able to buy one.

Steam has long been locked to PC hardware, but that may soon change. According to Gabe Newell, Steam very well could come to consoles.

Company confirms it always sells devices at a loss as part of Epic vs Apple trial…

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Microsoft has been planning to cut its Xbox store cut to just 12 percent, according to confidential documents filed in the Epic Games vs. Apple case. The software maker details its store fees and changes in a document from January, where it also lists the 12 percent cut to PC games it announced this week. While most of the important parts of the document are redacted, one page reveals Microsoft also wants to reduce its 30 percent store cut on the Xbox console side.

Console players bring in a lot of money for Fortnite.

Godfall is a PS5 exclusive launch game that was also released on PC. It appears that the game might arrive on the PS4 according to a recent rating.

An invite-only beta begins for xCloud via the web

Semiconductors are one of the main components in the production of almost all of the electronics we use. This is no different for gaming consoles, which then lights up a red alert since we are having a great shortage of semiconductors.

Would you like to see Nintendo revive some of its older and perhaps lesser-known IPs for the Switch generation? Well, if Shuntaro Furukawa's latest comments are anything to go by, it's probably best not to get your hopes up too much.

Rumors are currently circulating again about a possible Nintendo Switch 4K or Pro model. The current firmware of the Switch got the ball rolling, in which indications of a possible new model were discovered.

We’re nearly five months into this new generation of consoles, and things are largely going as expected. It’s still frustratingly difficult to purchase either versions of the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X | S. A wealth of high-profile games are being delayed into 2022 and beyond, largely due to the massive impact the pandemic had on all facets of development. But all things aside, the new boxes are solid pieces of hardware and show a bright future for both Microsoft and Sony.

With a growing number of monthly active users, and reported talks around acquiring Discord, Microsoft could become the 'Netflix of gaming,' say analysts

Xbox boss Phil Spencer is celebrating an anniversary with Xbox. It was seven years ago, on March 31, 2014, that Spencer was promoted to Head of Xbox. It was a big, dramatic change for Microsoft and Xbox, as the company faltered under the leadership of Don Mattrick and some of the policy moves that the company pushed in regards to DRM and used games.

Yesterday, Microsoft made it possible to instantly stream a bunch of older Xbox 360 and original Xbox games to any device compatible with Game Pass. It’s another piece of evidence that Microsoft is taking backward compatibility very seriously this time around, and that Sony and Nintendo have fallen behind in a big way.

The Switch has been a runaway achievement for Nintendo, mainly after 2020 that had us all shut-in at home playing Animal Crossing. The question now is… what comes next? Signs point to a new, 7-inch OLED version with viable 4K gaming when docked, coming later this year. It might also have a brand-new Nvidia processor that’s capable of 4K Nintendo gaming for the first time.

Nintendo’s golden goose is already falling behind

The company has now started testing a dashboard update that enables removes the Xbox Live Gold requirement to play free-to-play games online.

Ticking time bomb?