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Nintendo is finally jumping in on the virtual reality bandwagon, with cardboard. It’s been widely rumoured the company was working on a virtual reality headset that would use the Switch itself as a display. Now they’ve finally taken the covers off, and it’s a Labo kit. The device is very similar to Google Cardboard, another…
After seven long years, Sony is finally ending production of the PlayStation Vita in its native Japan. For me, it still stands as one of my favourite handheld systems of all time. Despite it’s numerous flaws, it still had a great library of quirky and unique games. The sort of thing you don’t see too…
Watching the Triple A video games industry melt down is proving to be more entertaining this past year than the games themselves. Our latest tidbit of news to come across my desk involves BioWare’s loot shooter Anthem and it’s propensity to break your PS4. According to various reports in the official subreddit, PlayStation players are…
The Verge has issued copyright strikes against several YouTubers who criticized their now infamous PC building video. Both Rich from ReviewTechUSA and Kyle from BitWit saw their copyright strikes on their channel after they posted videos critical of the build. Both creators argued that their respective videos fall under fair use, as they were using…
EA’s stocks have taken a sharp dive following what the company called a “difficult quarter”. CFO Blake Jorgensen cited increasing competition in the video game space from titles like Fortnight, as well as weaker than expected sales for Battlefield V. The game sold about 7.3 million copies, which was 1 million fewer than expected. “It’s…
When you’re a kid, you have all the time in the world to play games, just no money to buy them. As you become older, the opposite becomes true. There’s money to buy games, just no time to play them. So the games pile up. About a year ago, I decided to replace the flooring…
After two years of stagnation, PC gamers are itching to get their hands on next generation graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD. Both companies delivered at this week’s CES, with a duo of new frame rippers that will certainly mildly whelm the PCMR. Radeon VII: AMD’s 7nm Titan AMD is targeting the high end market…
Slightly Mad Studios has announced they are working on a new console to compete with Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. The Project Cars developer claims the “Mad Box” will be a high end system capable of running games in 4K at up to 120fps. It will also support most VR headsets at 60fps per eye. The…
2018 has brought us a lot of negative news from the gaming industry. Whether it be toxic developers, greedy publishers, the hyper-politicization of the medium, or the usual sloppy releases, it’s easy to forget the good. And man, when 2018 brought on the good, it brought on the good. Since I’ve mostly been playing older…
People have been talking about the next big video game crash for, oh… at least since I’ve been running this site. It seems gamers are eager engage in a little schadenfreude after all the idiotic stunts the industry has pulled over the years. The thing is, the crash might not be just over the horizon…