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Update – Sony has responded to the report, issuing an official statement denying the claim that they have cut PS5 production due to hardware issues. “While we do not release details related to manufacturing, the information provided by Bloomberg is false. We have not changed the production number for PlayStation 5 since the start of mass production.”…
On the Weekend throwback, we revisit some vintage, well aged (like fine milk) articles from the site’s history, to see how tech has evolved in the last 13 years. This time, we take a step back to my review of Metal Gear Solid IV: Guns of the Patriots, Hideo Kojima’s magnum opus, and one of…
Nintendo keeps denying that a Switch Pro is in the works, yet the rumour just keeps cropping up like a bad penny. This time, Bloomberg is reporting the company has asked third-party developers to make their upcoming games 4K-ready. Digital Foundry speculated earlier in the year that this may be possible, using Nvidia’s proprietary Deep…
There’s been a whirlwind of news this morning regarding the upcoming Xbox Series X and Series S. After a flurry of leaks that came out in the wee hours, we now, finally, have official confirmation about their release dates, and how much they’ll cost. Let’s get the big news out of the way first. Microsoft…
Nintendo finally had a Direct last week. Yay! Remember those? Well, this year we’re celebrating Mario’s 35th anniversary, and we’re getting some “new” releases featuring the shroom popping Italian plumber. Perhaps the biggest announcement was Super Mario 3D All-Stars, which features a trio of remastered classic titles including Mario 64, Mario Sunshine, and Mario Galaxy….
Back in July, I wrote about how neither Sony nor Microsoft seem all that confident about their upcoming 9th generation consoles. Now that the critical fall season is upon us, it seems like we’re no further ahead than we were at the start of summer. Both companies are still holding their cards very close to…
On the Weekend throwback, we revisit some vintage, well aged (like fine milk) articles from the site’s history, to see how tech has evolved in the last 13 years. Today, we’re checking out our classic review of the PlayStation 3 from September 2008. Was it really a 7th generation Beast? I’ve been saving for a…
It’s been a long time since we’ve had free online multiplayer on consoles. Nintendo was the final hold out, officially moving to a premium service back in 2018. However, there’s a rather intriguing rumour going around that Microsoft, the company that invented paid online multiplayer, might actually be looking to do away with it. Could…
Halo Infinite is not a pretty game. At least not by next gen standards, with all their fancy ray tracing and more polys than you can shake a stick at. The game looks, kind of gross to be honest. Even Digital Foundry questioned why they had chosen to show that particular part of the world…
As someone who’s primarily a PC gamer, the whole concept of backwards compatibility just seems bizarre to me. I have games over 20 years old that will still contently run on a modern PC. Sure, not everything works perfectly. Sometimes you need a tweak or an emulator in the case of DOS titles, but they…