PlayStation HK bans chat banter critical of China
PlayStation has banned chat banter that is critical of the People's Republic of China, in a terms of service update which specifically targets the Hong Kong market. The update to…
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2K slips unskippable ads into NBA 2K21
Another week and yet another skeevy games company slipping in undesirable "features" a month post-launch. This time we have 2K games adding unskippable advertisements into NBA 2K21. The game now…
Ninth Generation consoles side-by-side
Another console generation is upon as. This time around, both Sony and Microsoft are looking to win on beefier specs rather than more cost effective hardware. How well with this…
Sony’s new party chat recording for PS5 is hella creepy
Sony will reportedly be allowing internet randos to record your party chats on PlayStation 5 for "safety" purposes. "We want PlayStation to be for everyone", the company said in a…
A technical reason for why the PS5 can’t emulate PS3 games
Even before the PlayStation 5 was announced, many of us hoped it would finally give us backwards compatibility for the PS3. Given my love for Sony's bizarre 7th gen console,…
FIFA 21 Switch and the sports game scam
FIFA 21 released on the Switch this week to the collective groan of soccer fans. The game is, for all intents and purposes, just FIFA 17 with a fresh coat…
How will the Simpsons end?
The Simpsons has been on for 32 years. That's a very long time for any TV series, let alone a scripted prime time show. One YouTube comment I read recently…
Should Nintendo move to a smartphone model for Switch?
Oh boy, those cheeky market analysts are at it again. This time, they're suggesting that Nintendo should move to a smartphone based business model for the Switch. "With every console…
PS5 gets gruesome teardown, innards displayed for the world
Sony has been pretty quiet about the PS5 lately, then all of a sudden we get a surprise teardown, of all things. VP of Mechanical Design Yasushiro Ootori personally disassembled…
Xbox Series X allegedly getting too hot, too hot to handle
Microsoft's next gen Series X is bringing with it some spicy new hardware, that might just be a little too spicy for some. The company recently sent reviewers early production…