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Sony has officially unveiled a dedicated remote play handheld. Dubbed the PlayStation Portal, the device will allow players to connect to their PlayStation 5 over WiFi, and stream games locally stored on the console. It features a 1080p display, supports all features from the DualSense 5 controller, and will be capable of streaming at up…
Microsoft should be dominating this generation of gaming. With their powerful and affordable hardware, excellent instant game service, great streaming options, and strong understanding of gamers, they have all the right ingredients. Yet, surprisingly, PlayStation 5 sales have skyrocketed while Xbox Series sales are reportedly down 18% in Q1 2023. This is alarming news for…
It’s been nearly a decade since Sony “unofficially” dropped first party support for the Vita. Since then, a lot has changed in the handheld market. The Nintendo Switch has soared to become the third best selling video game system of all time. Meanwhile, Valve has released their first ever premium portable to rave reviews. So…
When you’re paying upwards of $70 nowadays for a game, you’d expect that it should just work. Yet more and more PC games coming out show that the increasing costs to consumers are not invested better quality control. This week, Sony released their hotly anticipated PC remake of 2013 mega hit The Last of Us….
We’ve all had some bad takes. We’ve poked fun at a few over the 15 years I’ve been running MMNTech. Like Kotaku’s bizarrely political PS4 review, or The Verge’s notoriously awful PC build. Though in fairness, I’ve had some doozies myself. Let’s take a look back at some of the bad gaming takes that have…
Nintendo recently kicked a hornets’ nest when they announced upcoming Zelda title Tears of the Kingdom would be retailing for $70 USD. Some fans expressed anger online, stating the game looked little more than an asset flip of Breath of the Wild. Others brought up, correctly, that raising game prices, during a time when many…
Video games have a big problem with gatekeeping, and not in the way the mainstream games press would like you to believe. Gamers have often been accused, among other things, of gatekeeping their hobby to prevent it from becoming “diverse” and “inclusive”. Whatever those mean. Nerds have long been excluded for mainstream society, and are…
When you’ve been gaming for as long as I have, you’ve had the pleasure to see a lot of fads come and go from the hobby. And one of the most overhyped fads in that time just might be virtual reality. Consumer VR has been with us for about a decade now. This past year,…
AMD has a big problem with their GPU division. The company just released their new top end RDNA3 cards a few weeks back to rather tepid reviews. Now, if you’ve been following Radeon for a while now, this should be unsurprising. It’s been a very long time since their high end offerings were able to…
Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals. 2022 has been a wild ride for gaming. W finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel, and while we certainly had plenty of disappointing titles this year, we got some absolute bangers as well. Hopefully you were lucky enough to find some of our…