Sony is monitoring the Nintendo Switch 2 as a competitive console, but because of the PlayStation 5’s “differentiated strategy,” they’re not too worried. In a newly published Game & Network Services Segment Fireside Chat video, Hideaki Nishino, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO, addressed concerns that Nintendo’s positive and developing relationships with third-party developers would lead to “tougher competition” from Nintendo in the coming years. Nishino dismissed any concern and...
For every massive success Nintendo releases, there’s an oddball that confuses everyone. In 2017, that was the two-player party game 1-2 Switch, a collection of accessible mini-games. Think Wii Sports, but without the cutesy Miis, or Mario Party without the brand recognition. Players would be prompted to do anything from milking digital cows, to inflating fake balloons as fast as possible. The casual party game sold a few million copies,...
Last week, we asked you to share stealthy moments from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s sneaky highlights: call_me_xavii shares Aloy peeking through tall grass in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. crimsonashtree shares Connor sneaking up on someone in Detroit Become Human. BBSnakeCorn shares the Cairn protagonist sneakily swimming up to a frog. Lny_Trpr_EE7 shares Ashley sneaking through the mansion in Resident Evil 4 Remake....
Devil May Cry 5 has officially crossed 10 million units sold since its 2019 release, and according to Capcom, the boost came largely thanks to Netflix’s anime adaptation reigniting interest in the franchise. “Recently, on April 3, 2025, the company released the new Devil May Cry animated series on Netflix,” said Capcom’s press release, “in line with the company’s Single Content Multiple Usage strategy,” which sees the company adapting its...
With the news always full of stories about massive data breaches, whether they're genuinely huge or just a false alarm, it should come as a surprise to learn that the risk of cybercrime affecting gaming has never been greater than at any time before. With billions of PCs, consoles, and phones being used around the world for playing games, and over 200 billion cyberattacks a day, it would seem that...
Mario Kart World boasted many new exciting features when it was released alongside the Switch 2 on June 5, including a massive main roster totaling 50 playable characters. Of these, 24 are main characters and 26 are detailed as NPC racers, with main characters having access to a slew of quirky, cute, and badass outfits, while NPCs do not. However, not all of the main characters have an equal number...
Bilibili hardware channel 51972 has released a video detailing benchmarking comparisons of 22 different models of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and came to a slightly troubling conclusion—the variants making use of Samsung GDDR6 memory chips are slightly slower when compared to their older, SK Hynix-equipped cousins.How much slower? By, err, 2.6% on average. Granted, it's not exactly a massive difference, but it's still a little disappointing to know...
To say that I had absolutely no idea what was going on the first time I played Mio: Memories in Orbit is probably an understatement. I was far too busy admiring and exploring the beautiful if slightly creepy landscape to pay much attention to any greater goal. But after getting smacked around by a couple of robots I came to my senses.You play as Mio in this metroidvania, who has...
RuneScape players haven't relented since news broke a few days ago that new Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy—also known in-community as Mod North—was effectively killing off Pride Month celebrations in RuneScape and Old School RuneScape (OSRS) in order to "ensure the business is protected against those that would wish us harm."Speaking to staff, Bellamy said that Pride content was "controversial in a way it didn’t used to be and that controversy...
Up front disclosure: I'm a sucker for 34-inch ultrawide monitors, I reckon they're still the sweetspot for sensible-money gaming. With that in mind, you'd think Alienware's newly updated 34-inch ultrawide OLED monitor, the Alienware 34 AW3425DW, is odds on for a very high score.After all, we loved the OG Alienware 34-inch ultrawide, the Alienware 34 AW3423DW. Its lower priced sibling, the Alienware 34 AW3423DWF, was even better thanks to a...