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We are a week away from the Xbox Games Showcase and already we've had some bad news that Xbox has sidelined its handheld project 'Pembrook' according to Windows Central. What of the rest of Xbox and its expectations for next week? Last year it delivered a stellar show. This year expectations seem to be a bit mixed but why? The new Cyberpunk game was officially revealed as Cyberpunk 2 a...

Whilst the Xbox hardware division can get plenty of criticisms it looks like its software offerings, particularly in relation to Xbox Game Pass are another story entirely. Xbox Game Pass subscribers just got the Oblivion Remaster shadow drop on to the service and this is no mere remaster. Its restyled in Unreal Engine and not one of your lazy cash grabs that you see from other platform holders (yo...

Console gamers continue to get the shaft as Playstation increases the price of Playstation Plus in several regions, Nintendo continues to reveal how greedy it is, but not when it comes to trying to pay off Digital Foundry for their tech comparisons. Marathon had its reveal last week and the public reception isn't great. This may end up being another failure for Sony with its GaaS endeavour but...

Nintendo has stumbled in a very big way. After the offical reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo revealed information about its game pricing and Nintendo is seeking to singlehandedly increase game pricing from $70 to $80. Nintendo is also seeking to charge for upgrades for the same games from the Nintendo Switch to the Switch 2. This has understandably incensed the gaming community who see lit...

The industry continues to shift more and more as the lines between platform exclusivity and walled gardens get blurred. We had the Nintendo Direct and Playstation games made an appearance including Everybody's Golf Hot Shots and Patapon 1+2 Replay. These certainly won't be the last Playstation games appearing on other platforms. Talk of the Xbox and hybrid console really gained steam (pun intended...

This week we got a fair bit of news from all over. Kojima wowed everyone with a 10 minute trailer for Death Stranding 2 which looks absolutely amazing. Jez Corden from Windows Central broke the news about an OEM Xbox Handheld but it sounds kinda rubbish to me and all the bold sqwaking from the Playstation faithful about the PS5 Pro and its so-called PSSR tech morphed into waiting for the tools and...

I was away last week and since then lots of things happened. Fable got delayed (as I expected), AMD shocked everyone by slapping NVIDIA in the face with its new GPU that finally brings real competition in the graphics card space, Hazelight Studios and Josef Fares just keep on winning with Split Fiction that wows critics, Playstation had more layoffs and Ballistic Moon behind the Until Dawn series...

Its about time I got this POS on the show. Nick Marseil, the serial Playstation defender will be joining me as we talk all things Playstation, the State of Play that really did hurt his feelings (which he will vehemently deny), how Jim Ryan set back Playstation for years, the future of Xbox and Playstation in the gaming space and more.

At this point it feels like we are silly to hold out hope in Playstation delivering a good show. Another Sony State of Play that fails to appease the starving Sony fanbase that has been gagging for a good showcase or State of Play since 2023? Maybe even before that. Who knows. Either way, welcome to the Apple of Gaming.

Take Two just reconfirmed that Grant Theft Auto 6 will be coming out in 2025. I still struggle to believe it! But if its true, that means 2025 is the year of GTA 6 and everyone else needs to stay clear from its path! Not only that, we got a reveal of the new Battlefield game and sign ups for its playtest. This is it! If you wanted a good Battlefield game, how can you go wrong with none other than...

What an insane week of gaming news. The reality of Xbox being a third party publisher hit most people, even those in denial, with the announcement of Forza Horizon 5 coming to Playstation 5 in spring! Playstation finally gets an arcade racer worthy of note! Sony also sees more restructuring as another leader gets the boot or demoted as Hermen Hulst is forced to relinquish his CO-CEO role. Then you...

Xbox finally had its much awaited Developer Direct 2025 and boy was it a good one! With game reveals, release dates for them all and titles like Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight and Expedition 33 all looking promising. Ninja Gaiden 4 was the surprise announcement and the remake of Ninja Gaiden 2 got a shadow drop. Xbox Game Pass all of a sudden looks extremely potent to even the most blinker...

It has not been a great week for Playstation. After the insight from Shuhei Yoshida about the state of Playstation, we immediately got news that 2 Playstation live service games got cancelled. One of them was a God of War live service game being developed by Bluepoint. This has caused a huge stir with Playstation fans, showing just how lost Sony is with its live service pivot. Nintendo also reveal...

Shuhei Yoshida no longer works at Playstation and now is able to talk freely about the gaming giant. In a remarkably candid interview with Kinda Funny, he discusses the failures of Playstation amongst other things. I go live solo to talk about all this and some of the incredible attempts at damage controlling from Playstation zealots.

Finally gaming news is starting to churn again! Not only did we have CES which had Nvidia reveal the next generation of graphics cards including the beastly Nvidia RTX 5090 that make the PS5 Pro look like a a measly toy, we got a whole range of GPU's that got a lot of people talking. Xbox then announced its Developer Direct which is supposed to include a suprise reveal of an unannounced game. Then...

The expectations were high for Sony to acquire Kodakawa, as news broke out that both parties were interested in a potental acquisition by Sony. However, this week it was announced that Sony would only be acquiring a 10% stake in the company that has delivered incredible hits as Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring to name but a few. This week Satya Nadella boasted proudly about Microsoft's strategy o...

We just had the best ever Game Awards show ever. A bevy of incredible reveals, announcements and surpises. Playstation won big with several awards including the coveted Game of the Year award and Xbox was there to fondle everyone. There were also some oddities in the awards winners and some controversies including Naughty Dog's new game.

Xbox finally gets a win with Indiana Jones from Machine Games as reviewers sing its praises. Marvels Rivals gets a huge dose of players as the game breaks the live service mould of late by delivering a promising free to play title with potentially long legs and Path of Exile 2 might just be a sleeper hit and take over the space Diablo enjoys. Oh and Valve is thinking of entering the console space...

Are videogames too woke now? This topic keeps rearing its head but the art director at Obsidian did nothing to swell the debate but add fuel to it with his controversial statements that even got Elon Musk involved. You see it all the time. Pronouns in games, switched gender roles, or issues regarding race. Is their merit in the arguments of those detractors that bemoan developers seeking inclusivi...

Xbox is finally getting in gear with its game releases but its not all smooth sailing with Stalker 2 receiving mixed critical reception and plagued with many bugs whilst the PC community embraces it wholeheartedly with decent player numbers. Avowed gets early previews by select content creators and things are looking positive for it. Will this game be met well critically? The Game Award nomination...

After confirming that there is no red line on any Xbox games coming to Playstation and other platforms, Microsoft officially launched its new marketing campaign that doubled down on its open platform strategy. But will this strategy, at the cost of the Xbox console gamer, work? Is Xbox actually forward facing in this strategy?

After confirming that there is no red line on any Xbox games coming to Playstation and other platforms, Microsoft officially launched its new marketing campaign that doubled down on its open platform strategy. But will this strategy, at the cost of the Xbox console gamer, work? Is Xbox actually forward facing in this strategy?

Its good to be back after a 2 week hiatus! We got huge gaming news this week. Death Stranding got shadow dropped dropped on Xbox out of nowhere! A former PlayStation exclusive now joins Xbox. It looks like third parties aren't so amenable to Playstation deals like before. This could signal a change in the landscape of exclusives going forward. I’ll dive into what this means for Xbox and PlayStatio...

Out of no where 343 or should I say Halo Studios made some huge announcements and revealed the future look of Halo games with the move to Unreal Engine 5. It impressed many but also caused some controversy. Metaphor: ReFantazio is Atlus' fastest selling game, with excellent Steam player counts and huge critical success despite the concern trolling from some odd concerns of the internet.

Starfield's first big DLC is out and it has not been met with rave reviews. Some have lashed out at reviewers speaking ill of it. Is this trademark overreaction and defensiveness? Silent Hill 2 on the other hand has shocked many including me with its great critical reception. Bloober Team have defied the doubters. It looks like Ubisoft might be getting positioned to be bought out after a series of...