Nintendo surprised and delighted us this week with Nintendo Labo, its build-it-yourself cardboard kits that are part game, part engineering, and pure Nintendo weirdness… but in a good way. Nintendo Labo was announced…
Metal Gear Survive Beta Starts Today
The beta for Metal Gear Survive begins today. Konami announced the dates for the beta back in December, and reconfirmed today it will be available from now until January 21 on PlayStation 4…
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Gets Physical Release in March
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is getting physical editions on March 6. The game will receive two different physical editions, the Standard Edition and the Vinyl Edition. Both editions are available…
Pokemon 3DS Players to Get Free Legendary Each Month
The Pokemon Company is celebrating 2018 in a legendary way with promotions across its popular creature-collecting franchise, including a free Legendary Pokemon each month for Pokemon Sun/Moon and Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon…
Microsoft patches its earlier Meltdown patch for AMD PCs, allowing them to boot
AMD processors aren’t affected by the devastating Meltdown CPU flaw, but the emergency fix for Meltdown and Spectre brought certain AMD CPUs to their knees. Microsoft has now resumed issuing patches for…
Nintendo eShop Releases for Switch and 3DS: January 15 – 21
We’re officially half way through the month of January with no slowdown of game releases in sight. So IGN has gathered a list of the latest eShop releases of the week for…
Hunt: Showdown Opens Closed Alpha Sign-Ups
Hunt: Showdown – the new bounty hunting game from Crysis developer Crytek – has opened registrations for a closed Alpha testing phase, which will begin on January 31. A “select group” of…
Destiny 2: Bungie Acknowledges Rally Token Throttling
Destiny 2 has once again come under fire for a perceived lack of transparency, after it emerged that Rally Tokens – the currency through which players can increase their standing in their…
Acer Swift 1 review: A cheap, lightweight ultra-portable that skimps on performance
While the Acer Swift 1 delivers what it promises—a slim and light chassis, plenty of battery life, a solid-state drive and even a fingerprint reader, all for less than $350—it makes painful speed…
Android Wear vs. Samsung Gear: Which smartwatch should you buy?
If your phone runs Android, and you’re interested in buying a smartwatch, your journey begins with answering a single fundamental question: Samsung Gear or Android Wear? Sure, there are other smartwatch platforms…