Gaming

Japan’s Nintendo cut its full-year sales Switch forecast by 12 percent to 11 million units as the aging console loses momentum ahead of the launch of a successor device this year. Nintendo remains dependent on its console business even as it has opened stores and its roster of characters feature in theme parks and film.

Microsoft is coming back with its independent games-focussed ID@Xbox showcase later this month. The showcase will feature trailers, gameplay and reveals from indie studios, including Don’t Nod, No More Robots, 11 Bit, and more. ID@Xbox will be livestreamed as part of IGN Fan Fest on February 24. Last month, Microsoft hosted its Xbox Developer Direct

Sony is said to be planning a State of Play games showcase for later this month. The PlayStation parent will likely share updates on upcoming first-party and third-party titles. The last State of Play presentation was streamed in September 2024, where Sony revealed Sucker Punch’s upcoming action-adventure title, Ghost of Yotei. State of Play Broadcast

PGA Tour Pro Golf is set to arrive on Apple Arcade next week. The popular golf game series will make its way to Apple’s subscription gaming service, that offers access to several titles without advertisements or in-app purchases. PGA Tour Pro Golf will include virtual versions of real golf courses, and it will offer support

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has hit over four million players, Microsoft confirmed Wednesday at its second quarter earnings call for FY 2025. The action-adventure title from developer MachineGames released on PC and Xbox Series S/X in December 2024. The game is also set to arrive on PlayStation 5 later this year. Indiana Jones

Grand Theft Auto 6 is slated for launch on current-generation consoles in Fall 2025, but developer Rockstar Games has not yet confirmed a release date. While leaks and rumours about GTA 6 have drummed up speculation, official details about the hotly anticipated game remain sparse. A new leak, however, could have pointed towards the exact

Microsoft held its Xbox Developer Direct 2025 showcase on Friday, sharing details about its upcoming first-party games and bringing some new announcements. Bethesda’s first-person shooter Doom: The Dark Ages finally received a release date, and so did Compulsion Games’ action-adventure title, South of Midnight. Both games also showed off new gameplay footage and shared pre-order details

Microsoft has pivoted to releasing its first party games on rival consoles from Sony and Nintendo over the past year and intends to continue with its multiplatform launch strategy. The company has sought to de-emphasise its gaming hardware — the Xbox console — and instead focussed on pushing its titles to as many platforms as

Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to arrive in Fall 2025 but with no confirmed release date, pre-order details for the game aren’t yet available. The lack of clarity around pricing and the intense anticipation for the game has led to speculation about GTA 6 possibly breaking the $70 price barrier for games. An analyst

After a string of leaks and months of speculation, Nintendo finally revealed its next hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch 2, Thursday. In a video published on its social media channels, the Japanese company showed off a bigger, blacker, and better successor to the phenomenally successful Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in 2025

Sony Group Corp.’s PlayStation has canceled previously unannounced games at two of its top subsidiaries, the company said Thursday. The games, at Oregon-based Bend Studio and Texas-based Bluepoint Games, were both “live service” projects designed to draw recurring revenue from players.  A company spokesperson confirmed the cancellations. In a statement, the spokesperson said the two

The successor to the Nintendo Switch will be revealed this week, an industry insider has claimed. Rumours and leaks about the Nintendo Switch 2 have intensified ahead of launch, with several sources claiming an official announcement on the hybrid console could be right around the corner. Nintendo is said to be ready to unveil the

Nintendo Switch 2 is expected to launch in the coming months, and images of the company’s upcoming handheld gaming console have leaked online, giving us a closer look at its design. The design renders appear to confirm several claims made over the past few months that suggest the successor to the Nintendo Switch will feature

Nintendo Switch 2 is expected to debut in the coming months, and details of the device previously surfaced online in the form of a dummy unit, giving us a good look at its design. A user on Reddit has now leaked images of the purported Joy-Cons for the upcoming handheld gaming console. These images suggest

Asus unveiled new ROG Strix G and Strix Scar gaming laptops on Tuesday at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) in Las Vegas. These laptops have been equipped with Nvidia’s new GeForce 50 series GPUs, which are based on the latest Blackwell architecture. They are also equipped with updated Intel Arrow Lake HX series

Sony made a host of announcements at its Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The company confirmed that it will continue building on its movie and series adaptation plans for its popular gaming titles following the success of The Last of Us, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal, and Uncharted. The

Lenovo Legion Go S was unveiled at CES 2025, alongside other laptop models from the company. The newest handheld gaming consoles from Lenovo are available in Windows 11 and SteamOS variants, and are equipped with up to Ryzen Z1 Extreme processors from AMD, along with up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD storage.

Asus unveiled its 2025 lineup of refreshed TUF gaming laptops along with a brand new 18-inch model at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. It comprises three models — TUF Gaming A16, and F16, and the new TUF Gaming A18. All of them come equipped with up to Nvidia GeForce

CES 2025 has seen the launch of new handheld gaming consoles, such as the Lenovo Legion Go S and the Acer Nitro Blaze 11. While there’s no sign of Microsoft’s rumoured gaming handheld, a senior executive dropped a hint of the company’s plans to improve the user experience for Windows-based consoles that could arrive as

Between games industry layoffs, studio closures, live service disasters, and — despite it all — some excellent games, 2024 was a packed year for the medium. Some of the biggest stories of the year were marked by industry-wide shifts — from Xbox making its first-party games available on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, to live service