8BitDo's new Forest Wonder keyboard and mouse bring a touch of the outdoors to your gaming setup
Do nerdy gamers love cozy forests enough to spend around $200 on the combo?
GTA VI is ready to pre-load, but even the PS5 Pro tops out at 30 FPS
The pricier console gets sharper visuals and ray-traced shadows instead
Something to look forward to: These days, paying extra for a PS5 Pro usually gets you a smoother version of the same game. Grand Theft Auto VI won't offer that, at least not at launch. Rockstar opened pre-loads for the game today and confirmed it targets 30 FPS on every console, Sony's pricier box included. Instead, the Pro's extra muscle is going toward sharper visuals.
Stuffing an Xbox inside an alligator is the most Florida way ever to promote GTA VI
An alligator ate my Xbox
Microsoft is giving away 25 Xbox games worth over $500 with new Windows PCs and handhelds
From Doom and Halo to Skyrim and Fallout, the bundle spans decades of Xbox history
Gears of War: E-Day's half-billion-dollar budget was no rumor
It's now the clearest example of runaway AAA costs
The Elder Scrolls 6 is reportedly titled "Sentinel," and a reveal might come soon
The Elder Scrolls reveal could land on the 15th anniversary of Skyrim
Microsoft is emailing Xbox owners to trade in their consoles, less than a year after raising prices
The company wants your old hardware back to refurbish and resell
The next Xbox could arrive in 2028 for $1,200 to $1,800, Xbox handheld may launch in 2027
À la carte Xbox Game Pass subscription is also coming
Xbox unveils the Nano Controller, a smaller, cheaper alternative that fits in your pocket
The $50 controller weighs just 3.5 ounces but retains all 18 standard Xbox inputs
Gaming consoles are more expensive than ever, and fewer people are buying them
The average price rose from $476 to $541 this year, and Xbox and PlayStation buyers are paying all-time highs
Rumored specs put Xbox Helix's GPU 40% ahead of PS6 on paper, but TFLOPs don't tell the whole story
Sony and Microsoft have reportedly locked in their next-gen console GPUs
Microsoft's new patent wants Xbox games to rewrite themselves as you play
New quests, characters, and narrative paths would be based on how players interact with the world
Xbox lays off 268 more people as Activision takes over Halo and Bethesda absorbs Obsidian
In a nutshell: The next round of Microsoft's previously announced layoffs includes major studio consolidations and possibly more closures. The Halo franchise just got its biggest shakeup in years as the Xbox manufacturer seeks to cut costs and the number of moving parts. Meanwhile, the fates of Ninja Theory and Arkane Lyon hang in the balance.
Hideo Kojima to part ways with Sony, will bring his new gaming projects to Xbox
Is anyone at Sony still interested in making video games?
SteelSeries wants $260 for a controller that instantly switches between your PC and Xbox
A luxury controller for affluent gamers deeply invested in Microsoft's ecosystem
Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting monthly time limits, and you'll be able to pay for more
Game Pass tiers get 5, 10, or 15 monthly cloud streaming hours starting in November
Xbox unveils disc-to-digital feature designed to digitize existing physical games
Leverage the benefits of digital
Microsoft partners with Razer, 8BitDo, and Backbone on Xbox 25th anniversary collection
Translucent green accessories from top brands
Sony still hasn't decided when the PlayStation 6 will launch
Specs are likely locked in, but the memory crisis has upset everything
Modders are trying to bring Game Pass and Xbox games to Mac and Linux
Game Pass could come to MacBooks and Steam Decks
Gears of War: E-Day open beta kicks off today, and PVP made it in after all
Minimum specs call for an RTX 5050 or RX 9060, 12GB of RAM, and 80GB of storage
Xbox 360 games could soon be playable on PCs, handhelds, and next-gen Xbox consoles
Microsoft is also planning digital licenses that move with your Xbox disc
A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows
Owning the disc no longer guarantees you can play without an internet connection
Xbox keeps sinking while Microsoft's AI business keeps soaring
Azure revenue crossed $100 billion for the first time
Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped physical games from working
Microsoft says its licensing system was never meant to block physical games