Gaming Hardware PSVR 1 games will not work immediately on PSVR 2 Potentially the only negative we've heard with the PSVR 2 By Matt Frusher, September 17, 2022, 12:15 PM 14 comments
Gaming Sony Game Boost trailer suggests more older games will receive PS5 improvements We could also see a new logo on game boxes By Rob Thubron, May 7, 2021, 8:10 AM 14 comments
Gaming Xbox Series X/S gain FPS Boost mode that doubles frame rates in older games A great value add for new Xbox owners By David Matthews, February 17, 2021, 4:10 PM 12 comments
Gaming Microsoft Confirmed: all Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One games will be playable on the Series X at launch And they will 'look and play better,' to boot By Cohen Coberly, October 28, 2020, 1:26 PM
Gaming Can PS5's backward compatibility preserve Konami's PT, or will it slip further into obscurity? Cross-generational data transfers should allow users to transfer the classic horror demo to their PS5 By Cal Jeffrey, October 20, 2020, 1:01 PM
Gaming Microsoft Xbox Series X/S will boost some older games' framerates, graphics, and loading times Fallout 4 jumps to 60fps By Rob Thubron, October 14, 2020, 5:16 AM 7 comments
Gaming PlayStation 5 will play over 4,000 PS4 games, but some might 'exhibit errors or unexpected behavior' Also, PS5 will have DualShock 4 support, but only for PS4 games By Cal Jeffrey, October 9, 2020, 1:54 PM 22 comments
Gaming Ubisoft says PS5 won't be backward compatible with PS3, PS2 or PS1 What will the PS5's backward compatibility look like? By Shawn Knight, August 31, 2020, 3:09 PM 14 comments
Microsoft Gaming Xbox Series X will be Microsoft's most compatible console to date Good news for game preservationists By Shawn Knight, May 28, 2020, 10:02 AM 13 comments
Hardware AMD axes Zen 3 support on 400-series motherboards: Is AMD pulling an Intel? Our thoughts on AM4 compatibility moving forward By Steven Walton, May 11, 2020, 1:01 PM 96 comments
Hardware AMD confirms that X570 and B550 chipsets will support next-gen Zen 3 architecture An affordable upgrade path By Shawn Knight, May 7, 2020, 12:16 PM 52 comments
Gaming PlayStation VP now says PS5 is compatible with the 'overwhelming majority' of PS4 games Cerny was just using the top 100 games as an example of the design team's testing progress By Cal Jeffrey, March 23, 2020, 12:01 PM
Gaming PlayStation 5 backwards compatibility: Support for some, but not all PS4 games It will support "almost all" of the top 100 PS4 games at launch By Cal Jeffrey, March 18, 2020, 11:10 PM 16 comments
Gaming Hardware Another Sony patent surfaces, further suggesting backwards compatibility for PlayStation 5 It's titled "Simulation of legacy bus operation for backward compatibility" By Eric Hamilton, February 24, 2019, 3:50 PM 7 comments
Gaming Hardware New Sony patent could mean complete backwards compatibility on PlayStation 5 A new patent suggests the PS5 could emulate all previous consoles By Eric Hamilton, February 3, 2019, 6:02 AM 36 comments
Gaming Microsoft You can now play Mass Effect 2 and 3 on Xbox One By Tim Schiesser, November 8, 2016, 9:30 AM
Gaming Microsoft Microsoft does the 'impossible,' adds backward compatibility for multi-disc 360 games to Xbox One By Shawn Knight, May 14, 2016, 4:30 PM 12 comments
Gaming Microsoft Download The Witcher 2 for free on Xbox right now By Tim Schiesser, January 21, 2016, 7:30 PM
Gaming Microsoft Xbox at GamesCom: backwards compatibility set for November, DVR in 2016 By Stephen Libbey, August 4, 2015, 4:30 PM
Gaming The PlayStation 4 will not be getting backwards compatibility By Tim Schiesser, June 19, 2015, 12:45 PM 15 comments
Gaming Microsoft Microsoft at E3: Xbox 'Game Preview,' backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games and PC mods By Shawn Knight, June 15, 2015, 4:45 PM 7 comments