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Play Station consoles will need age verification to use voice chat from this year
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (480+ words) Big changes are coming to how you use your Play Station console, with Sony being forced to demand age verification to use certain online features. Until recently, all age verification meant was entering your date of birth into a website…...
Nintendo secretly opened a dedicated London store and didn't tell anyone
20+ hour, 52+ min ago (532+ words) A Tik Tok video by a fan has done more to promote the new London store than Nintendo itself has. Last October, Nintendo opened one of its Nintendo Stores in London, which was the first of its kind in Europe,…...
The death of video game VR is a crying shame - Reader's Feature
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (545+ words) After buying a PSVR2 and a Meta Quest 3, a reader laments that a potential golden age for VR gaming already seems to have come to an end. I'm in my late 40s now and for my whole life VR has been something…...
Sony should re-release the PS4 to combat rising prices - Reader's Feature
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (690+ words) With the Play Station 6 looming, a reader argues that Sony should instead re-release the Play Station 4, as a more cost effective console for both gamers and the games industry. With constant stories about rising hardware prices and the Play Station…...
Games Inbox: How powerful will the PS6 portable be?
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1448+ words) The Thursday letters page wonders what would've happened to Xbox if Starfield had been a smash hit, as readers are baffled by the new God Of War rumours. 1 for the price of 2 This stuff about the portable Play Station 6 is…...
Overwatch is 'broken' on Nintendo Switch 2 as Blizzard promises 60fps patch
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (380+ words) Blizzard's Overwatch has officially launched on the Nintendo Switch 2, but fans are angry that the promised 60fps gameplay is absent. A dedicated Switch 2 version of Overwatch (previously, and confusingly, known as Overwatch 2) was released earlier this week, which promised improved visuals,…...
PS6 console and handheld backwards compatible with PS4 games claims leak
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (512+ words) Sony's next console will boast a huge library of games at launch according to a new leak, as it's backwards compatible with the PS4 and PS5. Sony hasn't officially announced anything regarding the Play Station 6, but there are several prevailing rumours around…...
Bloodborne movie announced by Sony but it's being produced by a You Tuber
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (611+ words) A second From Software movie adaptation is in the works, but it's unclear how involved the developer actually is with its production. It is shameful the way Bloodborne has been thoroughly ignored by Sony, since its 2015 launch on Play Station…...
New Xbox boss keeps saying all the right things as Game Pass price drop teased
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (787+ words) Asha Sharma has already acknowledged the demand for a return to Xbox exclusives and now it's claimed to be something the company is seriously considering. There was plenty of scepticism going around when Asha Sharma took over from Phil Spencer…...
Nintendo Game Cube is my favourite console even though I know it's not the best
1+ week, 3+ day ago (227+ words) Despite its flaws, in terms of hardware and software, a reader explains why the Nintendo Game Cube is his mostly fondly remembered video game console. I reckon both of these Pok'mon Game Cube adventures mirrored the declining popularity of Pok'mon....