Games
Four out five households in the US own a video game console. With the halcyon days of the arcade far behind us, video games have entered the mainstream and the industry now surpasses Hollywood in terms of revenue. Mobile games have changed the gaming landscape again, with virtual reality (VR) also set to become big business in coming years. What's next?
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Backbone One brings PlayStation 5 controller to iPhone mobile gaming
August 01, 2022As streaming games improve, so too do mobile controllers. The Backbone One PlayStation Edition is a new controller that fits around your iPhone and lets you play PS4 and PS5 games via Remote Play, and any other mobile or streaming games. -
Sony ups its audio-visual game with Inzone brand releases
June 30, 2022Sony Electronics has announced a new brand to support its gaming universe. The Inzone line combines the company's expertise in audio and visuals, launching with a 4K monitor and a pair of noise-canceling headphones. -
MSI launches Liberator programmable gaming foot pedal
June 15, 2022The classic keyboard and mouse setup is a gaming staple, but there are two other appendages slacking off under the desk: your feet. Gamer brand MSI is now launching the Liberator, a programmable foot pedal that can be used for any action in any game. -
Alienware's new game-streaming box can run four sessions at once
January 03, 2022Alienware's new Concept Nyx game-streaming device would supply all the necessary horsepower for four concurrent gaming sessions on any screen in the house, opening up some interesting options like super-simple switching between different screens. -
Amiga 500 Mini retro console emerges from the archives
August 11, 2021Sometimes you just want to wrap yourself in the comfortable nostalgia of classic games. Modernized mini consoles help if you don’t have the originals, and the latest is the Amiga 500 Mini, which comes loaded with 25 games and the option to add more. -
Valve's portable Steam Deck console takes your Steam library on the go
July 16, 2021The Nintendo Switch is a nifty concept, but arguably underpowered and lacking in game variety. Valve is now having a crack at it with the Steam Deck, a handheld gaming console that can play your existing Steam library on the go or on a big screen. -
xScreen turns the Xbox Series S into a "portable" laptop
July 12, 2021Nintendo has the monopoly on hybrid home/portable gaming consoles, but soon you could take your Xbox Series S on the road too. The xScreen is a plug-in accessory currently on Kickstarter that turns Microsoft’s console into a kind of chunky laptop. -
Nintendo reveals new Switch model with 7-inch OLED touchscreen
July 06, 2021After much online chatter, Nintendo has finally announced a new member of its portable handheld gaming family. The Switch (OLED model) boasts a vibrant 7-inch screen, more built-in storage, and comes with a dock sporting a wired LAN port. -
Portable Nintendo Switch dock fast-charges and upscales to 4K
May 26, 2021The Nintendo Switch may be portable, but its dock not so much. The OmniCentro, aims to solve that problem with a pocket-sized gizmo that fast-charges the battery and outputs the visuals to a display – upscaling the resolution to 4K in the process. -
Microsoft update puts Xbox-like controls on Surface Duo's second screen
May 25, 2021Microsoft has announced an update to its Xbox Games Pass cloud gaming platform for Android that turns one of the Surface Duo's dual screens into a virtual touch controller while the other displays the game. -
Augmented reality true crime tour opens a virtual window to the past
May 17, 2021Location-based augmented reality games are expanding into all kinds of avenues. Eastern Market Murder tasks players with solving a century-old true crime mystery in the actual locations where it all went down. New Atlas hit the streets to try it out. -
Evercade VS retro game console mashes old and new schools together
April 26, 2021Retro games will never go out of style, but they can be hard to find and play on modern consoles. The Evercade VS tries to blend the old and new schools, playing cartridges loaded with compilations of 80s and 90s games with a few modern concessions. -
Sony reveals PlayStation 5 VR controllers
March 18, 2021Just weeks after confirming a PlayStation 5 VR system is in development, Sony has now shown off the controllers. The new designs look lightyears ahead of the PS4’s clunky old sticks, and pack features from the PS5’s DualSense and Sony's competitors. -
WowCube takes gaming to another dimension
December 24, 2020Imagine if you crossed a handheld gaming system with a Rubik's Cube. What you'd get is CubiOs Inc's WowCube, which is currently an honoree in the CES 2021 Innovation Awards. -
Touchscreen table packs dozens of digital board games and puzzles
November 19, 2020As fun as board games are, they can be a fiddly to set up and expensive to keep buying the new ones. Arcade1Up's Infinity Game Table, currently on Kickstarter, digitizes dozens of classic games like Monopoly and Scrabble into a touchscreen table.
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