Games

We’ve been singing the praises of the Nintendo Switch for years, but there are a couple of little things that could use some improvement. Now, a new accessory fills one of those holes – the Genki Covert Dock, a small device that charges the console and lets players plug it into TVs on the go.

Just a week after Nintendo announced the Switch Lite, the company has quietly unveiled a new hardware revision for its full-sized console. Nintendo Switch consoles sold after August will have a much better battery life than the two-year-old model.

It’s hard to hook up the analog outputs of the original Nintendo 64 to the digital inputs of a modern TV. Now a small company called Eon has stepped in to fill the void with the Super 64, an adapter that lets you plug the console into an HDMI port, and upscales the resolution.

On the Nintendo Switch games like Super Smash Bros Ultimate are best played with Pro Controllers. Japanese accessory company Hori has now unveiled a new controller that's basically a Pro Controller split in two to slide onto either side of the screen in handheld mode.

Microsoft has announced that its next Xbox will launch in the 2020 holiday season, along with a brand new Halo title: Halo Infinite. The console is yet to be officially named, with Microsoft still referring to it as "Project Scarlett" when it pops its head round from behind the curtain.

Ahead of E3 next week, Google has given some more details on its game-streaming platform, Stadia, first announced back in March. We now know how much it’ll cost, when it’ll be out and which games will be available at launch.

E3 is always one of the biggest weeks of the year for game announcements, details and trailers. To get warmed up, New Atlas is diving into the crazy rumors, confirmed appearances and potential wild-cards of this year’s E3 expo.

Software developer Panic ​is getting into the hardware game with a handheld game console that features a hand crank. Called Playdate, it looks like a Gameboy made for (or by) a Minion, doesn't have a color screen, receives new games weekly like a TV show and has a crank handle on the side.

Augmented reality (AR) technology has come a long way since Pokémon Go launched in 2016, and now one of the biggest games of the last decade is joining the ranks. Microsoft has announced Minecraft Earth, an upcoming mobile game that brings the blocky construction set into the real world.

The keyboard and mouse combo is the long-standing weapon of choice for players of first-person shooter games. Now a Chinese company called Ragnok is trying to ramp up the realism a bit with the Mousegun, a controller that’s designed to look and feel like the handle of a pistol.

Capcom is the latest games company to jump into the retro console craze. The Capcom Home Arcade comes preloaded with 16 arcade-era games, playable with two stick-and-button arrangements on one long panel, shaped like the company logo.

Microsoft's worst-kept secret has finally been made official: a disc-less Xbox One S console will be released next month. The company calls it the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, and it will come with three major games pre-installed.