News, reviews, articles on the topic Consoles
The Xbox Game Showcase was not without hardware - Microsoft showed a 1TB charcoal black version of the Xbox Series S:
Sony has released a minor update for PlayStation 5 on 23.01-07.40.00 - it will be available to users the next time they switch on the console. The update notes contain only two points:
Western Digital continues to expand its presence in the console accessories market and introduces two memory expansion cards for the Xbox Series: a 500GB card for $79.99 and a 1TB card for $149.99. In addition, both versions come with a one-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, making them even more attractive to gamers.
Dead Cells developers have announced plans for further content support for the game after reaching 10 million copies sold, as reported by developer Motion Twin and studio Evil Empire
Microsoft has teamed up with US nail polish manufacturer OPI to announce a new special edition controller for the Xbox.
Publisher Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios have announced that the first-person adventure shooter Dead Island 2 has sold over 1 million copies in the first three days after its release!
Atari recently made a big move by acquiring the intellectual property rights to more than 100 retro games from the 80s and 90s, including Bubsy, Demolition Racer and many others. This acquisition includes PC and console game catalogues from publishers such as Micropose, Infogrames, and Accolade, as well as the Accolade brand, which is now owned by Atari.
Panic has announced that since the start of pre-orders on 29 July 2021, its Playdate portable console has sold more than 50,000 units. According to the company, the initial plan was to produce 20,000 units.
Microosft has detailed the upcoming April update for Xbox consoles, with the main innovations being an updated Xbox search and power settings during active hours.
Microsoft has introduced two new colours for the Elite Series 2 controller series - bright red and blue. Like the white model released last year, the full name of the controllers is "Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 - Core".
Newzoo analysts who study the video game market told how much money gamers spent on games in 2022. This amount was $92.3 billion, which is 2.2% less than in 2021.
Valve is preparing the SteamOS 3.5 update for Steam Deck, the main innovation of which will be an updated kernel, which means improved performance and a bunch of new features in the future.
Dozens of games with discounts of up to 80%.
The survival exploration game Valheim was released in 2021 on PC, but recently appeared on Xbox consoles and entered the Game Pass library. However, the developers have no plans to release the game on other consoles.
The console hardware helped to make the world more detailed and add a large number of different game activities.
