A new industry report demonstrates that spending a lot of money on advertising doesn’t guarantee people will play the games they’re promoting. According to Microsoft, none of Xbox’s first party ...

Microsoft Corp. named AI executive Asha Sharma to lead its Xbox and gaming business, replacing Phil Spencer, and will recommit to console users after years of developing products for mobile and PC ...

Ride COOL, fly high—DIGITAL boarder!! Cool Boarders was released by UEP SYSTEMS in 1996 for a 32-bit home console. It is a snowboarding game that uses 3D graphics to capture the pure excitement of ...

Although it was finally replaced last year by the new Switch 2, the orginal switch isn’t done just yet. Many recent Switch games (and a handful of major updates, like the one for Animal Crossing) have ...

Wouldn’t it be great to have a console that does it all? Chinese YouTuber “xnzxnz” engineered a truly impressive feat, creating the gaming console of all gaming consoles. A three-in-one hybrid between ...

Microsoft’s Xbox console sales are getting squeezed, and the company is signaling it may not care in the way fans expect. CNBC points to Microsoft’s fiscal 2026 first-quarter earnings, where overall ...

According to the market research group Circana, the general public has drastically reduced its spending on gaming consoles this sales season. Spending fell by 27% in November 2025 compared to last ...

After Valve announced its upcoming Steam Machine living room box earlier this month, some analysts suggested to Ars that Valve could and should aggressively subsidize that hardware with “loss leader” ...

Valve, the maker of the popular Steam Deck handheld PC gaming console, is launching new video-game hardware, Steam Machine, in 2026. The Steam Machine, a 6-inch cube gaming console meant for ...

Valve is making another run at offering a console-style experience in your living room. The company has announced a new Steam Machine and Steam Controller that let you play PC games on your TV in the ...

Valve Corp. is plunging deeper into the console wars with the unveiling of the Steam Machine, a new cubical device designed for playing PC games in the living room. The new console, which isn’t yet ...

This is important because: When development looks the same on Xbox and Windows, studios spend less time fighting tools and more time shipping fixes and features. Players should feel that in day-to-day ...