Woot is offering solid discounts on some of the best Nintendo Switch 2 games
Woot is offering solid discounts on some of the best Nintendo Switch 2 games Donkey Kong Bananza is $61.99 ($8 off) at Woot. There haven’t been a lot of opportunities to catch Switch 2 games on sale since the console launched in early June, but that’s changing thanks to Woot. The store is having a […]
Microsoft says it’s recovering after Azure outage took down 365, Xbox, and Starbucks
Microsoft says it's recovering after Azure outage took down 365, Xbox, and Starbucks Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, has experienced an outage just one week after issues with AWS took out swaths of the internet. The issues impacted Microsoft’s services that run on Azure, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and even Minecraft. Other companies, […]
Xbox sales continue to tank
Xbox sales continue to tank Xbox sales have been tanking for a while now — and the story hasn’t gotten any brighter. Microsoft just released its Q1 2026 earnings and Xbox hardware revenue was down 29 percent year-over-year. Last quarter, it was down 22 percent. Down 29 percent in the first two quarters of 2025, down […]
A massive Microsoft Azure outage is taking down Xbox and 365
A massive Microsoft Azure outage is taking down Xbox and 365 Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, is experiencing an outage just one week after issues with AWS took out swaths of the internet. The issues appear to be impacting Microsoft’s services that run on Azure, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and even Minecraft. Microsoft […]
Say it with me: Windows is the problem with Windows handhelds
Say it with me: Windows is the problem with Windows handhelds It’s been nearly two weeks since Microsoft, a multi-trillion dollar company, shipped a $600 handheld “Xbox” that can’t be relied on to sleep, wake, or hold a charge while asleep in my tests. Neither Microsoft nor Asus would admit there’s a problem with the […]
Amazon is ditching MMOs and cranking out party games
Amazon is ditching MMOs and cranking out party games A screenshot from Throne and Liberty, one of Amazon’s MMOs. As part of Amazon’s mass layoffs announced today, the company is making “significant” changes to its gaming division, including halting much of its work on first-party AAA MMOs, according to a memo from Steve Boom, VP […]
Razer’s new Huntsman V3 Pro 8kHz keyboard promises speed with improved typing feel
Razer's new Huntsman V3 Pro 8kHz keyboard promises speed with improved typing feel Available in white and black, full-size or tenkeyless. Razer is announcing a new Huntsman V3 Pro 8kHz keyboard for esports-level competition and speed-obsessed PC gamers. The newest version of Razer’s top-end wired keyboard supports 8,000Hz polling (both upstream and downstream), and it’s […]
Trump’s DHS is recruiting ICE officers with a Halo meme
Trump's DHS is recruiting ICE officers with a Halo meme After using the original Pokémon theme song in a montage of ICE raids, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using another popular video game franchise to promote itself on social media: Halo. This morning, the DHS posted an image featuring Halo characters, a Warthog […]
The PS5 bundle that includes two years of PS Plus Premium is $170 off
The PS5 bundle that includes two years of PS Plus Premium is $170 off Between increased tariffs and price hikes, it’s not a great time to buy a PlayStation 5 console. That is, unless you head over to GameStop, which is selling the 825GB PS5 with a disc drive in its original (thicker) design along […]
What does nearly $6,000 of gaming laptop get you?
What does nearly $6,000 of gaming laptop get you? MSI’s flagship is indeed titanic in stature, and certainly price. It’s easy to get into the weeds on a hobby, especially if you’re into PC gaming and dreaming of the highest levels of graphical performance. But how much is too much for hardware? Spending top dollar […]