A YouTuber channeled his distaste for the PS5’s design into slick console covers
A YouTuber channeled his distaste for the PS5's design into slick console covers The PlayStation 5’s curvy design is divisive. The Verge‘s Andrew Webster called it a “robotic clam” in his 2020 review, which is actually kind of endearing. Personally, I kind of got over hating it sometime during the past almost-six years of its […]
Today is the final day to save up to $150 on a PS5 before the price goes up
Today is the final day to save up to $150 on a PS5 before the price goes up Behold, the PlayStation 5 Pro. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The cost of the PlayStation Portal and every PlayStation 5 console is going up tomorrow, April 2nd, by as much as $150 in some cases. […]
Evercade’s new handheld has a larger screen and dual thumbsticks for 3D games
Evercade's new handheld has a larger screen and dual thumbsticks for 3D games The Evercade Nexus will launch at $199.99 when preorders open. | Image: Evercade After releasing smaller versions of its handhelds, Evercade has announced a new portable console called the Nexus featuring a large 5.89-inch screen. That’s larger than the 4.3-inch screen on […]
Can my favorite Game Boy gadget tell fake cartridges from real?
Can my favorite Game Boy gadget tell fake cartridges from real? The GB Operator. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge The $50 Epilogue GB Operator has a brand-new trick up its sleeve. In addition to backing up Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges and saves to a PC, it […]
Sony is raising PS5 prices by $100 in April
Sony is raising PS5 prices by $100 in April Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles globally starting April 2nd. In an announcement on Friday, Sony says that the standard PS5 will now cost $649.99, up from $549.99. Meanwhile, the PS5 Digital Edition now costs $599.99 instead of $499.99, and the PlayStation […]
Razer’s new Blade 16 gaming laptop has an Intel Panther Lake chip and very fast RAM
Razer's new Blade 16 gaming laptop has an Intel Panther Lake chip and very fast RAM Razer is giving its Blade 16 gaming laptop a speed and battery boost for 2026. The high-end gaming laptop keeps the same thin chassis and RTX 50-series GPU options as last year’s model, but it’s now making the switch […]
Ayaneo says selling its Windows gaming handheld ‘is no longer sustainable’
Ayaneo says selling its Windows gaming handheld 'is no longer sustainable' Ayaneo is suspending preorders for its $1,999 Next 2 gaming handheld due to the skyrocketing price of digital storage. In a post on Monday, Ayaneo says the overall cost to build its Windows handheld now nearly doubles the price it originally set, making it […]
Nintendo cuts Switch 2 production amid weakening console sales
Nintendo cuts Switch 2 production amid weakening console sales Nintendo will produce fewer Switch 2 units than it previously projected in response to weakening demand for the console in the US, Bloomberg reports. Four million units of Nintendo’s flagship device are expected to be made this quarter instead of the six million it had originally […]
Future Sony PlayStation games will use AI to imagine new frames
Future Sony PlayStation games will use AI to imagine new frames Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro, told Digital Foundry that ML-based frame generation tech is coming to “PlayStation platforms” in the future, letting the game console use AI to imagine new frames between the ones it’s actually rendering, […]
Meta is actually keeping its VR metaverse running, for now
Meta is actually keeping its VR metaverse running, for now Meta is reversing its plans to shut down its VR metaverse – sort of. On Monday, the company announced that it would be shutting down the VR version of its 3D social platform Horizon Worlds on June 15th in favor of a new focus on […]