NPD 2020: Nintendo Switch was No. 1 hardware, PlayStation 5 was No. 2
The Nintendo Switch dominated hardware sales in the United States throughout 2020. It easily outsold its last-gen competition in the Xbox One and PlayStation...
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order now runs better on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
One of the best games of 2019 is getting an update to run better on the consoles of 2021. Publisher Electronic Arts revealed a...
PlayStation accounts for over 40% of TV ad spend from gaming brands in 2020
The numbers are in and it’s official: Sony’s PlayStation was the top gaming brand spender on TV advertising for 2020, accounting for over 40%...
What 50 hours in Astro’s Playroom taught me about video games
I’m weird. By most accounts, you can beat Astro’s Playroom — the PlayStation 5’s glorified pack-in tech demo — in about four hours. I’ve...
Vulkan gets tools, drivers to bring ray tracing to PS5, Xbox, and AMD
The next generation of real-time visuals is ray tracing, and developers can now turn to the open Vulkan graphics API to bring this tech...
November 2020 NPD hardware sales: Switch, PlayStation 5 split sales victory
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launched last month, and they helped set a new November record, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group....
Sony doubled TV ad spend for PlayStation 5 launch
Gaming brands have been revving up their TV ad spend just in time for the holidays: November saw a 76.65% increase in estimated outlay,...
The DeanBeat: How to get good in Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War multiplayer
Michael “MajorManiak” Szymaniak is one of the star Call of Duty League (CDL) esports players for the Minnesota Røkkr. And this young man who...
Americans of all ages are spending more on video games
We know that time and money spent on video games is surging due to the pandemic. Now, industry-tracking firm The NPD Group is providing detail...
The PlayStation 5 DualSense’s best feature isn’t the haptics or triggers
One of the biggest elements of the PlayStation 5 that owners continue to hype up as it gets into more people’s hands is the...