Nintendo is entering a new era. While most everyone associates the company with video games, for the last few years the brand behind Mario has been steadily expanding itself into something much larger.âI think people view Nintendo as a gaming company, but we have always thought of ourselves as an entertainment company,â Nintendoâs senior managing…
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Microsoft and Asus have just announced two ROG Xbox Ally devices that include a new full-screen Xbox experience for handhelds. After promising to combine âthe best of Xbox and Windows togetherâ for handhelds earlier this year, Microsoft is now revealing exactly how it is overhauling the Xbox app, Game Bar, and Windows itself to better…
Microsoft and Asus have been working together over the past year to create not one, but two new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. Both of these Xbox Ally devices, part of the Project Kennan effort I reported on earlier this year, include a new full-screen Xbox experience on Windows thatâs designed to be more handheld-friendly and…
I donât want gaming to become another streaming subscription service that keeps going up in price. I donât want to put even more power in Nvidiaâs hands, particularly not right now.But I canât deny that the companyâs $20-a-month* GeForce Now is a near-perfect fit for the Steam Deck. Iâve been covering cloud gaming for 15…
Nintendo did not offer a price for its Switch 2 during its hour-long showcase. Instead, customers found out through the grapevine that the console would cost $450. But for many, the real eye-watering surprise was the price of launch title Mario Kart World at $80. Itâs the most Nintendo has ever asked customers to pay,…
Tom GerkenTechnology reporterNintendoNintendo has been the talk of the gaming world this week after it finally unveiled details of the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, the sequel to the third-best selling console ever made.Despite excitement over its upcoming launch in June, fan conversations have been dominated by one topic – the price of its games.The console…
The official unveiling of the Switch 2 was an incredibly confident moment for Nintendo. It was brief and lacking almost entirely in details. There was no price, no release date, and no confirmed games outside of a Mario Kart tease. The 2 in the name implied a bigger and better Switch, but when it came…
Search for âSimCity 4â on YouTube, and youâll see players constructing multilevel highway interchanges and intricate railroad networks, or maybe even a swooping flyby of a sprawling metropolis. None of these features came with the original game, which was released just after the turn of the millennium. Theyâve been developed slowly and painstakingly over the…
One of Sonyâs best-ever PlayStation ads is a 21-second video titled, âOfficial PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video.â Itâs a âstep-by-stepâ guide about how to lend your PS4 games to your friends. It has one step: one person hands another person a game box.The ad succinctly clowns on Microsoftâs original and convoluted game sharing policy for…
Before the countdown to the Switch 2 direct officially ends April 2nd, Nintendo has some games to get off its plate before we can begin the companyâs next generation feast. Nintendo will host a 30-minute Direct showcase featuring games that will keep the vanilla Switch warm in the twilight of its last days as Nintendoâs…
This week, on April 4th, Microsoft turns 50 years old. The company has gone through sweeping changes over that time â from two guys in New Mexico to more than a quarter-million employees worldwide, from making text-based operating systems to holographic video games â but through the decades, itâs remained a foundation of the tech…
Alex KebleFootball tactics writerHome games against the low blocks of nations ranked 65th and 140th in the world are always going to be a bit of a slog.The Premier League intensity Thomas Tuchel hopes to implement won’t happen overnight, nor will it happen in draining matches against ultra-defensive opposition.But while England’s competent if unspectacular wins…
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer warned in November that the mythical Xbox handheld is a few years away and only at the prototype stage right now. But if you read the headlines this week, you might think itâs actually arriving later this year.A new report from Windows Central claims that âXboxâs new hardware plans begin…
The Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering that brings thousands of game developers to San Francisco, has just wrapped up. While most of the event is about networking and interesting talks about game design and technology, there were also a bunch of unreleased indie games that we got to check out. Yes, much of video…
Steam Next Fest is going on until March 3rd, and Iâve spent a considerable amount of time wading through a seemingly endless carousel of games, filling up my Steam Deckâs internal and external memory looking for the Good Shitâ˘. Iâve landed on four standout game demos that are worth your time now and whenever their…
Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge.Happy Mario Day! To celebrate the worldâs most iconic plumber, Nintendo has all sorts of treats for fans, including a new Nintendo Switch bundle, a new Mario Kart Lego set, and a new theme…
Split Fiction, the new game from It Takes Two developer Hazelight Studios, doesnât do anything particularly new. The game is a straightforward co-op adventure that strings together disparate sci-fi and fantasy games like links on a chain. If you bundled together the sci-fi and fantasy sections as separate entities, they wouldnât form a cohesive experience…
Assassinâs Creed Shadows brings the franchise to the shores of Japan. After almost 20 years and 13 mainline games, Assassinâs Creed â the series about using flashy gadgets and techniques to murder your enemies undetected â has finally been set in a place famous for assassins who use flashy gadgets and techniques to murder their…
One of the founders of betting firm Paddy Power says new government rules to protect punters playing online slots don’t go far enough.Stewart Kenny, who helped found the Irish company in the 80s, believes online slot games spin too fast, which contributes to them being addictive.He thinks new government rules limiting the stakes are not…
(Image credit: Image by Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central, logo by VR Games Showcase) The March 2025 VR Games Showcase revealed 20 new Meta Quest games coming this year, plus two existing Meta Quest games getting ports to other platforms. The show was jam-packed with action, and the big debut of Flat2VR Studios’ huge library…
Crypto is, once again, exploding. Momentum born of a potentially friendlier regulatory atmosphere has met rising coin values, with Bitcoin more than doubling in value last year. Meanwhile, powered by advances to the underlying infrastructure, crypto is evolving beyond speculation and into real utility. Thatâs driving new use cases for AI and enabling seamless experiences…
Today is the third anniversary of Valveâs Steam Deck, the handheld gaming PC that all but created the market for handheld gaming PCs. It was a mess to start! But three years later, The Verge has data showing how it has dominated the nascent market. While Valve told us in November 2023 that it had…
Image: Sega / Hazelight Studios / Obsidian / Capcom / KotakuItâs only the beginning of March but 2025 already has some bangers worth spotlighting, including real standouts like Split Fiction and Avowed, so we decided to start compiling the best games of the year early and update this list as the days, weeks, and months…
ImageCarmelo Anthony is moving on from the Houston Rockets less than a month into his first season with the team.CreditCreditMary Altaffer/Associated PressThe Houston Rockets have announced plans to cut ties with Carmelo Anthony, forcing the former All-Star into an early-season hunt for a new team willing to extend his N.B.A. career.Before Houstonâs nationally televised game…
TORONTO â Rewind the Toronto Maple Leafsâ most recent 120 minutes of gameplay and fans of the club can find much to celebrate during consecutive starting-goalie-chasing victories over banged-up cellar dwellers New Jersey and Florida. The special teams rediscovered their groove, Morgan Rielly leads all defencemen in points, Frederik Andersen tops all goalies in wins,…