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The Nintendo Switch can’t be stopped

Nintendo Switch sales were up 44 percent percent from January to March compared to the same pandemic-impaired quarter from a year earlier. Today’s numbers bring total Switch sales to 28.83 million for the fiscal year, up 37 percent compared to the 21 million Switch consoles the company shipped the year prior, and beating the company’s… Read more

Epic v. Apple turns into Windows v. Xbox

Is an iPhone more like a PC or an Xbox? That question was asked — implicitly and explicitly — over and over on the third day of Epic v. Apple testimony. The antitrust trial started on Monday with some heady pronunciations about Fortnite, the game and/or metaverse at the heart of the case. Yesterday, both… Read more

Nintendo’s next big Switch title is aimed at budding game designers

Nintendo’s next game for the Switch is one you build yourself. Today the company revealed Game Builder Garage, a new software title that’s designed to teach beginners the basics of programming and game design. It utilizes visual programming, has pre-built lessons and games, and will be launching on the Switch next month. Game Builder Garage… Read more

Resident Evil Village review: A gory crescendo

(Pocket-lint) – If there’s one thing you can’t accuse the Resident Evil series of, it’s taking itself too seriously. Resident Evil 7 might have grounded things in a grittier, scarier first-person journey than the action-packed stories that preceded it, but by the end things were still plenty explosive. Now Ethan Winters’ story is continuing, dropped… Read more

GPD’s Win 3 Tiger Lake Gaming Handheld Goes On Sale This Month

Home News (Image credit: Amazon) GPD’s latest iteration of its handheld gaming PC, the Win 3, is finally going on sale later this month. You’ll be able to grab it from multiple e-tailers such as Amazon starting May 15th or later. The Win 3 is GPD’s latest handheld gaming device designed to run Windows 10… Read more

Here are Apple’s and Epic’s full slideshows arguing why they should win at trial

Both Apple and Epic have released their opening presentations on why they feel they should win this week’s trial, which is set to determine the future of the App Store. In the documents, which you can look through below, each company lays out its case. The lawsuit started when Apple removed Epic Games’ Fortnite from… Read more

How To Use Playstation and Xbox Controllers With Raspberry Pi

Playing games on your Raspberry Pi is far easier with a good game controller. Many different game controllers can be connected to your Raspberry Pi using USB. Furthermore, some well-known console controllers can also be linked up using Bluetooth. In theory, all controllers should work with any Raspberry Pi projects. This covers everything from generic… Read more

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is like an epic yet enigmatic novel

At some point during my time with Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, after I read yet another minutes-long dialogue sequence to try and learn more information about the game’s murder mystery, I realized I felt like I was slowly working my way through a long novel — one that went just a little bit over… Read more

Monster Hunter Rise has outsold Street Fighter V in just one month

Mustafa Mahmoud 12 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming For most of its history, the Monster Hunter franchise had seen support from a select and dedicated number of fans, with the series existing within its own moderately-sized niche. With Monster Hunter World exploding into popularity and becoming the best selling Capcom game… Read more

Among Us is finally coming to PS4 and PS5, three years after its 2018 debut

The hit social deduction game Among Us is coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 sometime this year, Sony announced during its State of Play presentation on Thursday. Like on other platforms, the game will support crossplay and online multiplayer so that you can play with your friends no matter what platform you’re on. But… Read more

PS5 preorders begin in China, almost six months after US launch

The PS5 will be available to buy in China on May 15th, a little over six months after its original release in the US last year, Sony announced today. The disc version of the console will retail for 3,899 yuan (around $600), while the cheaper disc-free model will cost 3,099 yuan (around $479). Preorders open… Read more

Fortnite’s cash cow is PlayStation, not iOS, court documents reveal

Earlier this month, we learned that the iOS version of Fortnite was a huge revenue driver for Epic Games — the game earned more than $700 million from iOS customers over the two years before it was pulled by Apple, according to court documents (PDF) released ahead of Epic’s trial against the iPhone maker. But… Read more

New Pokémon Snap is a supremely chill safari on the Nintendo Switch

Virtual worlds have long been a place to escape. That was true before the pandemic, but lockdowns and stay-at-home orders across the world certainly accelerated the phenomenon. I spent an embarrassing amount of time last year gardening in Animal Crossing and going to concerts in Fortnite. They were great distractions, but never really gave that… Read more

Sony has sold 7.8 million PS5 consoles

Sony has sold 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles as of March 31st, the company says in its latest earnings report. The number of PlayStation Plus subscribers is now 47.6 million, a 14.7 percent increase year on year. The fourth-quarter figures bring the overall PlayStation business to a total operating profit of 342.2 billion yen ($3.14… Read more

Super Mario Party gets surprise multiplayer update

Mustafa Mahmoud 3 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming, Tech News Super Mario Party is one of the best selling games on the Nintendo Switch. Despite this the game saw very little in the way of post-launch support, with many fans left disappointed by Nintendo’s treatment of the game. In a… Read more