Nintendo has finally whipped the covers off its next console, the Switch 2. While it’s more iteration than revolution, that’s totally fine when you’re working from such a strong starting point. The Switch 2 has the same home/portable hybrid gimmick with a few much needed upgrades, a fresh slate of games, and a close launch date of June 5.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Gaming, Games, Video Games, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch
Japanese scientists have created what may be the world’s smallest video game. Using a regular controller, players can control a tiny digital ship, firing nanoscale bullets to push around a physical polystyrene ball just a few microns wide.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: World's Smallest, Nano, Nanoscale, Nanometers, Nanoparticles, Electric, Electrons, Nagoya University
I am beyond awful at board games. I dread being invited over to a mate’s place, only to see them whip out a box of fiddly little game pieces and a maddeningly long list of rules that they insist I’ll “get the hang of in no time.” No, let’s not just start playing and see how it goes, thank you very much.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: table top, Kickstarter
Nintendo has finally taken the wraps off its upcoming Switch 2 portable gaming console, and from what we can see in its playful trailer, its, um… awfully similar to the original that launched 8 years ago.
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Tags: Gaming, Portable Gaming, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch
Even though full-body gaming systems like Wii were made obsolete by VR technology, that hasn’t stopped US startup Rebuff Reality from getting in on the act. The company’s new BodyLink gaming platform is set to pick up where the likes of Kinect left off.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Kickstarter, Wii, Kinect, Motion Controller
Board-sports video games can certainly be a lot of fun, but let’s be honest – sitting on the coach and twiddling a joystick isn’t much like real snowboarding or skateboarding. That’s where the BoarDrop system comes in, as it puts players on an actual multi-purpose board.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Snowboarding, Skateboard, Fitness, Kickstarter
If you’re a Meta Quest 3 or 3S owner, you’re in luck. Meta-exclusive Batman: Arkham Shadow just dropped today and already people are going off the rails about how it might be the best AAA VR title of the year.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Virtual Reality, Meta (company), Oculus, Meta Quest
It’s that time of the console generation again, when the big players start refreshing their hardware for graphics boosts of arguable importance. Right on time, Sony has unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro, with better buzzwords than last time at an absolutely eye-watering price.
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Tags: Sony, Playstation 5, Playstation, Games, Game, Gaming, Console
Back in 1970, Sega introduced an arcade game that would pave the way for many of today’s most popular video games. Known as Jet Rocket, the electromechanical marvel boasted several world-firsts – even though most people today don’t know it ever existed.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Games, Flight Simulators, Retro, Sega, Video Games, Features
Games are onslaughts of sight and sound, and with rumbling controllers, even touch. But have you ever wondered what all 1,000+ Pokémon smell like? Because we have. With the news of a weird device called GameScent, we’ve rounded up a list of which game worlds we’re most curious to get a whiff of – for better or worse.
Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Video Games, Game, Gaming, Smell, Scent, Accessories