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- VR Finally Has Its Christmas Morning Moment
Quest 2 and third-party VR titles are posting record holiday numbers, a sign VR headsets have become a real gift-category contender.
- GameStop's Holiday Restock Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: PS5 and Xbox Are Still Nowhere to Be Found
GameStop's Christmas-week PS5/Xbox restock event, gated behind PowerUp Rewards Pro and bundled with extras, shows console scarcity hasn't let up.
- Ray Tracing and Upscaling Aren't Optional Anymore
Real-time ray tracing and DLSS-style AI upscaling have gone from marketing gimmicks to baseline expectations on new GPUs.
- Best Buy's Restock Vanishes in Minutes, and the Console Shortage Grinds On
Best Buy's 9am PS5 and Xbox restock sold out almost instantly, underscoring how deep the holiday console shortage still runs.
- Halo Infinite's Campaign Finally Arrives
343 Industries shipped Halo Infinite's campaign on December 8, three weeks after the multiplayer's surprise free-to-play launch.
- Black Friday Console Restocks Are Gone Before You Finish Loading the Page
A year after launch, PS5 and Xbox Series X restocks are still vanishing in minutes as Black Friday week kicks off amid the ongoing chip shortage.
- Battlefield 2042's Launch Is a Reminder That Scale Isn't a Substitute for Polish
EA and DICE shipped Battlefield 2042 today with no campaign and 128-player chaos, but bugs and thin content are dominating the conversation.
- Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Just Dropped, and Nobody Saw It Coming
343 Industries surprise-launched Halo Infinite's free-to-play multiplayer today, weeks ahead of schedule and on the franchise's 20th anniversary.
- A Year Later, You Still Can't Just Buy a PS5
The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S turn one this month, and the chip shortage means retail stock is still basically theoretical.
- Halloween Horrors: The Chip Shortage Ghost That Won't Leave
A Halloween look at the console and GPU shortage haunting a second straight holiday season, plus a bright spot in Halo Infinite's November beta.
- Halo Infinite Finally Lets Us See the Campaign
343 Industries showed a long, open-world campaign demo for Halo Infinite, but confirmed co-op and Forge won't be there at launch.
- The Great Console Restock Watch, Holiday Edition
PS5 and Xbox Series X remain nearly impossible to find at retail, and the Steam Deck is shaping up to be the season's next scarcity story.
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits Proves You Don't Need a AAA Budget to Show Off the PS5
Ember Lab's debut game is a mid-sized, gorgeous action-adventure that makes the case for indie-scale ambition on next-gen hardware.
- Sony's Showcase Was a Sequel Bonanza, and GTA V Slides Again
PlayStation's September Showcase brought Wolverine, Ragnarök, and Gran Turismo 7, plus timed exclusives and another GTA V delay.
- Sony's PlayStation Showcase Is Finally Here — What I'm Watching For
Sony has a PlayStation Showcase set for September 9, and after a quiet summer the hype is real.
- Get Ready to Fight for a Console This Holiday Season
PS5, Xbox Series X, and the incoming Switch OLED are all chasing the same scarce chips, and analysts say the holidays will be brutal.
- The Switch OLED Preorder Scramble Nobody Should Be Surprised By
Nintendo's $349.99 Switch OLED Model is selling out at preorder despite offering no performance bump — and that's the whole story.
- Eight Months Later, Buying a PS5 Is Still a Blood Sport
The PS5 and Xbox Series X remain nearly impossible to buy at MSRP as the chip shortage drags on, with Sony warning demand will outpace supply into 2022.
- Why You Still Can't Buy a Reasonably Priced GPU
Chip shortages and crypto-mining demand keep RTX 30-series and RX 6000-series cards selling for double or triple MSRP.
- PS5 and Xbox Restocks Are Still a Scalper Bot Free-for-All
Nine months after launch, PS5 and Xbox Series X restocks still vanish in minutes, and AMD says the underlying chip shortage will likely run into 2022.
- Nintendo's New Switch Has a Screen Upgrade, Not a Power Upgrade
Nintendo unveiled the Switch OLED Model with a bigger 7-inch screen, 64GB storage, and a LAN-equipped dock, launching October 8 for $349.99.
- The Chip Shortage Isn't Going Anywhere, and Here's Why It Still Stings
Why GPUs and next-gen consoles remain nearly impossible to buy at retail, and why AMD says the pain could stretch into 2022.
- Scalper Bots Are Still Winning the GPU and Console War
Bots keep flipping PS5s and RTX 30-series cards at double MSRP, and retailers' queue systems aren't fixing it.
- AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution Just Went Live, and It's Open to Everyone
AMD launched FSR today, an open-source upscaling tech that boosts frame rates and works across GPUs, not just its own RDNA cards.
- Six Months In, the Chip Shortage Still Owns Your Wish List
AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all say silicon supply won't normalize soon, and PS5s and RTX 30-series cards remain nearly impossible to buy at MSRP.
- E3 2021 Wrap-Up: What Actually Stuck With Me
A look back at E3 2021's standout reveals, from Breath of the Wild 2 to Halo Infinite's free-to-play multiplayer.
- E3 2021 Kicks Off Fully Digital, and the Reveals Are Coming Fast
Microsoft, Ubisoft, and Nintendo open E3 2021 with Halo Infinite multiplayer, Far Cry 6, Metroid Dread, and a Breath of the Wild sequel tease.
- The RTX 3070 Ti Is Here, and Good Luck Finding One at $599
Nvidia's RTX 3070 Ti launched at a $599 MSRP, but the ongoing chip shortage and mining demand mean real prices are far higher.
- Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti Lands as Computex Turns Into a Chip-Shortage Confessional
Nvidia launched the $1,199 RTX 3080 Ti at Computex while AMD teased 3D V-Cache and every vendor admitted the shortage isn't ending soon.
- Console Wars 2021: The Exclusives Drought Nobody Wants to Talk About
Seven months into the PS5/Series X era, Sony and Microsoft are both light on first-party exclusives, and each is compensating differently.