Sony’s strategy could be imminent. — As we roll past the five year anniversary of Microsoft’s announcement of Xbox Game Pass, the closest we’ve seen to a rebuttal from Sony appears to be imminent. Despite their comparatively weak cloud offering, rumors have been piling up lately about Sony’s foray into cloud gaming and its offering of…

PlayStation and Xbox continue to drift apart — Sony announced Monday the acquisition of former Microsoft studio Bungie Inc for $3.6 billion. Bungie has also been under the Activision umbrella in between stints as an independent studio. The move indicates Sony’s intention to bolster its live service offering by acquiring some very experienced talent. The news comes in…

Why Sony should be worried. — Last Tuesday’s announcement of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion takeover of gaming titan Activision Blizzard was one of those niche news stories that breaks ranks and enters common daily discourse. Water cooler conversations turn from the stock market to… well still the stock market, but this time it’s focused on gaming! Two…

Buy what you need, not what you think you need — I consider myself to be an avid technology-user and consumer. I’m someone who does the research and likes to understand how new technology works. I’m an early-adopter (to a point), and I keep up with the news in technology, particularly in consumer technology. …

Expect to play the PS5 Twitter game for a long time. — This week, Bloomberg reported that the PS5 shortage is expected to last into 2022, far beyond what any gamer could have imagined as the consoles launched late last year. The report is a secondhand account, citing that Sony’s CFO expects that demand for the PS5 will remain high, and that…

Why the Switch has won the hearts of gamers of all kinds. — I arrived late to the Nintendo Switch party. I was one of the pandemic buyers, purchasing the new hardware as a shared gift with a significant other as a way to branch out in our escapism: Animal Crossing for her, Breath of the Wild for me. I had heard the…

Apex Legends is huge, and it’s only getting bigger — Respawn Entertainment’s Apex Legends recently hit a massive milestone; 100 million active players over the lifetime of the game. The two years that have built to this moment cement Apex as one of the biggest names in the Battle Royale space, alongside Fortnite and Call of Duty: Warzone (with…

And why you might want to too. — Despite the irrefutable advantages of electronics versus their less advanced counterparts, there are certain positives to so-called ‘lower tech’ tools versus their silicon-laden cousins. We all know that moving parts have more of an opportunity to break, but they’re often easier to fix. There’s something almost indescribably satisfying about a…

Will Bethesda games be exclusive to Xbox now? — After months of inevitability, Microsoft officially acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks. One of the biggest acquisitions in gaming. Bethesda is a long heralded game developer known for bringing to life fantastic RPGs. …