Xbox One To Launch Exactly Eight Years After the Xbox 360—But After The PS4
The release date for Microsoft's new Xbox One is here at long last: November 22. The date primes Microsoft for the holiday season—you don't say!—but also puts it a week behind rival Sony, which will...
View ArticleSony PS Vita TV: An Ouya Crossbred With A Chromecast
Sony, readying to dish out its first new major gaming console in eight years, just announced a doozy of a device: the PlayStation Vita TV. Don't let its uninspired name and small stature fool you—the...
View ArticleWith SteamOS, Valve Is Taking On The Xbox One And PlayStation 4
Sony and Microsoft are betting big on their first console launches in seven and eight years, respectively. But it's no longer just their show.Valve—the company behind Steam, the hit digital-games...
View ArticleWhat Playing Pokemon Can Teach Adults—No, Really!
The Pokemon franchise, a series of role-playing games with strategic elements, is a smash hit, both in its origin country of Japan and around the world. With its first simultaneous worldwide release on...
View ArticleThe Xbox One And PS4 Kick Off A New Arms Race: Entertainment
The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are still video game consoles—sort of. But as Microsoft and Sony ready their next-gen machines to lay siege to the living room, only a many-armed home entertainment...
View ArticleThe Case For Sony's PlayStation 4
The Playstation 4, Sony’s cutting edge slab of next-gen gaming, splashed onto the scene Friday, delighting the early adopter set and leaving the rest of us with a tough call to make.I love a hardware...
View ArticleThe Case For Microsoft's Xbox One
You’ve seen the Xbox One's glossy black chassis. You’ve followed its ups and downs—and the ups again. You’ve heard the argument for the competition. Now it’s time to take a look at Microsoft’s...
View ArticleGame Consoles: The Tech Guru Gift Guide
ReadWriteShop is an occasional series about the intersection of technology and commerce.Gaming systems are even more confusing than they are expensive. And with the glitzy release of the Xbox One and...
View ArticleYou Can Download SteamOS, The Indie Game Platform, On December 13
Valve, the online software distribution company, is shipping 300 prototype Steam Machines to beta testers on Friday. The lucky few hundred will receive both Steam's hardware and SteamOS, its...
View ArticleSony Cloudifies Games And TV In Its Own Bid For The Living Room
In many ways, Sony is more of a lifestyle brand than a tech brand. It creates products that allow people to have fun—from its flagship PlayStation 4 to televisions and audio gear to cameras and mobile...
View Article5 Gaming Trends To Watch In 2014
ReadWritePredict is a look ahead at the technology trends and companies that will shape the coming year.The year has only just begun, but there are already plenty of exciting hints at what the gaming...
View ArticleA Week With Xbox One: A Powerful Reimagining Of The Way We Play
From its new PC-friendly x86 chip architecture to a reimagined Xbox Live experience, the Xbox One has a lot going on. Heck, it even comes with a Kinect (whether you want it or not).I’ve spent a week...
View ArticleVideo Games As Spectator Sport: Why Twitch Is Booming
If you aren’t a gamer, it’s wholly possible that either you don’t “get” Twitch or you’ve never even heard of it. But that won't last for long.Twitch is a website and community where gamers watch...
View ArticleHow Nintendo Can Reverse Its Fortunes
After forecasting a third straight annual loss on Friday, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said the company is considering a big shift which could possibly—finally—place its hit game franchises like...
View ArticleWith NaturalMotion, Zynga Is Ready To Make Real Games Now
Zynga appears to have turned a new leaf. The oft-maligned casual game maker is known more for its skill as a master imitator than for its own games, many of which are ad-stuffed knock-offs of already...
View ArticleTake A Look At Microsoft’s Reincarnated Xbox
In many ways, the Xbox One’s reputation precedes it.When it was introduced last May, a vocal contingent of gamers objected to some of the next-gen console’s initial policies—required Internet...
View ArticleWhy You Can't Quit Flappy Bird: It's The Ultimate Hardcore Game In Disguise
Flappy Bird is the latest weirdly addicting game to captivate mobile users. The reason is simple, if not straightforward: In the guise of a cartoonish time-waster, Flappy Bird offers some of the most...
View ArticleNaturalMotion's Torsten Reil: The Man Who Has To Save Zynga From Itself
ReadWriteBuilders is a series of interviews with developers, designers and other architects of the programmable future.Torsten Reil, a neuroscientist by training, was an unlikely videogame...
View ArticleHow Xbox One's Multiplayer Mode Is Leveling Up For Titanfall
The Xbox One is a slab of impressive hardware patiently awaiting its opportunity to show off. To say that next week's launch of first person shooter and console exclusive Titanfall is "hotly...
View ArticleGaming's Area 51: Excavating Atari's Secret Burial Ground
Thirty years in, one of gaming’s weirdest persisting legends is about to get mythbusted.The story is one of a fallen gaming great’s secret shame: a landfill containing millions of copies of Atari’s...
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