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2013 is already filled to the brim with console launches, but it seems as if we’re in for at least one additional competitor in the fourth quarter. Rumors now point towards Amazon launching an Android-based game console by the end of the year, and the few details we have sound surprisingly compelling. While the world definitely doesn’t need yet another ...

As we near this holiday season, the release of the eighth generation of consoles is almost upon us. Back toward the end of June, Amazon revealed an image showing everything that would come in a standard PS4 retail box. Now, Major Nelson took to YouTube and unboxed the Xbox One for the world to see. Which console’s retail box reigns ...

Sony is betting big on cloud gaming for this upcoming console generation. From Gaikai streaming to internet-enabled remote play of PS4 games, Sony is primed to set the PS4 apart from the competition by utilizing the PlayStation Vita. While the Tokyo company’s mobile gaming sales haven’t been setting the world on fire, a rumored PS4 and Vita bundle could completely ...

As Microsoft begins the transition from the Xbox 360 to the Xbox One, we’re slowly starting to hear concrete details out of Redmond. Avatar transfer, Xbox Live Arcade support, separate achievements, and even HD video capture are all on the table, and Microsoft is finally dropping some juicy information about the specifics of the Xbox One experience. With only a ...

The Oculus Rift is still in development kit mode, with no timetable for an official retail release on the horizon. When the Rift’s tech demos work, they work well, but they’re very simple and often don’t allow the user to do much. NASA got ahold of a Rift and an Omni — an omnidirectional treadmill — and created a tech ...

Last week, we discussed MediaTek’s plans for an octa-core processor that would leverage ARM’s big.LITTLE MP technology and allow up to eight CPU cores to be active at the same time, rather than limiting a smartphone or tablet to four high-speed or four low-speed cores. When asked during Qualcomm’s conference call if his own company might do such a thing, ...

After the changes the Xbox One has already gone through since its initial reveal, we wouldn’t be surprised if Microsoft changed literally anything about the console. Change the iconic green color? Not surprising. Totally revamp the console’s VCR-like case? Saw it coming. Add more RAM dedicated to games? Obviously. Today, Microsoft confirms that the console’s GPU will receive a modest ...

At Quakecon 2013, John Carmack of Id Software (Doom, Quake, Rage) has spoken out about the PS4 and Xbox One, saying that their hardware is “essentially the same.” This comes at an interesting time, as Microsoft has just boosted the Xbox One’s GPU to keep up with the PS4′s significantly (~50%) more powerful GPU. In the same keynote talk, Carmack ...

The PS4 remains small and sleek while sporting some truly impressive horsepower under the hood. On the other hand, the Xbox One is rather large and utilitarian — it’s not even as powerful as its smaller competition. Why? Well, it seems Microsoft learned its lesson with the high failure rates of Xbox 360s, and plans on keeping the hardware low-power, ...

Yesterday, Nvidia’s Shield handheld game console was finally released to the public — and today, it has been torn down and benchmarked, revealing impressive performance figures for the Tegra 4′s first outing. The first batch of Shield reviews were generally negative, citing a high price and limited games library, but they did all agree on one positive point: The crippling ...