Category: News
Valve’s portable Steam Deck console takes your Steam library on the go
The Nintendo Switch is a nifty concept, but arguably underpowered and lacking in game variety. Valve is now having a crack at the idea with the Steam Deck, a handheld gaming console that lets you play your existing Steam library on the go or on a big screen. Continue Reading Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology […]
xScreen turns the Xbox Series S into a “portable” laptop
Nintendo has the monopoly on gaming consoles that pull double duty as home and portable devices, but soon you could take your Xbox Series S out on the road too. The xScreen is a plug-in accessory currently on Kickstarter that turns Microsoft’s console into a kind of chunky laptop. Continue Reading Category: Games, Consumer Tech, […]
Nintendo reveals new Switch model with 7-inch OLED touchscreen
After much online chatter over the last few months, Nintendo has finally announced a new member of its portable handheld gaming family. The Switch (OLED model) boasts a vibrant 7-inch screen, more built-in storage, and comes with a dock sporting a wired LAN port. Continue Reading Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology Tags: Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, […]
Portable Nintendo Switch dock fast-charges and upscales to 4K
The Nintendo Switch may be portable, but its dock not so much. A new third party alternative, the OmniCentro, aims to solve that problem with a pocket-sized gizmo that fast-charges the battery and outputs the visuals to a display – upscaling the resolution to 4K in the process. Continue Reading Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology […]
Microsoft update puts Xbox-like controls on Surface Duo’s second screen
Microsoft has announced an update to its Xbox Games Pass cloud gaming platform for Android that turns one of the Surface Duo’s dual screens into a virtual touch controller while the other displays the game. Continue Reading Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology Tags: Microsoft, Gaming, Controller, Apps, Android
Augmented reality true crime tour opens a virtual window to the past
If catching critters in your local park no longer does it for you, location-based augmented reality (AR) games are expanding into all kinds of other avenues. Eastern Market Murder tasks players with solving a true crime mystery from over a century ago, in the actual locations where it all went down. New Atlas hit the […]
Evercade VS retro game console mashes old and new schools together
Retro games will never go out of style, but they can be hard to find and play on modern consoles. The Evercade VS tries to blend the old and new schools, playing cartridges loaded with compilations of 80s and 90s games with a few modern concessions. Continue Reading Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology Tags: Game, […]
Sony reveals PlayStation 5 VR controllers
Just a few weeks after confirming that a VR system for the PlayStation 5 is in development, Sony has now shown off the controllers. Wearing their inspiration on their sleeves (almost literally), the new designs look lightyears ahead of the PS4’s clunky old sticks, and pack some features from the PS5’s DualSense. Continue Reading Category: […]
WowCube takes gaming to another dimension
Imagine if you crossed a handheld gaming system with a Rubik’s Cube. What you’d get is CubiOs Inc’s WowCube, which is currently an honoree in the CES 2021 Innovation Awards. Continue Reading Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology Tags: Gaming, Handheld, New Atlas Audio, CES 2021
Touchscreen table packs dozens of digital board games and puzzles
As fun as board games are, they can be a fiddly hobby, time consuming to set up, and expensive to keep buying the new ones. Arcade1Up’s Infinity Game Table, currently on Kickstarter, digitizes dozens of classic games like Monopoly and Scrabble into a touchscreen table. Continue Reading Category: Games, Consumer Tech, Technology Tags: Board, Games, […]
