The bootleg Nintendo Network replacement no longer requires jailbreaking
The Pretendo Network, an open-source Nintendo Network alternative, no longer requires a hacked Wii U console. With Nintendo’s servers for the obsolete console shutting down on Monday, the Pretendo Network shared a new workaround that provides (limited) access to its homebrew servers without jailbreaking your dusty old console. An SSL…
Microsoft may be working on a cheaper, disc-free Xbox Series X
Microsoft may be working on a white version of its current all-digital Xbox Series X console, according to leaked images reported by Exputer and documents seen by The Verge. The design appears to be identical to the current black disc version (sans the disc slot) and has the same “robot white”…
The PS5 Pro is reportedly coming this holiday season
Confession time: I already have a copy of Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for the PS5 even though I still don’t have a PlayStation 5 console. I never get consoles the moment they come out and usually wait a few years for their next version. In the…
Let’s talk about Xbox | This week’s gaming news
No one is suggesting that Microsoft should stop making video game hardware. What we’ve been considering, here in the dark and twisted Engadget Slack channels, is whether Microsoft should keep making generationally distinct consoles in the traditional hardware cycle. Basically, does Xbox need a box? Microsoft has been busy building…
The official Xbox controller is on sale for $44
It’s rarely a bad idea to have an extra controller on hand. Being able to switch to another gamepad when the battery runs out is always welcome, and you don’t want to be caught short when a buddy wants to hop into a local multiplayer game with you. Being able…
Nintendo’s Switch 2 may not arrive until 2025
Nintendo’s “Switch 2” was widely expected to arrive sometime this year, but a new rumor is putting that timeline into question. Now, the company is telling publishers that the next-gen console is slated for release in the first quarter of 2025, according to VGC, Eurogamer and other sources. That would…
Sony predicts it’ll sell fewer PS5s than first thought
Sony has lowered its PlayStation 5 sales forecast for fiscal 2023 significantly and now expects to sell 21 million units, down from a previous forecast of 25 million. That’s despite posting record quarterly revenue and selling 8.2 million PS5s over the holiday season. So far this fiscal year, Sony has…
Phil Spencer will address Xbox multiplatform rumors on February 15
The internet has been buzzing the last couple of weeks with rumors that Microsoft will begin publishing Xbox first-party games on competing consoles. The company promised it would soon share more details about its “vision for the future of Xbox” and that looks to be coming on February 15. Phil…
The Final Fantasy 14 live-action TV show is dead
A live-action TV series based on Final Fantasy 14 is no longer happening. The project is now dead, according to Dinesh Shamdasani, the co-founder of Hivemind, one of the production companies involved. “We took around a fantastic pilot script by Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton along with a multi-season plan…
Watch Sony’s CES 2024 keynote in under 6 minutes
As it often does in Las Vegas, Sony focused its CES 2024 keynote on some of the company’s more esoteric products. To start with, it rolled out the Afeela electric car first introduced last year at CES, but did it with some gaming panache by driving it using a PlayStation…