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Nintendo debuted its Switch console for the second time on 13th January in Japan, giving us details on its price, availability, online services and launch line up. But KitGuru was also invited to test out the new console at an event at London's Hammersmith Apollo theatre. Here's what we thought of …

Back when Nintendo officially announced the Switch we were still left with quite a few questions, we had no idea when the console was releasing, what games would be available at launch or even how much the console would cost. However, all has been revealed today as part of Nintendo's …

Nintendo's next console, the Switch was announced in the Autumn of 2016 to a pretty positive response. It's looking to combine a portable and home console into one, with a decent sized screen and modular controls. And tomorrow, we get to have a play with it. Following on from an …

It looks like the holiday season has been kind to Sony as around 6.2 million PS4 units were sold during the final months of 2016, bringing the total amount of PS4 sales up to 53.4 million. The additional bump in sales followed on from the launches of the PS4 Slim …

While Nintendo has already announced the Nintendo Switch at this point, there are still several unanswered questions on the hardware side of things. However, this week, reports have revealed the CPU and GPU clock speeds of the Switch while in mobile mode and while docked. We also know a little …

Nintendo's newly released NES Classic Mini has sold close to 200,000 units in the U.S. alone, making it an impressively hot seller in a short period of time. So much so in fact that it has outsold the Wii U, not just during the same period, but even when you …

Last month, Oculus and Microsoft announced that their Xbox One VR streaming app would finally be coming to the Oculus Rift. This streaming app allows console owners to stream their Xbox One games directly to the Oculus Rift to be played in a virtual cinema environment. It has taken quite …

While Microsoft has been putting the pressure on this year with the the launch of the Xbox One S, Sony still has a clear lead in the console market and this month, the PlayStation 4 managed to hit the 50 million sales mark. The PS4 is three years old this …

Update: Last week, we heard some news surrounding the Nintendo Switch's pricing, with sources claiming that here in the UK, the Switch would come in two configurations, one priced at £199 and another with more storage priced at £249. Now that outcome is looking even more likely as UK retailer …

Nintendo won't be giving us official details on pricing, launch games and release dates for the Nintendo Switch until January but that doesn't mean we won't continue to hear whispers of what is coming beforehand. Many of the Switch's features were known of way ahead of time and it seems …

Nintendo can be a funny company at times. We have known about Nintendo's plans to release a new home console for quite some time now, which has periodically prompted rumours of the Wii U ceasing production. In fact, just last week Nintendo denied reports that Wii U production would be …

At E3 earlier this year, Microsoft officially announced that it would be coming out with a more powerful console in 2017, currently known as Project Scorpio. One of the big goals for this device is to support “high-fidelity VR”, but it seems that support may take some time to arrive …

This month, Nintendo finally announced its next console, the Nintendo Switch. However, there are still quite a few unanswered questions, we don't have a price, an exact release date or even a confirmed list of launch games. We will be getting that news soon though, as Nintendo has revealed that …

Last week, we finally got our first look at the Nintendo Switch and since then, we've been left with quite a few questions, with one of them being ‘what games are coming to the Switch?' If you saw the reveal video, you might assume that third-party games like The Elder …

Yesterday, Nintendo officially unveiled the Nintendo Switch, a new concept that blends handheld gaming with home console gaming. While the reveal was very intriguing, there are still some unanswered questions, one of which being, is the dock unit capable of running games better than the tablet in handheld mode? Well …

Earlier today, Nintendo officially announced the Nintendo Switch (formerly known as the NX) and just as previous rumours predicted, it is a home console/handheld hybrid. While the three-minute trailer gave us a look at what sort of games to expect on the system and how it works, it didn't dive …

Over the last week or so there have been several sources claiming that Nintendo would finally reveal the NX console this month and fortunately enough, the information turned out to be accurate, as a preview trailer for the system went live this afternoon. This quick three-minute look at the system …

When it comes to Nintendo NX news, things have been quite slow over the last couple of months and while rumours are still predicting that the console will launch before March 2017, Nintendo itself is really dragging its feet with official announcements. However, Nintendo may finally break its silence on …

Since the start of this console generation, the Xbox One has consistently been outsold by the PlayStation 4. Microsoft's console did have brief stints of higher sales but the original box never really hit its stride. The Xbox One S is a different story however, as over the last three …

Way back in July of 2015 Microsoft's head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, confirmed plans to bring mouse and keyboard support to the Xbox One. This was reiterated earlier this year at E3, though Spencer admitted at the time that support was still “months away”. Well, months have now passed and …

Last month, Bethesda let PlayStation 4 owners know that Sony wasn't playing ball when it came to bringing mods to the console. Given that Bethesda has had mods running for Fallout 4 on the Xbox One for months now, this news didn't go down well. Fortunately, it didn't take long …

While Nintendo is keeping quiet on exactly what its next console is, other companies are being a little bit more open with what they know.  More specifically, the CEO of the Pokemon Company recently had some interesting things to say about the Nintendo NX, while also promising to release games …

While we already know quite a bit about the PS4 Pro and its capabilities, we don't know nearly as much about Microsoft's upcoming competitor, Project Scorpio. However, following the PS4 Pro announcement Microsoft has been coming across as very confident and this week, they began claiming that all first-party titles …

While 1080p/60 may have been a better target for the PlayStation 4 Pro, Sony has been keenly pushing the promise of 4K gaming. This has been achievable for some games, like The Elder Scrolls Online and even The Last of Us Remastered but other titles, like Horizon: Zero Dawn will …

This week, Sony took its first step away from long drawn-out console generations with the PS4 Pro, an upgraded console that builds on the foundation set by the original PS4, but offering more power to those looking for it. It wasn't competition from Xbox that spurred this decision though, Sony …

The console market is getting a huge shake-up this year with the launch of the PS4 Pro, an upgraded version of the PS4 that is targeting 4K TV owners. The benefits of the PS4 Pro vary quite a bit from game to game but things may get even more confusing, …

Last night Sony finally unveiled the PS4 Pro (formerly “Neo”) officially, featuring a twice as powerful GPU based on AMD's Polaris architecture, a higher clocked CPU and support for 4K gaming and HDR. Since then, several developers have confirmed a number of games that will run at native 4K/30fps on …

While the PS4 Pro is Sony's biggest announcement in recent months, it did reveal a minor detail during the debut of that generation-and-a-half system: that all PS4s would soon support HDR lighting. It will come as part of a firmware update in the near future, presumably around the November launch …

We have been hearing about the codenamed PS4 Neo since as far back as March of this year but today, Sony made the console official. The original PS4 will now be repackaged and sold as a cheaper slim model, meanwhile, the PS4 Pro will enter the scene, offering a twice …

Nintendo confirmed that it was working on a new console, codenamed ‘NX', some time ago and while the console is rumoured to be arriving before the end of March next year, so far, Nintendo has remained tight-lipped, giving us no further official details on the console. However, just because we …