Holiday promotions spur Sony.Thanks to a range of promotions at various Japanese retailers, the PlayStation 4 had its best week in a long, long time. Sony's console shifted an impressive 75,000 units across the standard model and the PS4 Pro -- that's a rather dramatic increase of roughly 55,000 units week-on-week. It'll be interesting to see whether these numbers can hold any kind of ground as we... more.

The time is now.Sony’s reducing the price of PlayStation VR over the critical Christmas period in the United States, with hardware bundles available as low as $199.99 from 16th December through 26th December. The cheapest option includes a headset, PlayStation Camera, and copies of the excellent platformers Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Moss – but there are other options available.Read the full... more.

It'll be a Lara fun.A little while back, the first DLC for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, called The Forge, was released, marking the beginning of the game's extensive post-launch content. With a total of seven content updates, there's plenty to look forward to for Croft fans, and Square Enix has announced the release date for the second chunk of DLC.It's named The Pillar, and will release on 18th Dec... more.

And nothing more.Sony has released the latest firmware update for PS4, bringing it up to system software version 6.20. This mandatory update doesn't seem to bring any new features to the console, instead simply keeping everything ship shape, as per usual. "This system software update improves system performance," our PS4 tells us.Firmware update 6.20 isn't particularly big, weighing in at just 450... more.

Get outta here, ya varmints.Rockstar is continuing its quest to vanquish bugs and glitches from the Old West with the latest update to Red Dead Redemption 2. The new patch takes the game up to version 1.04, and includes a bunch of fixes for both Red Dead Online and the single player story mode.The main issue this patch seems to fix is several situations which cause the game to pause at 90% during ... more.

The Nintendo Switch, for the second year running, is the must-have console this Christmas season. After a few shakey home console years with the Wii U, Nintendo came back swinging with a transforming format that was at home in your living room as it was in your bag for on-the-go play.But while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have been around the block and had their prices (and revised console build... more.

Fallout 76 has seen a big new update delivered to PC players (with the patch for the consoles expected to arrive tomorrow), and it brings a bunch of previously promised goodies including the ability to adjust ‘field of view’ and support for ultra-wide monitors.Yes, with update 1.03.10 (which is around a 3GB download), PC gamers will benefit from a field of view (FOV) slider, which can be used ... more.

Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aimé has explained why Red Dead Redemption 2 didn't release on the Nintendo Switch.In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,  when asked if he would be interested in having a game such as Red Dead Redemption 2 on the Switch, Reggie explained that though Nintendo would "love" to have the title on its platform, it wasn't that simple."Absolutely. We’d love for it... more.

Reggie speaks out.In the same interview with Forbes, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé took time to discuss the current Switch sales and reinforced how the company's immediate focus was on the holiday season.When queried about a potential hardware revision, Reggie provided the following statement:Read the full article on nintendolife.comPowered by WPeMatico... more.

Highest opening week ever for a Smash game.Following the sales data estimates for the Japanese release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Famitsu has now published official sales numbers confirming the game sold exactly 1,238,358 million copies in its launch week. This figure reportedly does not include digital sales.As we noted previously, this makes Ultimate the biggest Nintendo-published game launc... more.