Nick Griffiths is disappointed with Pokemon GO. Niantic's followup to Ingress took advantage of Nintendo's hugely popular franchise, marrying its characters and concepts with the company's experience with location-based software. But for Nick, GO didn't quite hit the mark."The depth in GO is obviously a problem. I'm a massive Nintendo fan and therefore a massive Pokemon fan as well, and I was inhe... more.

This weekend is offering a couple of free games to play, and now there's another one. Tactical first-person shooter Squad is available to play for free on Steam until Sunday, November 13, at 1 PM PT.If you want to keep playing past its free promotion, Squad is discounted to $20, while the soundtrack is $3 down from $6. Additionally, both can be purchased in a bundle for $22. It's also worth noting... more.

A spokesperson for Nintendo told Game Informer that Wii U shipments to North American retailers for this financial year has now ended. The spokesperson added that Wii U production will end in the "near future" for Japan, though specific timing was not mentioned."We can confirm that as of today, all Wii U hardware that will be made available in the North American market for this fiscal year has al... more.

Digital Foundry has posted its analysis of the PlayStation 4 Pro version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's new remastered version, the Special Edition. While the game benefits from a higher resolution (native 4K), it looks like the frame rate takes a small hit as a result of the increased visual fidelity.According to Digital Foundry, scenes that use "alpha-heavy effects" can lead to frame rate dips... more.

A notice on Nintendo's Japanese website appears to confirm that Wii U production, as rumored, is ending in Japan soon. Kotaku discovered that a statement on the site reads, 近日生産終了予定 (kinjitsu seisan shuuryou yotei), which the site translated to, "Production is scheduled to end soon."Developing...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

One of the incentives for preordering Dishonored 2 was that you could play a day early. With Dishonored 2's official release date being November 11, the game unlocks today for preorder buyers. Bethesda also gave away copies of Dishonored: Definitive Edition for people who preordered Dishonored 2, so preorder buyers can play that game as well.As announced last month, Bethesda did not send review c... more.

It's a big day for Sony, as the company launches its much-anticipated PlayStation 4 Pro console today, November 10. The $400 console is a more powerful version of the existing PS4. Not only that, but it represents something of a new move for the industry in that it's considered a mid-generation hardware upgrade instead of a new console generation. Sony will continue to sell the regular PS4. Addit... more.

The Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature, introduced in November 2015, lets you play Xbox 360 games on the new console. But what games are available? We've now rounded them all up--and we'll continue to update this post as new games are made available.Microsoft has promised that "hundreds" are still on the way.Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Lineup (As of November 10, 2016):New titles are b... more.

Skate 3 could be the next game to support backwards compatibility on Xbox One.Publisher EA and platform holder Microsoft haven't yet officially announced its inclusion in the backwards compatibility program, but the Xbox 360 dashboard seems to have confirmed it a little early.Skate 3 has also been discounted on the Xbox store. The game is currently available for $9.99/£7.49 for Xbox Live Gol... more.

The Black Friday shopping bonanza will be here in just a few more weeks. Now, retailer Best Buy has posted its 48-page Black Friday 2016 ad, revealing lots and lots of solid gaming deals.Starting off with hardware, Best Buy is offering the 500 GB Uncharted 4 PS4 Slim and the 500 GB Minecraft Xbox One S bundles for $250 each, a discount of $50. Additionally, the 1 TB Battlefield 1 Xbox One S system... more.