Microsoft are certainly committed to the concept of console and games bundled together. While the PS4 and Nintendo Switch continue to do a good proportion of their business through 'solus' consoles (i.e. those with no bundled game), it's becoming increasingly tricky to even find an Xbox One S that doesn't come with a game included....
As Grand Theft Auto V surpasses the 90 million units sold mark, we take a look at where the game ranks historically among the biggest selling games.
If you've read anything about gaming over the past six months, chances are you will have heard of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the word-of-mouth hit of 2017. The concept is simple; you fly over an island with 99 other players. You parachute from the plane, start hunting for items and weapons, and then just try to outlast...
We’ve already posted several blogs analysing the big three consoles’ performance over the last few months, including this one where where we found the Xbox One had edged the PS4 and Nintendo Switch in terms of unit sales over Black Friday. The main takeaways from our posts was that the gaming industry was in better...
2017 was a huge year for the gaming industry. The Nintendo Switch launched and surpassed all expectations. The Xbox One X set the new gold standard for home console capabilities. We got the long awaited sequel to Knack. It was one of the best 12 month periods in recent years for the booming gaming sector....
November 7th: It's here! After months of anticipation, the Xbox One X launches today amidst worldwide interest. All the information below remains correct. If you're convinced to give the world's most powerful home console a whirl, click here to buy yours today! August 21st update: The Xbox One X can now be pre-ordered. June 11th...
Any regular visitor to the Gaming Deals will be well aware of our penchant for covering the staggering sales pace of the Nintendo Switch, the Japanese gaming giant's latest flagship console. We don't expect you to trawl through everything we've written thus far on the topic, so here's a quick recap: In February, the month...
A couple of months ago, we exclusively broke the news that Microsoft were officially discontinuing the original Xbox One, which stirred some discussion about the future for the Xbox's motion camera and voice command accessory Kinect. Originally billed as a core part of the Xbox One experience and included with every console, the Kinect gradually...
The Holiday period covering October, November and December is traditionally the biggest time of the year for the gaming industry. New hardware is released, big AAA titles launch and, of course, there’s a flurry of deals that can make a new console or signal the beginning the end for an older one. 2017’s Q4 is...
Star Wars fans awaiting the new Battlefront 2 in order to buy a console may have just received an early Christmas present in the form of a bundle leak.
We know we've been inundating the blog with bundle news recently, but there's a good chance that this will be our final update of the year - for the Xbox One, at least! We're already awaiting the Assassin's Creed: Origins bundle which launches at the end of October, but this week Microsoft have announced another...
Given Assassin's Creed: Origins is the series' tenth entry, and the past couple of games haven't quite made the splash that the first games did, Origins is getting quite a bit of hype. Part of this is because of the revamped gameplay mechanics that retain the series' famous stealth mechanics but improve the fluidity of...
In two concurrent announcements that are certain to delight Nintendo fans the world over, the Japanese gaming giant has confirmed that two of the hottest products - gaming or otherwise - of recent years are set to become far more readily available. We’ll also bring the Nintendo Classic Mini: NES back to Europe next summer....
The first iteration of the Xbox One console has gone out of stock from Microsoft's online store, and it won't be coming back.
Update 2: Another Gran Turismo bundle has been leaked, with a plain black 500GB PS4 Slim. Update: Within a couple of hours of this post going live, Sony did indeed confirm a special edition Gran Turismo PS4 console. Race fans: check out the Limited Edition Gran Turismo Sport PlayStation 4 console, available from 18th...
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