The Virtual Console is (sort of) back on the Switch 2

As part of today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Hamster announced a new Console Archives line of emulated classics available for download starting today on the Switch 2 and next week on the ...

Valve Says Its New Console Plays The ‘Majority’ Of Steam Games At 4K 60FPS With FSR

In our testing the majority of Steam titles play great at 4K 60FPS with FSR on Steam Machine,” the company wrote in a new update on February 4. “That said, there are some titles that currently require ...
Hackaday

KDE Binds Itself Tightly To Systemd, Drops Support For Non-Systemd Systems

The KDE desktop’s new login manager (PLM) in the upcoming Plasma 6.6 will mark the first time that KDE requires that the ...
Engadget

How to transfer your games to the Nintendo Switch 2

Upgrading to the Switch 2 is a big step forward, thanks to the larger screen, new features and improved performance. But shifting to a new console naturally raises the question of what happens to all ...
Mashable

This retro gaming console can also stream your favorite apps and ships free

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InfoWorld

High-performance programming with Java streams

Learn how to use advanced techniques like short-circuiting, parallel execution, virtual threads, and stream gatherers to maximize Java stream performance. My recent Java Stream API tutorial introduced ...
IGN

Xbox U.S. Console Unit Sales Just Reached an All-Time November Low

This morning, we learned that November was a surprisingly bad month for video game spending across the board. Hardware dollar sales and physical software unit sales were both at the lowest we've seen ...
The Verge

A Kinect for kids is outselling Xbox to become the hot console this holiday

The Nex Playground is on track to move 600,000 consoles, quadrupling last year’s sales. The Nex Playground is on track to move 600,000 consoles, quadrupling last year’s sales. is the Verge’s weekend ...
Wall Street Journal

The Hottest Toy of the Year Is Made by a Tech Startup You’ve Never Heard Of

The toy that’s sold out in America’s biggest retailers and just topped Amazon’s charts on the busiest shopping day of the year was made by a tech startup that had absolutely no clue how to make a toy.
DualShockers

The GameCube Lost The Console War Of Its Time, But It Won My Heart

Chris Littlechild (He/Him) is an Editor and Writer Trainer from the United Kingdom. He has been gaming since receiving an original Game Boy and copies of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six ...
Polygon

Valve reveals new Steam Machine, its next attempt at a PC-console hybrid

Valve revealed its next batch of at-home hardware on Wednesday, including a new take on the Steam Machine, a gaming PC that's intended to be used like a console. Also revealed were the Steam Frame, ...
Gizmodo

Valve’s New Steam Machine Could Disrupt Console Gaming as We Know It

It's not a "GameCube" per se, but Valve's Steam Machine will bring your Steam library to your living room. Reading time 4 minutes Valve is entering the console race, and it’s doing so in the most ...