Gaming hardware

Sony shipped 4.5 million PS5 units in 2020, matching the launch of the PS4. These figures, which were shared in Sony’s Q3 FY2020 report (opens in new tab), are the first official numbers on the PS5 following its worldwide launch in November 2020. The report mentions that, while there was …

Custom gaming PC maker iBUYPOWER announced a cool upgrade to its Element CL range (opens in new tab), and a new Revolt 3 PC case at CES 2021 as indicators of things to come in 2021 for the PC maker. There are plenty of announcements coming out from this year’s …

2020 was quite the year for the Nintendo Switch, as the portable console’s UK sales roughly matched those of the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S combined. As noted by GIBiz head Christopher Dring, Xbox and PlayStation’s current and last-gen consoles together couldn’t outpace the Switch. It’s a …

Retailer Ikea has put together mock PS5 and Xbox Series X units to help customers work out if a piece of its furniture can house either next-gen console. You can see Ikea’s own mock units of both the PS5 and Xbox Series X just below, courtesy of a Reddit user. …

A new Nintendo leak has surfaced online that contains early plans for the Nintendo Switch from 2014, before the system was finalised. In the leak we can see early design concepts of the console along with plans to originally include StreetPass, backwards compatibility, and more.  The leaks were supposedly originally …

When Nvidia revealed the latest 30-series of graphics cards, PC gamers everywhere rejoiced. While the 3070 offers 2080 Super-level performance for a significantly cheaper price, and the 3090 is the most powerful consumer-level GPU the world has ever seen; it was the 3080 that caused a big ruckus, sitting bang …

Update: Those PS5s at Best Buy seem to have sold out, and even the more expensive bundles are now gone. However, that doesn’t mean you should give up. Walmart had stock yesterday (opens in new tab), and we’ve got our fingers crossed that Amazon (opens in new tab) will be …

It’s a known fact that Razer laptops are some of the best gaming laptops going in the world right now. This is no longer up for discussion, really. However, it is always exciting to see the latest iterations, even in this, the year that saw the landscape and the future …

Microsoft will bring the cloud gaming available through Xbox Game Pass to Windows PCs and iOS devices in spring 2021.  The company announced the service’s expansion in a new blog post (opens in new tab) alongside a smattering of data, the most relevant point being that November 2020 Xbox Game …

If you’d like to support a good cause, all while potentially securing yourself an impressive bundle of gifts just ahead of the holiday season, then we might just have you covered. Our sister site PC Gamer (opens in new tab) has partnered up with gaming charity SpecialEffect for an amazing …