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By now you’ll have heard about how PS5 and Xbox Series X stock is like gold dust. In fact, it often feels as if you have a greater chance of winning the lottery than being able to buy PS5 deals. But why? What makes the next-gen PlayStation so difficult to …

The Razer Huntsman V2 Analog makes a statement I never thought I’d see: it implies that controllers can do a better job than mice and keyboards on PC (in certain games, anyway). Namely, the keyboard implies this in order to mimic thumbsticks through the more you press a key, the …

A handy redditor has managed to create a custom giant 6ft Game Boy. User jessew1987 (opens in new tab) shared something they were working on: a completely custom-made, and rather large, Game Boy Color case they’ve attached to their wall. They call it the Game Boy arcade and it’s a …

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 …