Since launching 2017, Nintendo’s Switch console has taken the gaming world by storm. It has broken numerous selling records and has re-established Nintendo as the world’s pre-eminent gaming company. One of the most common questions we get asked is what can the Switch do? It’s a fair question given the fact it’s a hybrid console,…
Launched in March 2017, the Nintendo Switch has been an enormous success. After the disappointment of the Wii U, Nintendo went back to the drawing board and came up with an innovative console that combined the ability to be used as a regular home console and a handheld. This guide will aim to answer all…
The Xbox One is, along with the PS4 and the Nintendo Switch, one of the three major games systems available today. Despite historically lacking the same popularity as the PlayStation and not boasting the innovative design of the Switch, the latest version of the Xbox One remains a popular console. As such, your son or…
An unqualified success since its launch in 2013, the PS4 is a continuation of the incredible PlayStation legacy. It’s the most popular console of its generation, meaning that the chances are that if your kids are looking for a console that will enable them to play with their friends, it’ll be the PS4. In this…
We’ve been saying on our blog for some time now that we see the future of gaming lying with virtual reality. Incremental updates to the graphical capabilities and processing power of consoles – as is the case with the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X – has made the traditional idea of console ‘generations’ effectively…
When it comes to buying a games console, particularly if you’re buying it as a gift and aren’t particularly gaming-savvy yourself, it can be a bit of a minefield. Consoles within the same ‘family’ now come with different models, different hard drive capacities, different add ons – it’s all a bit confusing if you’re not…
Another new football season means another edition of EA’s enormously popular football simulation, FIFA. FIFA 18 promises to take the potent mix of incredible graphics, unrivalled licensing arrangements and lightning fast gameplay to deliver the series’ most developed entry yet. This year, it’ll be Sony and PlayStation that are offering several different console and FIFA…
Update: This post was originally published in December, 2016. It was updated on 26 July, 2016, to include details of the latest console, the New Nintendo 2DS XL. The Nintendo 3DS family has dominated the handheld console space since it launched in 2011. With glasses-free 3D in most models, 3DS has a huge library of…
Perhaps the Nintendo Switch’s biggest selling point, other than its growing catalogue of superb games, is its portability. The Japanese gaming giant’s latest creation is a fusion between the home console and the handheld, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. One of the only drawbacks to Nintendo’s groundbreaking and highly innovative creation is…
It would be fair to say that there has never been a console so intrinsically linked to its controllers before as the Nintendo Switch. Even in the case of Nintendo’s two most recent home console efforts, the Wii and the Wii U, which both had striking, unusually designed gamepads, the controllers were just that – controllers.…
