E3 week is undeniably the biggest of the gaming calendar, as developers go head to hear in order to make the biggest splash with a new title. 2018 will be no exception. With no major hardware announcements expected, this year will be all about the games. That means that there’s going to be so much…
E3 is almost upon us, and we’re all starting to get pretty excited here at Console Deals. As we’ve already done a boring ‘sensible’ preview of the event and what we can expect, we’ve decided to put our heads together and come up with some more exciting predictions. These predictions ended up ranging from the…
Days of Play, Sony’s annual gaming celebration and offer period, has become a bit of a staple of the gaming calendar. Offering some enticing discounts just before E3 unleashes a whole load of exciting new titles, Days of Play runs for 11 days from the 8th of June. However, this year the promotion is particularly…
Ever since the Nintendo Switch launched, there has been speculation about how long the 3/2DS line has left. The Switch can be played as a handheld, and it’s likely that Nintendo will only continue to redirect support from 3DS games to the Switch moving forward. However, the 3DS has proved resilient. It remains enormously popular,…
Following the enormous early success of the Nintendo Switch, the Japanese gaming giant have shifted their focus to making the console even more dominant than the Wii. No longer was it the aim to get a Switch into every gaming household. No, Nintendo announced earlier this year that their ambition was for every single gamer…
We’ve talked plenty about how successful the PS4 has been since its launch. With almost 80 million units sold, the PS4 will easily surpass the PS3 and Xbox 360 this year and could even break the 100 million units mark, a number surpassed by only three home consoles previously. According to the latest rumours, it…
We’re now just a month away from everybody’s favourite gaming convention, E3. Though there are now a few more competing conventions that can draw some attention and garner some headlines, E3 remains the premier spot for debuting new games, announcing new hardware and generally stirring up excitement among the gaming community. So what can we…
A couple of weeks ago, we speculated that the increasing trend for nostalgia and retro gaming could ultimately play a role in dictating the future of console gaming. Over the weekend, we got another reminder of just how powerful this lust for classic games is, with Sega announcing a miniature version of the Mega Drive,…
Last month, we brought you the news of what appeared to be the first Xbox One X hard bundle (i.e. where the game is bundled in the console itself). Featuring Forza Motorsport 7 alongside Microsoft’s flagship console, the bundle was unusual in that there was very little fanfare around the launch. The box was also…
Leaks of the upcoming Spyro the Dragon remastered trilogy earlier this week have sent the internet into a predictable meltdown, the sort of spontaneous fan support that many new gaming IPs can only dream of. Granted, Spyro does have over a decade of goodwill and nostalgia backing it up, but there’s no suggestion that the…
