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This week marked the arrival of the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2026, and as always, we've got loads of backwards compatible ...

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As part of Microsoft's 20th anniversary of Xbox broadcast, the company announced that 70+ additional original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles have been added to the backwards compatibility library in what ...

The Sony PlayStation brand is all about providing world-class experiences with cutting-edge technology. It even doubled down in 2024 by releasing the PlayStation 5 Pro. That being said, if you want to ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Nintendo revealed the Switch 2 on Thursday, posting a video showing off the new ...

Sony has acknowledged that backwards compatibility was a unique and much-welcomed feature before it was dropped in the PS4 generation. It has long been assumed that a shift in console architectures is ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. We all know Xbox is preparing for some sort of digital-first future. With products like the Xbox Series S (and the leaked Xbox Series X refresh), ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A prominent gaming executive has commented on the potential impact of a console that does not have backwards compatibility, saying it breaks a ...

Nintendo stated that the Switch 2 will not solely rely on hardware-level solutions for backward compatibility. Past consoles like the 3DS and Wii U relied on hardware to read DS and Wii game data.