The PC is one of the most popular gaming platforms in the world, and one that’s constantly changing. Here at The Verge we ...

Valve released the Steam Machine at long last, but this tiny gaming PC costs more than expected, given its budget-grade parts ...

Looking for a great game to play on your Switch or Switch 2? Check out Hades II, Mina the Hollower, Monster Hunter Rise, and ...

A leaked spec sheet points to a low-cost, cartridge-based Sega handheld built for 2D games. It’s an unconfirmed rumor, so grab some salt. But with retro gaming and physical media booming, it might be ...

When you were a kid growing up in the 90s, you were either a Nintendo kid or a SEGA kid (unless you were one of those lucky kids who had parents more than happy to spoil them with both consoles). I ...

The game gave Mario a rival and the gaming industry a brand new hero. Travel back to 1991. If you were a gamer, more than likely you were busy at work finding every last secret in Super Mario World.

Two Cuphead announcements landed at Summer Game Fest 2026 on June 5, 2026, and both of them are wild. Studio MDHR, the Ontario-based Canadian developer behind Cuphead and The Delicious Last Course, ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Studio MDHR's next game, Mighty Cuphead Adventure, is a pure blast from the past, CRTs, 8-bit graphics and all. Indie developers feel like the intrepid ...

Sega has been in the game business since the 1960s, producing all kinds of electromechanical arcade game cabinets before jumping into the home video game console war in the 1980s. It primarily went up ...

The past decade or so has seen gaming become more mainstream. Gaming fans who grew up during the late ’80s can now enjoy their favorite fandom in many forms. Meanwhile, there’s also a growing trend of ...

Microsoft is also introducing tiered Gamerscore badges based on lifetime achievement. These badges now appear on player profiles and in the Xbox Guide, giving users a clearer way to track long-term ...

The 'new boot up experience', as the team calls it, features "a new animation and sound" - along with "the new Xbox logo" placed front and centre. "We’ve updated the console boot up experience with a ...