What just happened? It's not often that a gaming company will pay tribute to competitors' products, but it seems Microsoft is happy to give credit where it's due. On the 20th anniversary of Xbox, the ...

LOS ANGELES -- Five years after launching its last video game console in the United States, Japan's Nintendo Co. Ltd. started selling its next-generation machine, the GameCube, over the weekend. At ...

This isn't a flame thread. Yet after reading a wide number of threads at both gaming sites and here at Ars, I remain at a loss. Why are so many just absolutely cutting the Xbox to shreds? No one ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Nintendo recently showcased its Gamecube game console at the annual E3 Expo consumer electronics exhibition in the US. The Gamecube will be priced at US$199.95, US ...

Watchmojo brings back the sixth gen console war to find out if Sony’s PS2 is better than Nintendo’s purple lunchbox, or Microsoft’s giant first entry the Xbox. Which had the most amazing graphics, ...

no this isn't any kind of contention. i just noticed that the animated boot screen on the gamecube serves an important purpose, that is, it keeps you distracted/entertained while the drive spins up ...

When I was in middle school, I had one friend who always had the newest top-of-the-line technology. The Sega Dreamcast, which launched in North America in September 1999, left a better impression on ...

Xbox has made backward compatibility a cornerstone feature on its next-gen Series S and Series X consoles, but I doubt the company intended for the systems to be used to play PlayStation 2 games.