7+ mon, 3+ week ago (412+ words) The Switch 2 lacks the innovation to help give it staying power and might struggle to match the sales of the original Switch. That's the opinion of analyst Jay Defibaugh of Tokyo-based CLSA.He told FT that, adjusted for inflation, the Switch 2 is $50 more expensive than the launch-price of the original Switch ($300), and Nintendo hasn't done enough to position it as a long-term seller."I don't know if it has the innovation, the kind of new design or function, to have the long lasting power as the previous Switch," Defibaugh said.Continue Reading at GameSpot Nintendo's new console doesn't have the "new design or function" to have long-lasting sales potential, one analyst believes. By Eddie Makuch on April 9, 2025 at 8:17AM PDT The Switch 2 lacks the innovation to help give it staying power and might struggle to match the sales of the original…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (156+ words) Google has a new feature that will let you more often see GameSpot stories in your searches. By GameSpot Staff on September 2, 2025 at 1:18PM PDT The world of searching for anything on the internet continues to change, but a newly introduced Google feature allows you to have some new degree of influence over the results you see. If you're reading this, you hopefully enjoy GameSpot's coverage of the gaming world and would like to see more of it, whether it's a review, deals, recommendations for great games you may not have heard of, or countless thousands of words explaining what the heck Elden Ring is about. You can return to the same place (or go here) to add or remove additional sites to your preferred sources list. This can help you cater results to your liking, though keep in mind that…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago (129+ words) Each week, GameSpot's commerce editors highlight a handful of stories and products across gaming, tech, and entertainment. By Steven Petite on September 18, 2025 at 1:26PM PDT Wait, you're saying the GameSpot Deals newsletter is about Blu-rays? Is the newsletter written by a human? This is a good question, all things considered. I can indeed confirm that I am a human. As GameSpot's lead commerce editor, I handpick the products we cover on a day-to-day basis. All of the deals we cover on the site are vetted by myself or Brendan Hesse, GameSpot's associate commerce editor. We publish dozens of stories each week, and our newsletter pulls directly from our recent coverage. Is this newsletter going to take as long to read as this article?...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago (558+ words) The sun is blazing, the air conditioner is running, and you're inside talking into a fan for the fun reverb effect. It's summertime, baby, and that can only mean one thing: the Steam summer sale is upon us. This one of the best times of the year to load up on a ton of cheap games, and we have plenty of summer sale games to recommend. But what if your tastes are a little bit more niche and less expensive than the latest AAA hits? Well we have that covered too.These are our recommendations for the best games you can grab for under ten bucks. That price means these are mostly smaller games, not the hits from big publishers. But they're all gems that come with our recommendation, and you can load up on several of them for the…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago (235+ words) gamescom and gamescom ONL 2025 will be the biggest we've seen in the decade. We're taking a look back at how gamescom in Cologne became the best gaming event in the world. Published on August 1, 2025 at 1:37AM PDT Alongside these public-facing demos and reveals, from 2009-2016, gamescom also hosted a sister developer-focused event, a European spin-off of San Francisco's legendary Game Developer Conference. Last year, gamescom tripled its opening exhibitor number, hosting 1,462 exhibitors, with even more exhibitors and visitors expected in 2025. With the inaugural years of gamescom asia X Thailand Game Show and gamescom latam already attracting huge industry attention, gamescom looks set to continue its reputation for hosting the biggest and best events in video games. There's still time to pick up tickets for gamescom 2025, which runs from August 20th to August 24th. Even if you can't make the event, you can tune in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (181+ words) American Pie and other early 2000s teen comedies inspired the upcoming game Agefield High: Rock the School. By Blair Marnell on November 10, 2025 at 1:24PM PST Next year, Refugium Games is sending players back to school with Agefield High: Rock the School. And you might actually like going to classes at this school, but the real action is off campus in this homage to the teenage sex comedies from the early 2000s. The influence of films like American Pie is very apparent in the first trailer for the game. The game casts players as Sam Tatum, the new kid at Agefield High who quickly befriends Kale Baines and "wannabe rocker" Axel Philly. Sam and his new crew also a mutual enemy in Seth, one of the school's jocks. From the trailer, it looks like there will be plenty of chances to either pull a…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago (660+ words) Fanatical has launched a new bundle deal, and this time the focus is on supporting the work of the charity NSPCC in its mission to end child abuse. The NSPCC Charity Bundle features a selection of PC games--available as Steam keys--primarily aimed at younger members of the family, but there are a few titles here for older gamers as well. Priced at $6, this gets you 13 games in total and proceeds from the sale will go to the NSPCC.NSPCC Charity Bundle See on Fanatical Ben 10: Power Trip (Steam Deck Playable)Star Trek Prodigy: SupernovaGigantosaurus: The GameTransformers: Battlegrounds (Steam Deck Playable)Amid Evil (Steam Deck Verified)Snakebird (Steam Deck Playable)Snakebird Primer (Steam Deck Playable)Rounds (Steam Deck Playable)Shapez (Steam Deck Playable)Glass Masquerade (Steam Deck Playable)Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions (Steam Deck Verified)Glass Masquerade 3: Honeylines (Steam Deck…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago (904+ words) [6526256 -- The Game Boy Encyclopedia] The Game Boy Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color $27.40 (was $43) See at Amazon Game Boy fans can save big on a very cool book at Amazon for a limited time. The Game Boy Encyclopedia, which released on November 30, is a reference book containing all of the 1,100-plus games that released for Nintendo's Game Boy and Game Boy Color in the west. Normally $43, this 320-page hardcover is on sale for only $27.40.[6526256 -- The Game Boy Encyclopedia] The Game Boy Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color $27.40 (was $43) Written by veteran video game journalist Chris Scullion, The Game Boy Encyclopedia looks at every game released in the West for both the Game Boy (~580 games) and its 1998 successor, the Game Boy Color (~560 games), which tallies up to…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago (881+ words) The next batch of Game Pass arrivals has been revealed, joining the first wave of titles that were added to the subscription service earlier this month. April kicked off with a solid selection of new games like South of Midnight, Blue Prince, and Wargroove 2, and for the next wave rounding out the rest of the month and early May, you can grab a few more day-one releases. The headliner here is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, an RPG that features interesting gameplay twists on the genre, incredible visuals, and a star-studded cast of voice actors.Is this next game Goat Simulator? No, this is Patrick--specifically SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game--which turns Bikini Bottom into a playground for everyone's favorite starfish. Anyone looking to exercise both their need for speed and their trigger-finger will want to check out Neon White,…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago (941+ words) [6526256 -- The Game Boy Encyclopedia] The Game Boy Encyclopedia (Hardcover) $26.14 (was $43) See at Amazon Video game collectors, aspiring gaming historians, and those with who have a special place in their hearts for Nintendo's Game Boy should check out Amazon's deal on this comprehensive encyclopedia. Aptly titled The Game Boy Encyclopedia, the 320-page hardcover book features all 1,100-plus games for the original Game Boy and GBC that released in the West. Amazon's discount drops the price of the $43 reference book to only $26, which is the best deal we've seen so far.If you like reading about major moments in the history of video games, we'd also highly recommend reading The History of the Game Boy, which finally received an English translation last year.[6526256 -- The Game Boy Encyclopedia] The Game Boy Encyclopedia (Hardcover) $26.14 (was $43) Written by veteran video game journalist Chris Scullion, The…...