Best Black Friday 2018 toy deals: Legos, Hatchimals, Star Wars, Xbox One X, PlayStation 4

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Signs that you’re a full-fledged old: The gift you’re most excited about is a Dyson vacuum and the person with a sack of gifts you’re awaiting the most is the wine delivery guy. Can’t we just go back to the good old days of flipping through the toy catalog over a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

You know the young-ins in your life deserve that joy — what you may not know is what the kids are into these days. (Hot tip: kids play with drones now, not toy planes). And with Toys ‘R’ Us gone, there’s not really a store (or a Black Friday ad with more than two pages of toys) to show you what’s big.  Read more…

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Hold onto your hats because Amazon just dropped a load of great Black Friday UK gaming deals

Shopping in the US? Check out the Black Friday gaming deals we’ve found just for you. 
In case we hadn’t mentioned it, Black Friday is underway. 
Of course you know this by now. It’s not like it hasn’t been all that we’ve talked about for w…

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Best gifts for gamers: What to get for the gamer in your life

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Shopping for a gamer sounds like it should be easy, but getting them the right gift can be a bit more complicated than you think. The good news: there’s so much to choose from. The bad news: there’s so much to choose from.

It’s even worse when you consider all the different kinds of gamers out there. From those who pledge allegiance to the PC master race to Nintendo purists and everything in between, it isn’t easy finding just the right gift to add to their setup. But if you nail it, you won’t find anyone more grateful than a gamer.

When shopping for a gamer, first determine your desired price point. For most, you’ll be able to grab a couple games under $100 and call it a day. Accessories like controllers and charging docks are another great mid-range price point. The next step up will be things like gaming consoles or a gaming laptop, which will run you a couple hundred. If you’re looking to go all out and treat the gamer in your life to an epic gift, a brand new PC rig and setup could clock in at around $4,000.  Read more…

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This visual history of video game hardware quite literally pulls your favorite consoles apart

Are you the type of person who just wants to rip the cover off your dear, sweet 2001 Xbox and see how it all ticks? Ever wanted to smash open a Game Boy? Lift the lid on an Atari 2600?
Shot by photographer and lifelong gamer Evan Amos, The Game Conso…

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The best UK deals for Wednesday: Wahl kitchenware, Amazon bundles, Xbox headsets, and more

There is a lot of really important stuff happening in the world right now. There’s a lot of big political decisions being made and a lot of discontent. 
It’s important for a reason, and it’s good to be informed, but it’s also good to take a brea…

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The best UK deals for Tuesday: Xbox bundles, Amazon devices, Andrew James kitchen appliances, and more

Games consoles can be expensive, particularly when you add on the cost of your favourite games, and a console is kind of useless without something to play.
One effective way of reducing this overall cost is to make the most of the bundle offerings th…

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Microsoft’s xCloud brings Xbox gaming to mobile and PC, Netflix-style

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At the annual E3 trade show in June, Microsoft hinted at some kind of streaming service. Now it has a name (albeit a seemingly temporary one): Project xCloud.

The service is pretty much what you’d expect if you’ve been following all the chatter around game streaming. With xCloud, Xbox people will be able to play their games on a variety of different screens, from PC monitors to smartphones.

It’s a streaming thing, to be clear. Don’t confuse this with two other existing Microsoft offerings that give you access to Xbox games. Xbox Play Anywhere is more feature than service; most first-party Xbox games — which is to say, those made by Microsoft-owned studios — can be installed and played via the Windows 10 store, provided they support Play Anywhere. Read more…

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Microsoft announces an Xbox game streaming service

A week after Google launched a game streaming service “Project Stream“ in beta, Microsoft’s touting its own take on the category. Project xCloud is, naturally, an Xbox game streaming service, designed to  bring the console’s titles to a slew of different platforms. Outlined via blog post, the service is the latest offering to offer gamers […]

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Rockstar releases second Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay trailer

We are less than a month away from the release of Red Dead Redemption 2, the sequel to one of the most popular games of the PS3/Xbox era. Red Dead Redemption launched in 2010, meaning that fans of the franchise have waited for almost a decade to continue their adventure through the early American frontier. […]

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Best deals for Sept. 12: Save on Xbox One X, Nintendo Switch, Amazon Echo Look, espresso makers, Coleman camping gear, and more

Today is National Video Games Day, so you can be sure there are deals on everything from consoles, and controllers to games thanks to Amazon and Walmart. Plus, with plenty of deals on kitchenware, Udemy classes, and specials from Target, it’s all-aro…

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You can now use Alexa and Cortana to control your Xbox

You can now control the Xbox from Alexa and Cortana. Microsoft announced his morning it’s introducing a new way to interact with Xbox One using voice commands, by way of an Xbox Skill that works with both Alexa and Cortana, across platforms. The skill will allow users to launch games, adjust the volume, start and […]

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