Microsoft is celebrating 25 years of Xbox with new games, hardware, and more. Microsoft is celebrating 25 years of Xbox with new games, hardware, and more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...

An inevitability of console gaming is that your hardware will age out. It will get outperformed by a next-generation console with higher specifications and support for fancier graphics. Now that we ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. On January 22, the fourth-ever Xbox Developer Direct showcase will take place. Right now, we know that it will feature Game Freak's Beast of ...

WTF?! The inconvenience of having to constantly jump between consoles is probably the very definition of a first-world problem. But then who wouldn't want a single system that houses a PlayStation 5, ...

Those still on Xbox One, Xbox One S, and Xbox Series X just got some great news to start 2026. Obviously, it has been 13 calendar years since the launch of the Xbox One. And while the Xbox One is not ...

Dell's modern Alienware gaming laptops are powerful and cool-looking machines, but they have a reputation of being hefty and expensive. That may soon change. At CES 2026 Monday, the American tech ...

Alienware didn’t hold back at CES 2026. The company lifted the curtain on refreshed 16X Aurora and 16 Area-51 laptops, and they look pretty interesting. Inside, these machines sport powerful Intel ...

Dell's Alienware brand is here at CES 2026, and the biggest highlight is in Alienware's upcoming laptops. Alienware's revived classic Area-51 brand is still going strong, including an updated Area-51 ...

After relaunching its Area-51 brand with a new 16-inch laptop in 2025, Alienware is teasing two new laptops at CES 2026 in an attempt to reach an even larger audience. Dell's gaming brand plans to ...

But for now, its Area-51 and Aurora 16X laptops are getting new anti-glare OLED display options. But for now, its Area-51 and Aurora 16X laptops are getting new anti-glare OLED display options. is a ...

An Xbox Series X and Xbox Controller sitting on a coffee table. (Devindra Hardawar for Engadget) And speaking of Valve, the company's recently announced Steam Machine has also stolen a lot of ...

Nowadays, everything is an Xbox — or so Microsoft would have you believe. The advent of the Netflix-like Game Pass subscription has become the tech company’s top priority, shifting their focus from ...