But there is one snag in the Halo xXbox love fest: unlike the OG Halo, there is no multiplayer mode. The anniversary edition ...

The console wars hit their peak during the PS3 and Xbox 360 era, and a former Xbox executive has recently explained why the company encouraged it. Those of us who lived through the PS3 and Xbox 360 ...

For decades, a war has been raging online and in stores. A fight between massive corporations trying to sell you plastic boxes that play games and their weirdly dedicated supporters. The fight was ...

Microsoft is aiming to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. The Federal Trade Commission hopes to secure a preliminary injunction that would temporarily prevent Microsoft from closing the deal ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

Growing up in the 1990s, my parents refused to buy me a Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo. They thought it was a waste of money since I already had the Nintendo Entertainment System. To folks who had ...

Ever since video games entered the home, there has been a competition for gamers' money, and attention. Grizzled veterans know this conflict as the “console wars” — battles for sales and cultural ...

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In case you didn’t notice, the console wars—the decades-long battle between mulitple companies and their plastic game boxes—ended a few years ago. And while Sony continues to fight on with its ...

Since the earliest days of gaming, there has always been a sense of “competition” between the various companies and brands that made both consoles and games. Thus was born the “Console Wars.” Today, ...