The console wars shaped modern entertainment as profoundly as any technological revolution of the past half-century, yet they barely register in most accounts of recent history. While textbooks ...

Tucked away in a deserted corner of the Tokyo Game Show was this enormous timeline, charting the history of both video game hardware and of TGS. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, ...

Gaming consoles have a fascinating history, with the 1972 release of the Magnavox Odyssey marking a major shift in the entertainment landscape. Arcades were still thriving in their golden age at that ...

Take a look back at the seventh and eighth generations of video game consoles in the final installment of our three-part video series (click here for part one; click here for part two). Hosted by ...

While the Xbox One had a disastrous rollout due to Microsoft’s insistence on including the Kinect at launch, it nonetheless sold incredibly well. It took a little time, but Microsoft got the message ...

There have been a plethora of handheld video game consoles, going back to the first one, the Microvision from 1979. While many fans know and love consoles like the Nintendo Game Boy and Valve Steam ...