Will this be the last generation of home consoles?

There's been a lot of speculation over the past six months, that the upcoming generation of consoles from Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, will be the last the big three ever produce. The growth of mobile gaming, the sheer ridiculous numbers of people that now participate in social games, increased competition from the Ouya and Valve's Big Picture, makes it seem like a potential reality. Ben Cousi... more.

The big three console makers, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, have all registered to appear at Gadget Show Live Christmas (GSLC), pledging to make quite a splash with large booths and plenty on show. Set to begin on the 30th of November, the GSLC will likely feature the Wii U from Nintendo, since it will have been released the morning of the show in the UK and the rest of Europe - though whether ... more.

While the video game industry is immensely profitable, recent years have seen a shift among gaming hardware and software sales to a higher return on mobile and social gaming.  What does this mean for game publishers and the series we have come to know and love? According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, there was a dramatic downturn in hardware and software sales over the past y... more.

Hell has frozen over and pigs have started flying. Crytek, the developer behind critically acclaimed Crysis series has announced the first game is coming to PS3 and XBox 360 this year in October. The first-person shooter has remained a PC exclusive since its launch in 2007. The port has been rumored for ages,  but until now, there hasn't been any official confirmation. You can see how well the... more.

Kitguru has seen some rumours circulating regarding Sony and Microsoft delaying new console releases. If this is true it would allow Nintendo to capitalize on the situation. One thing that counts when it comes to gaming in general, is consistency. Forecasting new console releases 2 years in the future, instills little confidence within the average consumer. According to Kotaku this is intent... more.

Even though it is Saturday night, the Kitguru News team never sleeps. The latest news on the highly anticipated Wii 2 is it will be announced at E3, and have HD (High Definition) support. Both the XBox 360 and PS3 have HD support, so it looks like Nintendo is going in the right direction. We have also heard it is codenamed ""Project Cafe". Here are the unofficial specifications we have found s... more.