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A sunset silhouette of four piratical figures on a beach, waving shovels and swords.

Feature

Excited for Grounded and Sea of Thieves on PlayStation, but not for the reasons you might think

Oh buoy.

April 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

22 comments

Three pirates, two raising glasses, cheer in Sea of Thieves

News

Sea of Thieves sails across impressive player milestone ahead of PS debut

Oh my grog.

April 18, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

9 comments

A photo of an old wooden bucket resting on top of an old well.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Buckets

A receptacle list.

April 17, 2024 Robert Purchese

9 comments

Playdate wedding proposal image showing the game on the Playdate console and the engagement ring

News

Ex-Sea of Thieves developer uses Playdate to curate charming marriage proposal

Ring theory.

April 15, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

6 comments

Sea of Thieves promotional art showing four pirates posing on a tropical island with the bright blue ocean stretching away behind them.

News

Sea of Thieves servers seeing longer wait times as PS5 closed beta gets underway

Thanks to a "high volume" of new players.

April 12, 2024 Matt Wales

8 comments

Wrecking Crew '98 title screen, showing Mario wielding a hammer.

News

Three SNES games join Nintendo Switch Online today

While Japan gets different line-up.

April 12, 2024 Tom Phillips

23 comments

A photo of an Xbox Series X covered in the official Starfield wrap, featuring sci-fi paneling detailed in grey on white.

News

Phil Spencer wants more digital storefronts on Xbox

"There's real value in that."

March 27, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

97 comments

Robot companion VASCO in Starfield giving the camera a thumbs up

News

"Majority" of Xbox games will come to PS5 at some point, it's claimed

As some publishers express doubts about continuing to support Microsoft consoles.

March 26, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

148 comments

A Sea of Thieves screenshot showing three pirates running up a harpoon line, all silhouetted against a setting sun.

News

Sea of Thieves' bumper 2024 bringing windy horns, grapple guns, a roaming warship, and loads more

Tightrope walking, too!

March 20, 2024 Matt Wales

6 comments

A Sea of Thieves screenshot showing a pirate stood on a beach and holding his pet rock aloft.

News

Sea of Thieves adding anti-cheat, subscription-free solo play next week

Plus 2024 content preview coming soon.

March 8, 2024 Matt Wales

9 comments

Feature

Sea of Thieves devs discuss "surreal" PS5 launch and 2024's "year of the sandbox"

And why it won't flag PS5 owners by their console on Xbox.

March 8, 2024 Matt Wales

28 comments

Artwork for the four Xbox games coming to PlayStation, including Sea of Thieves.

News

Sea of Thieves launches on PlayStation in April

Following the launches of Grounded, Pentiment.

Feb. 21, 2024 Tom Phillips

62 comments

Nintendo Switch Online games shown via their covers, including Killer Instinct and Blast Corps.

News

Five classic Rare games added to Nintendo Switch Online today

While Japan also gets Mother 3.

Feb. 21, 2024 Tom Phillips

12 comments

Promotional artwork for Game Pass showing an Xbox Series S, controller, and a variety of games.

News

Newscast | What did we think of Microsoft's multiplatform Xbox soft launch?

Four games, for now.

Feb. 16, 2024 Tom Phillips

70 comments

Chai from Hi-Fi Rush with his cat 808 sitting on his shoulder

News

Four Xbox-exclusive games heading to PS5 and Switch, confirms Phil Spencer

With more possibly on the way.

Feb. 15, 2024 Matt Wales

183 comments

News

Liveblog | Xbox business update podcast: which Microsoft games will launch on PlayStation and Switch?

Plus: new Xbox console hardware confirmed for this year.

Feb. 15, 2024 Tom Phillips

121 comments

The powers that be at Xbox have rolled out a new update for February, adding touch controls in remote play.

News

Xbox adds custom touch controls in remote play for over 100 games

Plus thumbstick recalibration tool and more.

Feb. 15, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

16 comments

Screenshot from Sea of Thieves showing piratical based warfare aboard a boat named The Unbroken Bond

News

"Every screen is an Xbox" Microsoft reportedly tells staff

Ahead of business update today.

Feb. 15, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

120 comments

Xbox boss Phil Spencer collects an award at Gamescom Opening Night Live.

Video

Newscast | Why is Microsoft set to launch Xbox games on PlayStation?

And are the console wars finally over?

Feb. 8, 2024 Tom Phillips

159 comments

The real-life plastic Pip-Boy watch thing that Bethesda sold with a fancy edition of Fallout 4. It's like a forearm brace rather than a watch. A camo-green plastic thing with a large - and actually working - LCD display on it, which shows a menu in black and neon green.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Personal gadgets

Watch.

Jan. 24, 2024 Robert Purchese

23 comments

News

Sea of Thieves is adding fast-travel in radical on-demand voyage overhaul

Arriving in next week's Season 11 update.

Jan. 16, 2024 Matt Wales

17 comments

A GoldenEye 007 Xbox screenshot. We see from James Bond's point of view, AK47 in hand, as he looks down a white-tiled corridor at two Soviet Russian guards.

Feature

What we've been playing

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Jan. 12, 2024 Robert Purchese

109 comments

A screenshot from Sea of Thieves showing a female Merchant Alliance representative standing with an open pocket watch held aloft at an outpost.

News

Sea of Thieves reportedly could be coming to PlayStation and Switch

Possibly in "early 2024".

Jan. 8, 2024 Matt Wales

97 comments

A screenshot of Sea of Theives showing several pirates stood on a dock holding a picture frame aloft and posing inside it.

News

Sea of Thieves' long-awaited private servers arrive next week

As part of festive update.

Dec. 2, 2023 Matt Wales

26 comments

News

Killer Instinct getting a new Anniversary Edition, as base game goes free-to-play

UPDATE: Available now.

Nov. 29, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

30 comments