We pulled current U.S. prices for Switch Online, PlayStation Plus and Game Pass from each company’s own pages and worked out yearly, five-year and household costs, plus who one membership really covers.
28 critic scores put Jonathan Blow’s Order of the Sinking Star at NGC 83. Critics praise the puzzle design but split over its size, story and lack of hints, and five of eight Switch 2 reviews report slowdown. Platform tally, how far reviewers got, the review-build caveats and who should buy.
Paradox’s Switch 2 Cities: Skylines brings 25 tiles, ten bundled packs and a 70% loyalty discount. We compared it with the 2018 Switch Edition and worked out what each kind of buyer pays.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told staff Helix will be a family of devices led by a console. We lined up every on-record Helix statement since February, separated confirmed facts from inference, and explain what it means for Series X|S and ROG Xbox Ally owners.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor launched on PS5 at 2 a.m. PT for $12.99, with Switch and Switch 2 following on October 9; the PS Store’s Player’s Choice sale runs to October 21 with two standout deals already in PS Plus Extra; and Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days ends at 11:59 p.m. PT tonight.
GameStop repriced pre-owned PS5 Pros above new ones today. We ran the numbers against Sony’s $899.99 list price, mapped how the Pro got here, and explain what owners and shoppers should do.
We compared Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox parental controls setting by setting from each company’s own documentation, including Switch 2’s console-wide limits, GameChat’s phone-number step and PlayStation’s $0 spending default.
26 critic scores put Silver Pines at NGC 88. Critics love Wych Elm’s town, art and detective work, but split over its deliberately stiff combat, and coverage is thin on Switch 2 and Xbox and missing on the original Switch. Platform tally, Steam Deck settings, price and who should buy.
Nintendo’s new Japan-only bundle lets buyers pick Mario Kart World, Switch Sports Resort or Tomodachi Life. We checked the savings against Nintendo’s prices and every other Japanese Switch 2 set.
We lined up this season’s install sizes from the Microsoft and Nintendo stores against each console’s usable space. Nintendo’s fall slate plus Kingdom Hearts overflows a fresh Switch 2, and Series S is left with about 13GB.
