The first salvos have been fired, but what do you make of the latest reports from the front? Has Sony lost the first battle in the new console wars? Sound off below.

How much do you reckon these machines will go for? How much are you willing to pay, and what do you think a fair price is for new gaming hardware?

When it comes to technology, chances are that whatever piece of technology you’re holding right now was made in the land of the rising dragon. Thanks to the massive manpower of their population, numerous factories within which to manufacture goods and a generally high level of quality, China is the world’s go-to destination for pumping out new gadgets to market. Even if they do use forced labour to do so.

We’re a month away from a new decade rolling into town, and when you look back at the last ten years of gaming its staggering to see just how far the medium has come. From an age of ambition to an era of quality without compromise, video games and the devices that we play them on have evolved over the years into the best entertainment that money can buy.

Microsoft has just released its fourth quarter 2019 financial report, and while the numbers within are potent enough to double as chartered accountant Viagra, it did paint an interesting picture of the near future for the brand.

There’s a great big trade war between US president Trump’s administration and China. Trump wants to Make America Great Again by making everything in America more expensive, by shifting manufacturing away from China. There are some unfathomable trade tariffs looming that’ll see goods involving Chinese manufacture even more expensive. While it hasn’t been implemented yet, there’s a very real possibility of a 25% tariff on things like consoles – making them more expensive to make, more expensive to bring into the US and more expensive to sell.

For most people, the raid is unnecessarily, inaccessibly difficult – and many players had hoped that Ubisoft would change the difficulty on the raid a little, making it less like being in the 9th circle of hell

Speaking to LevelUp, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said he didn’t think consoles as you know them are going away any time soon. Instead, they’ll supplement what we already have, giving players choice.