The Xbox One won't play used games, and it may come with a Spielberg-overseen live-action Halo TV series. So, yeah, we're conflicted.

The Ouya is here... and while it's not bad for what it is, it's still a work in progress.

The Steambox, the NVidia Shield, 'Diablo III' for PS3... why are PC gaming's stalwarts heading for consoles at speed. We take a look at their motives.

The Steam Box, as in the standard, is real. This is it, folks. This is the future of gaming.

You know, because the 360 is just so stiff and formal.

The Ouya is apparently a popular enough idea to presell 20,000 consoles. Now for the actual games part.

You might have heard about the "Steam Box", a supposed game console that Valve is working on, but from all we've read, it's not actually a console.

We're.

Last October we wrote about the Panasonic Jungle, a portable gaming system which (it was rumored) didn't do well during market testing.