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While Sony And Microsoft Acquire Studios, Nintendo Buys Land
12.4.2022
While the rest of the video game industry is consolidating, Nintendo is spreading out. The Switch manufacturer has finally responded to massive moves by competitors Sony and Microsoft by announcing a $39.8 million land deal to break ground on a new R&D office. Whatever it takes to finally port...
Sony Goes Big On Epic Games With Whopping $1 Billion Investment
11.4.2022
Epic Games recently announced an epic new wave of fundraising, notable both for the $2 billion it’s pulled in and for an eye-raising firm present among the leading partners: Sony. The makers of PlayStation VR have invested a cool $1 billion in Epic to further “the development of new digital...
Chrono Cross And Other Classics Suddenly ‘Expiring’ On PS3, Vita
8.4.2022
Digital purchases are mysteriously expiring on classic PlayStation consoles, rendering a random assortment of games unplayable.Read more
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands' Multiplayer, Including Hyped Crossplay, Busted For Weeks
8.4.2022
Borderlands games are always best enjoyed with friends, so it’s a bummer that players of the latest entry, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, have had to fly solo—at least, if they’re trying to play online, or make use of the ballyhooed crossplay feature. For the past two weeks, the latest in Gearbox’s...
Cyberpunk 2077 Hits $5 Bargain Bin On Console
7.4.2022
There’s currently a fire sale on console copies of Cyberpunk 2077 over at Best Buy. If you’ve been cautiously waiting to see what all the fuss is about, now’s your chance.Read more
Horizon Forbidden West Quietly Adds Feature That Now Feels Essential
5.4.2022
It’s a good thing Horizon Forbidden West has a bottomless inventory. Developer Guerrilla Games recently sped up looting in its robot-busting adventure through the quiet addition of one simple feature: the option to disable pickup animations.Read more
Horizon Forbidden West's Best Hidden Feature
5.4.2022
Horizon Forbidden West has one of the most extraordinary suites of in-game and accessibility options, making for a frankly daunting collection of tweaks and changes available to adapt the game for exactly how you want to play it. But there’s one feature buried there that you’ve likely missed,...
Players Stock Up On PS Now Subs To Save Big On New PS Plus
4.4.2022
When Sony’s revamped version of PS Plus launches in June, its priciest tier will cost twice as much as what you’re currently paying. But there’s a way to slash that in half: If you can secure a year of PS Now now, you’ll be able to temporarily lock in the new service at a lower price point....
The Xbox Series X Is Easy To Buy For The First Time In Years
1.4.2022
It seems an extraordinary thing for it to be a news story that, one-and-a-half years after release, you can buy an Xbox. But we live in extraordinary times, and right now is the first time the Xbox Series X has ever been easily available. You can just buy one! You know, if you have a spare...
Sony Cuts PlayStation Jobs Despite Growth
31.3.2022
Sony is cutting up to 90 jobs from its “merchandiser” and retail marketing teams as part of a “global transformation,” according to a new report by Axios. The layoffs come despite the continued growth of PlayStation thanks to the success of the PS5, and some employees were caught off guard by...
Report: Xbox Game Pass Getting Family Plan Option Later This Year
31.3.2022
According to a new report, it might get a lot easier—and cheaper—to provide the entire family with Xbox Game Pass as Microsoft plans to launch a five-person option later this year. Read more
The New PS Plus Isn’t Game Pass, But That’s OK
29.3.2022
This morning, Sony finally unveiled its games-on-demand service in a blog post with more asterisks than the lease on your first apartment.. It’s a revamp of PS Plus called… [drum roll] wait for it… [another drum roll] PS Plus.Read more
PlayStation Boss Explains Why New Subscription Service Won't Have Game Pass’ Biggest Feature
29.3.2022
So the news is official: Sony’s long-rumored Xbox Game Pass competitor, previously codenamed “Spartacus,” was revealed earlier today. You can read more about that here. Alongside the announcement, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan decided it was finally time to explain exactly why the company’s biggest...
PlayStation Unveils Game Pass Competitor That Will Let You Play Old Games
29.3.2022
Forget “Netflix for games” for a sec. The conversation to watch this week is “Hulu for games.” Yes, Sony has finally lifted the curtain on its eagerly anticipated overhaul of PS Plus and PS Now, formerly known under the code name “Spartacus.” The new service has three tiers, with the third and most...
Report: Sony Game Pass Competitor Coming Soon, Probably Won’t Have God Of War Ragnarök
25.3.2022
Sony’s as-of-yet unannounced plan to compete with Xbox Game Pass could be revealed as early as next week, according to a new report by Bloomberg. However, the subscription service code-named Spartacus is apparently unlikely to feature big first-party blockbusters like 2022’s God of War Ragnarök...
Sony Assures It Won’t Forget Single-Player PlayStation Games Amid Online Push
24.3.2022
PlayStation has grown increasingly vocal about its live-service auspices. But the firm’s oeuvre of top-flight single-player games isn’t getting sidelined as a result, at least according to statements made by two PlayStation execs in a recent interview.Read more
Sony's Latest PlayStation Update Did Not Proceed As Planned
23.3.2022
Sony rolled out a firmware update for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 this morning. Around the same time, PlayStation’s online services went down, with players reporting connection issues with Elden Ring and GTAV, among other titles. It’s not yet clear if there’s a connection between the update...
The Nintendo Switch Now Lets You Organize Your Games In Folders
22.3.2022
The Nintendo Switch was released five years ago, and because it is a very good system with some very good games, most of us have spent that time accumulating quite the software library. If yours has gotten so big that it’s getting tough to manage in 2022, the console’s latest firmware update...
Wii And 3DS Shop Channels Have Been Down For Days With No Sign Of Return
20.3.2022
Bad news for anyone trying to redownload some old 3DS digital games or Wii titles via each consoles’ respective store channels: Currently, players report both channels are down and have been for a few days now. Many are now concerned the channels may not return, possibly locking away a lot...
10 Settings To Change In GTA Online On PS5 And Xbox Series X/S
18.3.2022
Grand Theft Auto Online will never die. Rockstar will just keep porting it to future consoles until the heat death of the universe. (Or until people stop playing it…whichever comes first.) And so, because the universe is still kicking and people are still playing, Rockstar recently ported...