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While we contemplate the possibilities of Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Crash Bandicoot on Game Pass, Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard isn’t slowing down the subscription service. A pile of new games have just been announced for Game Pass in January, including one of the best indie games of last year. Oh, and Microsoft has just confirmed that Game Pass has reached 25 million ...read more
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It seems PlayStation has been busy ensuring more choices for their console users in the way they use the accessories. Most of these changes are subtle, minor, yet very useful and add some much-needed accessibility to the controller. For instance, as per a new patent (via coindipender), Sony is trying to give its user the option to adjust the height of the control stick, the main goal being ...read more
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Activision Blizzard employees have been reacting online to Microsoft announcing that it's buying the Call of Duty publisher for $68.7 billion. Public reactions from current staff at Activision Blizzard have been broadly positive so far, with content producer Devon Newbury saying: "I've always dreamt of working at Xbox, and now my dream is coming true."
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Microsoft plans to keep making “some” of Activision Blizzard’s games for PlayStation consoles, following the completion of its $68.7bn acquisition. That’s according to a new report from Bloomberg, citing “a person familiar with the company’s thinking.” The publication also put the exclusivity question to Microsoft’s head of gaming Phil Spencer, who said: “I’ll just say ...read more
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A God of War Ragnarok release date for 2022 has been reiterated by Sony. Over the past weekend, Sony pushed out the listicle you can see just below, boasting 22 games to look forward to on PlayStation consoles throughout the coming year. One of those, you might not be surprised to learn, is God of War Ragnarok, with Sony once again stating that the sequel from Sony Santa Monica is slated for a ...read more
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The ESA recently revealed that E3 2022 would be not be taking place in a physical setting for the third year in a row, but now it’s looking like the digital event is “probably” cancelled too. E3’s physical event cancellation comes due to the COVID-19 pandemic still having a strong impact on society, with the world gradually embracing the digital era more and more because of the deadly ...read more
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The Battlefield 2042 community was left in disappointment when DICE and Ripple Effect Studios changed the way Battlefield Portal and the base multiplayer experience itself handled the XP progression originally. Players were making literal XP farms to boost and progress themselves in the main game, and to combat that the developers temporarily nerfed XP progression, which brought in more ...read more
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For many longtime fans of the series, Halo 3 is considered one of the best games in the franchise. Halo 3 introduced many unique elements that weren't seen in previous installments in the Halo series, such as new weapons and vehicles. However, given the recent shutdown of the Xbox 360 servers for Halo 3, one fan of the game has shared a touching moment from when the game was first ...read more
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Grand Theft Auto 5's upcoming new-gen port could be delayed slightly, according to a dataminer. Over the past weekend, the tweet below from a Brazilian dataminer Matheusvictorbr gained attention over on ResetEra. The user firstly claims that development of the upgraded edition of GTA 5 has been challenging, but notes that the launch is still currently slated for less than two months time from ...read more
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Microsoft’s head of gaming has said he expects PlayStation to follow in Xbox’s footsteps when it comes to launching an anticipated Game Pass rival. Details on an Xbox Game Pass competitor service reportedly being planned by PlayStation emerged in December and picked up steam last week. According to documents seen by Bloomberg, the new service is codenamed ‘Spartacus’ and will ...read more
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