All the biggest announcements from PlayStation’s new State of Play

When Insomniac created a version of the Marvel universe for their title with Spider-Man, many wondered just how “intertwined” the video game would be with the Marvel-616 comics universe. As we would find out in Marvel’s Spider-Man…it wasn’t that intertwined at all. For example, instead of showing the origins of Peter Parker, they skipped eight years into his career, where he had already faced many villains and put several away, including Kingpin, at the start of the game. Norman Osborne was the mayor of New York City and NOT the Green Goblin, and Peter was working side-by-side with his mentor, Dr. Otto Octavius.

This gives new meaning to the term «in-game skin.»

Today, EA Sports and Codemasters have revealed the updated content for October coming to F1 23. This will also include the ability to race against EA SPORTS ambassadors Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc across the upcoming Grand Prix’s in October. There is also a new Max Verstappen Pro Challenge video that can be watched below in celebration of his victory at the Japanese Grand Prix this past weekend. More chances to win exclusive in-game items is on the board, along with the long-waited addition of the F2 2023 season. Liveries will be updated to corresponding races, as well, to help coincide with the real world grand prix races. Max Verstappen currently holds first place in the championship by nearly double the points over second place, which is his teammate Sergio Perez. A list of the updates are below.

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

Microsoft hosted its Surface Event 2023 in New York today where products such as Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Surface Laptop Go 3 have just been unveiled. It was Microsoft's first in-person event since the pandemic, but for some reason it is not being live-streamed, which is unusual for a tech company trying to generate hype for its services as well as hardware. In the last few years, one of Microsoft's primary focuses has been on artificial intelligence (AI). Building upon the Microsoft Build Event 2023, Microsoft has announced several new AI features today.

Characters from various movies, TV shows, and video games have been immortalized as toys in a number of ways. Action figures, Funko Pops, even plushes. However, none of those collectibles are quite as adorable as Fisher Price's Little People Collector sets. Shrinking famous characters from various series down to pocket size along with the famous locations you'd usually find them in, Mattel has shown off two official Disney sets perfect for the spookiest season of the year.

This week, several unredacted, highly confidential documents from Microsoft began appearing online. These documents were part of Microsoft's legal case against the U.S. regulator, the Federal Trade Commission. The case was argued back in June, with a verdict reached in July, ruling in favor of Microsoft.

It looks like The Elder Scrolls 6 won't be releasing until 2026 at the very earliest, and our PlayStation pals are likely going to be missing out entirely.

Overnight on September 19, a huge Microsoft and Bethesda leak sprang from the Xbox FTC court documents. Information about new console plans, upcoming Xbox Series X games, and the company's reaction to defining industry events has emerged thanks to improperly-redacted court documents, giving a fascinating insight into one of gaming's biggest players, as well as details about a whole suite of new developments.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has come away with the most viewed trailer of Sony's latest State of Play livestream, completely dwarfing the numbers Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has managed to record. At the time of writing, the PS5 game has got 2.5 million views on its new Expanded Marvel's New York trailer, which is considerably more than any other trailer included in the presentation combined on the PlayStation YouTube channel.

Days after Fables author Bill Willingham—whose work was adapted into Telltale's The Wolf Among Us—announced he had thrust the series into the public domain as a form of «asymmetric warfare» against DC Comics, the publisher has proclaimed that it still very much owns the rights.

Back on September 1, I was able to get my hands on Lenovo’s Legion Go, another entry in the emerging PC handheld market, and tested out its chops with several of the best PC games.