Sony showed off the latest prototype of its electronic vehicle collaboration with Honda by driving the car on stage using a PlayStation 5 controller.
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I’m sure you are all well-informed about the recent ransomware breach for Insomniac Games. Earlier this month, a group managed to hack in and steal data from the studio. This information compromised the future video games planned for the studio and some rather personal data for employees. Sony apparently didn’t pay up, and the ransomware group leaked the content online. Future games are spoiled, and employees are likely going through plenty of headaches during the holiday season.
A report from IGN that talks about one of the Sony-focused documents that had leaked has surfaced online. This document apparently voices the frustration and fear over Microsoft now that they have acquired Activision Blizzard. To the public, it seemed like this new purchase wasn’t a massive deal going forward despite the attempts to stop it in the court systems. Sony has several first-party titles and even a new push for live service games into the marketplace. However, as IGN notes, the worry is real. Microsoft is now seen as a much more significant threat, as the company could even leapfrog over some of Sony’s current pillars.
It’s noted that with this purchase going through, Microsoft has access to a strong mobile developer with King, live service titles like the Diablo franchise, and, of course, the big IP, Call of Duty. One way to ensure Microsoft could appease regulators was that the company signed limited contract deals to ensure Call of Duty games continued to land on rival platforms. However, that will end, according to IGN, in 2027. That’s a significant threat for Sony, but beyond that, PlayStation pointed towards the now day and date threat.
Microsoft has pushed Xbox Game Pass heavily, a service that provides value for players. Subscribers are given access to all of Xbox’s first-party video game titles the day they launch. That’s not something Sony has offered, and it continues to note that this is not a viable option for them. Essentially, Sony notes that the cost of developing their first-party games is far too much to bring a profit simply from PlayStation Plus subscribers. As a result, you won’t see their big AAA games on the service until well after they have been available for purchase separately.
Of course, we haven’t seen Microsoft move any of the big Activision Blizzard titles to their Game Pass subscription service. Instead, 2024 is when we’ll start seeing these games roll out onto Game Pass. That should also include the next major installment of the Call of Duty franchise.
Sony showed off the latest prototype of its electronic vehicle collaboration with Honda by driving the car on stage using a PlayStation 5 controller.
Not a day after PlayStation UK touted its release in a month, Helldivers 2 may be delayed. This is according to Sony’s CES 2024 press conference, where it listed some of PlayStation’s biggest titles. At roughly 22:53, Arrowhead Game Studios’ third-person shooter has a release date of February 28th instead of February 8th.
The Gravity Rush movie just got a surprise glimpse during Sony's CES 2024 presentation. No release or plot details were revealed but the footage, a showcase for Torchlight — the company's newest visualisation tech — showed one of the characters leaping off a building, straight into some rubble dominated by a red, winged demon ready to fight back. The video largely cuts between CGI and motion capture clips, proving that previous reports about it being a live-action adaptation were wrong. Anna Mastro (Secret Society of Second Born Royals) was attached to direct the film then, from a script by Emily Jerome (Panopticon), marking her second writing gig.
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BGMI Silent Agent Crate: Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) has been going through a lot of changes to make the gaming experience fun and intuitive for players. Therefore, it has been bringing exciting updates and features to keep players hooked to the game. Every now and then, the game announces new updates, Royale passes, rewards, and crates to give players a chance to grab exclusive rewards and in-game items to show off their powerful skills. Now, BGMI has announced the Silent Agent Crate which offers various new in-game items and rewards to make player's wardrobes more stylish. Know all about the BGMI Silent Agent Crate here.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is one of the most highly anticipated games of 2024, looking to be a stunning follow up to the first PS4 remake entry. However, just before its release, Apex Legends is hosting a crossover event, and fans are losing their minds over it.
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10 best year end deals: As we bid farewell to 2023 and usher in the promising dawn of 2024, it's the perfect time to elevate your auditory experience with the best year-end deals on premium headphones. Whether you seek solace in music, aim for heightened productivity, or simply savour the nuances of sound, headphones have become indispensable companions, offering a private sanctuary amidst the hustle and bustle of life.
The vastly different personalities of companions are the perfect recipe for some serious tensions among party members, but it's possible to kindle romance between the most unlikely of characters despite their typical frostiness. The biggest divides between characters in the game tend to come as a result of disparate cultural values or outlooks on morality, building on the traditional races, backgrounds, and alignments of while allowing for some growth and flexibility. From Karlach's fundamental optimism to Astarion's penchant for flippant cruelty, the party has the perfect dose of dysfunction that seems to be a crucial adventuring recipe.
This past week, Blizzard revealed new Hero Talent Trees in a First Look at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion. Our Holy Paladin guide writer, Clarius, offers an early review of the Lightsmith Paladin Hero Talents for Holy and addresses why there might be a lot of frustration with the current design. First Look at Hero Talents in The War WithinHero Talents Overview
, one of Nintendo's most iconic, flagship series, is almost assuredly going to continue after its most recent outing, 2023's incredibly successful. With no news (or even confirmation of) the next entry, it's impossible to know what it'll look like, whether it iterates on the more recent open-world formula, embraces the series' more traditional trappings once again, or breaks new ground entirely. One thing almost guaranteed, though, is that the next game will feature the series' ever-present hero, Link, and even an innocuous change to the protagonist could pay homage to his past.
We’ve seen subscription services come into play a lot more these past few years. Microsoft has been pushing its Xbox Game Pass subscription service quite heavily. They not only expanded the service to be more accessible to a wide variety of devices but also filled it with games. One of the significant challenges that Sony will have is the first-party content that Microsoft puts out on Game Pass at launch. However, it appears that Sony is looking to expand their PlayStation Plus subscription service further to gain a larger audience.