PlayStation is holding a showcase for PS5 games and gameplay.
What you need to know PlayStation has revealed a PS5 event called The Future of Gaming. This event will showcase PS5 games and gameplay. It’s set to begin on June 4 at 1:00 p.m. PDT.
After credible rumors indicated a PlayStation 5 event was on the way, we finally have official confirmation. PlayStation has announced The Future of Gaming, a PS5 event on June 4 at 1:00 [Read More…]
Amazon’s sites are currently down.
Updated 3:40 PM ET: It looks like things at Amazon are getting back to normal. People on Twitter are reporting that the service is once again working for them, although Down Detector is still showing that many regions in the U.S. are still experiencing downtime errors.
What you need to know Amazon.com and apps are down. The outages appear to be affecting the U.S. Most of the rest of the world seems [Read More…]
The annual event for all things Blizzard won’t be held this year.
What you need to know BlizzCon, Blizzard Entertainment’s annual event, won’t be held in 2020. This decision was reached after Blizzard evaluated the state of the world with the ongoing pandemic. There may however be a replacement event sometime in early 2021.
Another big event in 2020 is being canceled. Today, Blizzard Entertainment announced that BlizzCon 2020 is canceled due to the the state of [Read More…]
Ready for another look into the post-apocalypse that awaits?
What you need to know The Last of Us Part II recently went gold, finishing development. A new State of Play episode is going to show off around 20 minutes of footage from the game. This State of Play will begin on May 27 at 4:00 p.m. EST. The Last of Us Part II is set to release on June 19, 2020.
While a recent State of Play [Read More…]
Tune in for a deeper look.
What you need to know Square Enix will stream Outriders gameplay on May 28. This stream is the start of a new monthly broadcast for Outriders. These broadcasts will show off the gameplay, world, classes and more. Outriders is still scheduled to release sometime in Holiday 2020.
If you’ve been eager for another look at Outriders from People Can Fly and Square Enix, you won’t be waiting much longer. Square Enix [Read More…]
There are some caveats, however.
What you need to know Jason Rubin, VP of special gaming initiatives at Facebook, says that there is interest in making the Quest/other Oculus products more powerful. Users can expect to see more AAA titles within the next year or so. Whether that can be accomplished without cloud computing is unclear at this time.
The Oculus Quest is a great, consumer-ready VR headset with one small issue: its catalog. While there are [Read More…]
There’s only one thing to do at a moment like this: strut!
What you need to know Disney+ is replacing its 16:9 versions of the first 19 seasons of The Simpsons with the original 4:3 content. The streaming service landed exclusive rights to the show last fall. Many of The Simpsons’ details and punchlines were cut off with the lost vertical space in the converted widescreen episodes.
The Simpsons is one of the longest-running shows of all [Read More…]
Take special screenshots and get a glimpse at the DLC coming up next.
What you need to know Nioh 2 released back in March 2020. Team Ninja has added photo mode to the game in a new update. Team Ninja also revealed that the first DLC pack, titled The Tengu’s Disciple, is set to release on July 30.
Nioh 2 released a couple of months ago on PlayStation 4 and the developers at Team Ninja are continuing [Read More…]
They’re also adding a family mode with fun video effects and masks.
What you need to know Group calls will be coming to Duo on the web in the coming weeks, initially as a Chrome preview. A new family mode lets you draw and apply video filters in Duo calls. Those same filters and effects are coming to regular Duo calls as well.
Google rolled out web support for one-on-one calls through its Duo video calling service [Read More…]
Codemaster’s next off-road racer will hit PS5 alongside Xbox Series X with a Stadia debut to follow in 2021.
What you need to know DiRT 5 was revealed during Microsoft’s Xbox Series X showcase for the first time. Due to launch in October, it will be available on PS5 as well as PS4, Xbox One and Steam. Google Stadia debut set for early 2021.
Codemasters has revealed its first next-gen racer, with DiRT 5 bringing us a [Read More…]
