By Sherif Saed9 June 2021 12:28 GMT There’s a new firmware update for your PS5.Sony rolled out a new firmware update for PlayStation 5 this morning. The platform holder is still sticking with the comically long version numbers, so this week’s update is 21.01-03.20.00.04-00.00.00.0.0.Watch on YouTubeSeeing as there was no...
The Doom Eternal RTX 3080 Ti 4K ray tracing gameplay trailer is stunning
By Dom Peppiatt1 June 2021 10:17 GMT To help show off the RTX 3080 Ti, Nvidia teamed up with id Software to show off some Doom Eternal gameplay – and it’s stunning.The gameplay demo, which you can check out below, is powered by id’s proprietary idTech engine and the footage captured...
Microsoft Flight Simulator update nearly halves download size
By Dom Peppiatt30 May 2021 18:05 GMT Thanks to an impressive new update, Microsoft and Asobo have nearly halved the size of Microsoft Flight Simulator, bringing the total size of the game to around 83GB.Everyone loves Microsoft Flight Simulator – we’ve established that already – but not everyone loved the gargantuan...
Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition gets DualSense haptic feedback support on PC
By Dom Peppiatt23 May 2021 20:36 GMT Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition is the first PC game to fully support the PS5 DualSense pad, with a new patch enabling haptic feedback and adaptive triggers for the game.Developer 4A and publisher Deep Silver added a new update on Friday afternoon that added...
Starfield won’t be coming to PS5 – report
By Dom Peppiatt18 May 2021 09:49 GMT Upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield will not be coming to PlayStation 5 thanks to Microsoft‘s acquisition of Bethesda, GamesBeat has reported.Bethesda’s mysterious first-person role-playing title is apparently going to be a console exclusive for Xbox Series X/S, according to GamesBeat’s Jeff Grubb, citing sources familiar...
Sony is finally giving people what they want with two new DualSense colours
By Sherif Saed13 May 2021 14:48 GMT The DualSense is getting two new colours that aren’t white.The PlayStation 5‘s DualSense controller, which has only been available in the console’s standard white, will soon get two more colours.Watch on YouTubeSony today announced Midnight Black, and Cosmic Red – the DualSense controller’s...
PlayStation Studios has 25 games in development, half of which are new IP
By Dom Peppiatt13 May 2021 09:38 GMT PlayStation Studios has more than 25 PS5 games in development, and ‘nearly half’ of those titles are for new IP and won’t be based on any existing brand.According to a new interview with Wired, PlayStation Studios lead Hermen Hulst noted that Sony has...
Microsoft’s Console Purchase Pilot might help you get an Xbox Series X/S and avoid scalpers
By Dom Peppiatt13 May 2021 08:56 GMT Microsoft has announced Console Purchase Pilot, a scheme that lets Xbox Insiders register to buy Xbox Series X/S consoles directly through the company.Since the launch of the latest generation of console hardware, scalpers have been making headlines as they take advantage of high...
The Switch’s printer partnership with Instax is silly – but in that most wonderful Nintendo way
Eat your heart out, Game Boy Printer. Watch on YouTubeThe natural pairing for a photography-focused game like New Pokemon Snap is a device to let you bring your in-game photos into the real world – so I wasn’t actually enormously surprised when Nintendo announced it’d be partnering with Fujifilm to...
New PS5 firmware update has just been released
By Sherif Saed27 April 2021 12:27 GMT Nearly two weeks after the release of the big PS5 firmware update, we get another one.Sony released a new firmware update for PlayStation 5 this morning. The incremental update, version 21.01-03.10.00.03-00, sadly doesn’t feature any exciting new additions.Watch on YouTubeSony instead offered a...