Sony has confirmed PS4 owners of Marvel’s Spider-Man will need to pay for an upgrade to the remastered PS5 version. The news once again highlights the lack of clarity in the gaming giant’s backward compatibility messaging. Spider-Man: Remastered may be illustrative of what to expect from PS5 versions of other major first-party PS4 titles. In…
PlayStation’s Showcase was a big success but left pre-ordering and exclusivity unclear for many.Both Demon’s Souls and Final Fantasy XVI were announced as coming to PC before Sony back-tracked.Considering Sony’s recent history with releasing PS exclusives on PC, it’s pretty hard to believe them this time.This week’s PlayStation Showcase was a huge success for Sony,…
Sony held the latest edition of State of Play yesterday to showcase upcoming third-party games. The biggest surprise came from the nearly year-old Control and the upcoming AWE expansion. Developer Remedy Entertainment confirmed an Alan Wake tie-in in what it calls a ‘Remedy Connected Universe.’ Thursday’s PlayStation State of Play was always going to be…
Geoff Keighley will share impressions of a hands-on session with the PS5 and DualSense controller later today. The broadcast is set to feature an interview with PlayStation’s worldwide marketing head, Eric Lempel. We’ll likely see the PS5 in-action, possibly gameplay and a reveal of the UI. We may very well catch a first sustained look…
The PlayStation 5 Share button might get a lot more powerful. A new patent hints at shareable interactive guides. Could this introduce a new era of tips and trophy hunting? The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One generation introduced the Share button. This feature allows players to share short clips and screenshots on Twitter or their…
Nintendo has stayed quiet amid the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X hype. Does the company have something hidden to reveal? Maybe it’s not scared of next-gen consoles at all. 2020 has been a quiet year for Nintendo, eh? We’re only halfway through 2020, and we’ve got Paper Mario: The Origami King to look forward…
PlayStation 5 will suffer from “enhanced” and “graphics” modes. What’s the point of next-gen if we can’t have a baseline? Will next-gen consoles even be worth the price? Like many titles releasing over the next six months, Square Enix’s Avengers will have a next-gen version on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. According to…
PlayStation 5 looks great, but we’re still waiting on a price. Rumors point to quite the expensive box. Will Sony justify a higher price point? Thanks to Sony’s recent event, we know the PlayStation 5’s design, its games, and its approach to the industry at large. However, we still don’t know the most important factor: price.…
Sony offered a tantalizingly short look at its next-gen console’s UI in action during the PS5 showcase today. Following the trailer for Hitman III, the broadcast transitioned to a UI boot up sequence with a health and safety warning. Owners of Sony’s previous consoles will be all too familiar with the message but it has…
Sony’s PS5 reveal event is scheduled to take place tomorrow at 1 PM (PDT). To celebrate, Twitter added a new emoji featuring the DualSense controller. There is now an insane amount of hype riding on tomorrow’s event. The PlayStation 5 reveal is almost upon us. Within the next 24 hours, we should be getting our…
