Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
It will likely take a while to see the release of PlayStation 6 games that fully take advantage of the new hardware, as the cross-generation period is likely to last a very long time for a few important reasons. During the latest episode of their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry commented on the next-generation console by Sony, highlighting how, no matter what the system may offer, it will take some time to see games that take advantage of its hardware to the fullest, as the cross-generation period that will see games also releasing on PlayStation 5 will […]
Upgrading from the base model to the PlayStation 5 Pro feels like upgrading from an RTX 3060 or 3060 Ti to an RTX 4070 GPU, allowing users to access visual features that were previously not available. In a video shared recently on YouTube, the tech experts at Digital Foundry talked about the upcoming mid-generation system from Sony after having had the chance to go hands-on with it, saying that in games like F1 24, where the developer put plenty of effort into the PS5 Pro update, upgrading from the base model feels indeed like upgrading the GPU in a gaming […]
The Demon's Souls remake developed by Bluepoint is still today one of the best-looking games on PlayStation 5, and it reportedly looks substantially better on PlayStation 5 Pro. The tech experts at Digital Foundry recently had the chance to check out the game running on Sony's soon-to-be-released mid-generation system. They revealed that it features a new Pro display mode that runs at what seems like 4K resolution and 60 FPS. The image looks very detailed but a little soft, but it's not clear if this is due to PSSR upscaling or anything else, as Digital Foundry could not confirm any […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro is not selling as well as the base model did four years ago, but this doesn't mean that the console will fail on the market. Speaking during the latest episode of their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry commented on the mid-generation system's pre-orders, highlighting how a system not selling out at launch before the pandemic, which was the norm, did not mean that sales were disastrous. For a certainty, demand will be softer compared to the demand for the PlayStation 4 Pro and the Xbox One X, mostly due to the fact that […]
Diablo IV and its soon-to-be-released Vessel of Hatred expansion will be PlayStation 5 Pro Enhanced titles. Speaking on X, Activision Blizzard's Rod Fergusson confirmed that the latest entry in the popular ARPG series and its expansion will indeed be PS5 Pro Enhanced. Additional details on the enhancements will be provided later. I've been getting this question quite a bit recently and I'm happy to say that Diablo IV and Vessel of Hatred will indeed be PS5 Pro Enhanced! Very proud of our hardworking team to make this happen. More details at a later date. https://t.co/rvtUgmu6Ie — Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) October […]
The PlayStation 6 may need the PlayStation 5 Pro to exist to deliver the expected technological leap for a few reasons, including the fact that producing faster and more complex CPUs and GPUs to increase console performance and features is no longer entirely possible. Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter recently went over why the mid-generation refresh console launching next month innovates the console space in a way that will be essential for future hardware by introducing machine learning in the console space. With the PlayStation 4 Pro, Sony offered a system featuring a GPU that was double the size of that […]
The high price ($699) of the PS5 Pro remains a hotly debated subject in the industry. While many fans are still disappointed with the pricing, analysts and even game developers have publicly said it makes sense, considering the market and what's in the hardware. As for Sony itself, the company recently commented on the topic of pricing (and the decision to leave the disc drive as a separate purchase) in an interview with IGN. PlayStation Senior Principal Product Manager Toshi Aoki said: Well, the technologies that I just mentioned that we are putting in to deliver new experiences for game […]
PlayStation 6 backward compatibility will greatly benefit from the existence of the PlayStation 5 Pro, just as the base model benefited from the existence of the PlayStation 4 Pro. Speaking during their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry clearly highlighted how the existence of the soon-to-be-released mid-generation refresh console is a victory even for those who are not going to buy it. Much like it was with the base model, backward compatibility benefited greatly from the PlayStation 4 Pro, as not only does the current generation console run previous generation games in Pro mode but also enhances them […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro will apparently have little trouble running games at 120 FPS, according to a new report. During the latest episode of the Moore's Law is Dead Broken Silicon podcast, host Tom confirmed to have been sent footage of a game running on PlayStation 5 Pro from an unnamed developer. This game ran with dynamic resolution averaging 1440p resolution, going as high as 1600p and as low as 1300p, at around 50 FPS, but unlocking the framerate brought the average framerate up to 100 FPS and above, without any sort of PS5 Pro optimization. With more work and […]
Digital Foundry checked out the upcoming PS5 Pro console at a recent preview event and came back with an hour-long video to discuss their first impressions (with some excerpts of game developer interviews sprinkled in) and show off some new footage from various games. F1 24: Besides DDGI (Dynamic Diffuse Global Illumination), Codemasters has added three ray-traced effects for ambient occlusion, transparency, and opaque reflections. Moreover, anisotropic filtering has improved. According to DF's Oliver Mackenzie, these additions translate almost into a generational leap in visuals in some instances. However, image stability in this RT mode isn't as stable as in […]
Following the State of Play, Sony has published a lengthy blog post filled with details on PS5 Pro launch games straight from game developers. It's a recap of what you can expect to find in some of the biggest triple-A games when you launch them on your shiny new console come November 7. As a reminder, pre-orders start tomorrow through the official website and participating retailers. The console is priced at $699.99 USD, £699.99 GBP, €799.99 EUR, and ¥119,980 JPY (includes tax), featuring a 2TB SSD, a DualSense controller, and a copy of Astro’s Playroom. Gran Turismo 7: PlayStation Spectral […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro's increased specs over the base model will not bring any improvement to AMD FSR 2, as its biggest issues aren't caused by low base resolution. Speaking during the latest episode of their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry replied to a fan question asking if the better specs of the PlayStation 5 Pro over the base model would bring image quality improvements to games using AMD FSR 2. The tech experts have no doubt that the new system will be able to do little to improve some of the upscaler's issues, which have very […]
It will likely take a while to see the release of PlayStation 6 games that fully take advantage of the new hardware, as the cross-generation period is likely to last a very long time for a few important reasons. During the latest episode of their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry commented on the next-generation console by Sony, highlighting how, no matter what the system may offer, it will take some time to see games that take advantage of its hardware to the fullest, as the cross-generation period that will see games also releasing on PlayStation 5 will […]
Upgrading from the base model to the PlayStation 5 Pro feels like upgrading from an RTX 3060 or 3060 Ti to an RTX 4070 GPU, allowing users to access visual features that were previously not available. In a video shared recently on YouTube, the tech experts at Digital Foundry talked about the upcoming mid-generation system from Sony after having had the chance to go hands-on with it, saying that in games like F1 24, where the developer put plenty of effort into the PS5 Pro update, upgrading from the base model feels indeed like upgrading the GPU in a gaming […]
The Demon's Souls remake developed by Bluepoint is still today one of the best-looking games on PlayStation 5, and it reportedly looks substantially better on PlayStation 5 Pro. The tech experts at Digital Foundry recently had the chance to check out the game running on Sony's soon-to-be-released mid-generation system. They revealed that it features a new Pro display mode that runs at what seems like 4K resolution and 60 FPS. The image looks very detailed but a little soft, but it's not clear if this is due to PSSR upscaling or anything else, as Digital Foundry could not confirm any […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro is not selling as well as the base model did four years ago, but this doesn't mean that the console will fail on the market. Speaking during the latest episode of their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry commented on the mid-generation system's pre-orders, highlighting how a system not selling out at launch before the pandemic, which was the norm, did not mean that sales were disastrous. For a certainty, demand will be softer compared to the demand for the PlayStation 4 Pro and the Xbox One X, mostly due to the fact that […]
Diablo IV and its soon-to-be-released Vessel of Hatred expansion will be PlayStation 5 Pro Enhanced titles. Speaking on X, Activision Blizzard's Rod Fergusson confirmed that the latest entry in the popular ARPG series and its expansion will indeed be PS5 Pro Enhanced. Additional details on the enhancements will be provided later. I've been getting this question quite a bit recently and I'm happy to say that Diablo IV and Vessel of Hatred will indeed be PS5 Pro Enhanced! Very proud of our hardworking team to make this happen. More details at a later date. https://t.co/rvtUgmu6Ie — Rod Fergusson (@RodFergusson) October […]
The PlayStation 6 may need the PlayStation 5 Pro to exist to deliver the expected technological leap for a few reasons, including the fact that producing faster and more complex CPUs and GPUs to increase console performance and features is no longer entirely possible. Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter recently went over why the mid-generation refresh console launching next month innovates the console space in a way that will be essential for future hardware by introducing machine learning in the console space. With the PlayStation 4 Pro, Sony offered a system featuring a GPU that was double the size of that […]
The high price ($699) of the PS5 Pro remains a hotly debated subject in the industry. While many fans are still disappointed with the pricing, analysts and even game developers have publicly said it makes sense, considering the market and what's in the hardware. As for Sony itself, the company recently commented on the topic of pricing (and the decision to leave the disc drive as a separate purchase) in an interview with IGN. PlayStation Senior Principal Product Manager Toshi Aoki said: Well, the technologies that I just mentioned that we are putting in to deliver new experiences for game […]
PlayStation 6 backward compatibility will greatly benefit from the existence of the PlayStation 5 Pro, just as the base model benefited from the existence of the PlayStation 4 Pro. Speaking during their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry clearly highlighted how the existence of the soon-to-be-released mid-generation refresh console is a victory even for those who are not going to buy it. Much like it was with the base model, backward compatibility benefited greatly from the PlayStation 4 Pro, as not only does the current generation console run previous generation games in Pro mode but also enhances them […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro will apparently have little trouble running games at 120 FPS, according to a new report. During the latest episode of the Moore's Law is Dead Broken Silicon podcast, host Tom confirmed to have been sent footage of a game running on PlayStation 5 Pro from an unnamed developer. This game ran with dynamic resolution averaging 1440p resolution, going as high as 1600p and as low as 1300p, at around 50 FPS, but unlocking the framerate brought the average framerate up to 100 FPS and above, without any sort of PS5 Pro optimization. With more work and […]
Digital Foundry checked out the upcoming PS5 Pro console at a recent preview event and came back with an hour-long video to discuss their first impressions (with some excerpts of game developer interviews sprinkled in) and show off some new footage from various games. F1 24: Besides DDGI (Dynamic Diffuse Global Illumination), Codemasters has added three ray-traced effects for ambient occlusion, transparency, and opaque reflections. Moreover, anisotropic filtering has improved. According to DF's Oliver Mackenzie, these additions translate almost into a generational leap in visuals in some instances. However, image stability in this RT mode isn't as stable as in […]
Following the State of Play, Sony has published a lengthy blog post filled with details on PS5 Pro launch games straight from game developers. It's a recap of what you can expect to find in some of the biggest triple-A games when you launch them on your shiny new console come November 7. As a reminder, pre-orders start tomorrow through the official website and participating retailers. The console is priced at $699.99 USD, £699.99 GBP, €799.99 EUR, and ¥119,980 JPY (includes tax), featuring a 2TB SSD, a DualSense controller, and a copy of Astro’s Playroom. Gran Turismo 7: PlayStation Spectral […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro's increased specs over the base model will not bring any improvement to AMD FSR 2, as its biggest issues aren't caused by low base resolution. Speaking during the latest episode of their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry replied to a fan question asking if the better specs of the PlayStation 5 Pro over the base model would bring image quality improvements to games using AMD FSR 2. The tech experts have no doubt that the new system will be able to do little to improve some of the upscaler's issues, which have very […]