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, […]
The Unreal Engine 5 has yet to reach its full potential, but mid-generation refresh hardware like the Playstation 5 Pro could help the engine make the jump in terms of visual quality that many already expected to see. Answering a question from a fan, the tech experts at Digital Foundry highlighted how better console hardware like the rumored Playstation 5 Pro could definitely drive developers to use the full suite of UE5 features, including Lumen and Nanite, delivering higher quality visuals with more stable performance. Even features that are supported by released games could see an improvement. Hellblade II: Senua's […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro has been reportedly ready for release since last year, but the console's launch may have been delayed to coincide with big game releases. During the latest episode of the Broken Silicon podcast, Moore's Law is Dead briefly commented on the upcoming mid-generation hardware refresh from Sony, saying that, at some point, the console was unlikely to be released. Work continued, however, and the system's final silicon was completed and ready for release last year. As for why the PlayStation 5 Pro, Moore's Law is Dead believes Sony wants its launch to coincide with the release of […]
A PlayStation Showcase may be planned for September to follow this month's rumored State of Play presentation, according to rumors circulating online. A few hours ago, Lunatic Ignus, who previously revealed a new Black Myth: Wukong trailer would be shared earlier this month before it actually went live, said on X/Twitter today that a new PlayStation Showcase will be held in September. While it will be some time until we learn if a new PlayStation Showcase will indeed be held this September, it makes a lot of sense for Sony to hold one that month. Not only is it the […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro GPU will deliver a maximum of 36 teraflops of power, and some of its changes will accommodate, among other things, faster ray tracing performance. In a new video and post shared online today, Digital Foundry goes over some of the latest rumors on the mid-generation refresh from Sony, taking an in-depth look at some GPU details. According to information on Sony's developer portal, the upcoming console has 30 Work Group Processors delivering 33.5 teraflops of performance, as opposed to the 18 WGP of the base model, which delivers 10,23 teraflops. On the surface, this means that […]
On paper, the PlayStation 5 Pro's 45% faster GPU should be enough to fix issues in GPU-limited scenarios, such as in games aggressively using dynamic resolution scaling. The tech experts at Digital Foundry recently discussed the specs of the yet-to-be-revealed mid-generation refresh, going over what PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution and Ultra Boost Mode could bring to the table and which games could benefit the most from the enhancements they should bring on day one without any input from developers. Among the titles that should benefit the most should be titles that use AMD FSR 2 aggressively, like Star Wars Jedi […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro CPU is unlikely to improve performance in CPU-bound titles and may not even be enough to implement 40 FPS modes that are impossible on the base model. In a recent video, the tech experts at Digital Foundry talked about the CPU of the upcoming mid-generation refresh console from Sony, saying that its 10% performance boost over the base model's CPU is unlikely to boost performance in CPU-bound titles or allow developers to implement 40 FPS modes in such games, as developers would need way more CPU overhead to achieve a 33% performance boost. It is more […]
While Sony has yet to make any sort of official announcement, rumors about the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro are coming hot-and-heavy. We recently heard that developers will need to include PS5 Pro compatibility in their games to get certified as soon as this August, and now The Verge has provided some more details about what a game needs to do to earn the “PS5 Pro Enhanced” label. Sony is reportedly asking devs to create a PS5-Pro-specific graphics mode for their titles going forward, in addition to the usual Quality, Performance, ect. modes most PS5 games already have. While Sony would […]
While many are voicing their doubts regarding the need for the PlayStation 5 Pro, the console is somewhat needed to push visuals and performance forward for current generation games, as the PlayStation 5 having some sort of "untapped" potential is just an internet myth. Speaking on X/Twitter, well-known AMD leaker Kepler commented on the yet-to-be-revealed mid-generation hardware from Sony and the untapped potential of the base model, saying that this isn't the 90s or 2000s anymore when consoles' hardware was esoteric like the Nintendo 64 and the PlayStation 3. Over the last few decades, hardware vendors have somewhat homogenized the […]
Remember last month's PS5 Pro video from YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead? This video is no longer available following a copyright strike from Sony. We reported on the video from the known tech YouTuber following its release last month. In the video, the YouTuber shared a document about Sony's upgraded PS5 model that offered new details and information about the console. Interesting new details include substantially faster rendering, up to three times improved ray tracing performance, and Sony's rumored own upscaling tech - PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). According to Eurogamer's Digital Foundry, this upscaling tech can allow for greatly […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro has yet to be officially unveiled, but it may release as soon as September 2024, judging from a report shared online today. As reported by The Verge today, Sony is expecting every PS5 game submitted for certification from August 2024 to be compatible with the PlayStation 5 Pro. As such, the console should be expected to become available from that month, although it is way more likely to launch in the following months, as Sony has been launching new home hardware between September and November for some years. For the rest, The Verge's report includes information […]
Although Sony was limited by what it could do with the PlayStation 5 Pro, the upcoming mid-generation refresh system has been designed to provide developers easy and economical ways to implement enhancements in games already in development. In the latest episode of Moore's Law is Dead's Broken Silicon podcast, a veteran developer who worked, among other titles, on The Elder Scrolls series, commented on the PlayStation 5 Pro, saying that it couldn't be that much more powerful than the base model, as developers need time to plan for future hardware. Games that are already in development are budgeted already, so […]
While the PlayStation 5 Pro CPU is said to offer minimal improvements over the base model, it could bring more enhancements than anticipated. In a new video shared this week, Moore's Law is Dead, who revealed additional information on the yet-to-be-revealed mid-generation refresh console, provided some small new updates on the system as well as on the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaler. According to the leaker, the console's Zen 2 CPU will be a 4nm CPU, which will be denser and potentially provide additional improvements over the base model's processor, such as reduced power consumption, better cost efficiency, and smaller […]
The Unreal Engine 5 has yet to reach its full potential, but mid-generation refresh hardware like the Playstation 5 Pro could help the engine make the jump in terms of visual quality that many already expected to see. Answering a question from a fan, the tech experts at Digital Foundry highlighted how better console hardware like the rumored Playstation 5 Pro could definitely drive developers to use the full suite of UE5 features, including Lumen and Nanite, delivering higher quality visuals with more stable performance. Even features that are supported by released games could see an improvement. Hellblade II: Senua's […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro has been reportedly ready for release since last year, but the console's launch may have been delayed to coincide with big game releases. During the latest episode of the Broken Silicon podcast, Moore's Law is Dead briefly commented on the upcoming mid-generation hardware refresh from Sony, saying that, at some point, the console was unlikely to be released. Work continued, however, and the system's final silicon was completed and ready for release last year. As for why the PlayStation 5 Pro, Moore's Law is Dead believes Sony wants its launch to coincide with the release of […]
A PlayStation Showcase may be planned for September to follow this month's rumored State of Play presentation, according to rumors circulating online. A few hours ago, Lunatic Ignus, who previously revealed a new Black Myth: Wukong trailer would be shared earlier this month before it actually went live, said on X/Twitter today that a new PlayStation Showcase will be held in September. While it will be some time until we learn if a new PlayStation Showcase will indeed be held this September, it makes a lot of sense for Sony to hold one that month. Not only is it the […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro GPU will deliver a maximum of 36 teraflops of power, and some of its changes will accommodate, among other things, faster ray tracing performance. In a new video and post shared online today, Digital Foundry goes over some of the latest rumors on the mid-generation refresh from Sony, taking an in-depth look at some GPU details. According to information on Sony's developer portal, the upcoming console has 30 Work Group Processors delivering 33.5 teraflops of performance, as opposed to the 18 WGP of the base model, which delivers 10,23 teraflops. On the surface, this means that […]
On paper, the PlayStation 5 Pro's 45% faster GPU should be enough to fix issues in GPU-limited scenarios, such as in games aggressively using dynamic resolution scaling. The tech experts at Digital Foundry recently discussed the specs of the yet-to-be-revealed mid-generation refresh, going over what PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution and Ultra Boost Mode could bring to the table and which games could benefit the most from the enhancements they should bring on day one without any input from developers. Among the titles that should benefit the most should be titles that use AMD FSR 2 aggressively, like Star Wars Jedi […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro CPU is unlikely to improve performance in CPU-bound titles and may not even be enough to implement 40 FPS modes that are impossible on the base model. In a recent video, the tech experts at Digital Foundry talked about the CPU of the upcoming mid-generation refresh console from Sony, saying that its 10% performance boost over the base model's CPU is unlikely to boost performance in CPU-bound titles or allow developers to implement 40 FPS modes in such games, as developers would need way more CPU overhead to achieve a 33% performance boost. It is more […]
While Sony has yet to make any sort of official announcement, rumors about the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro are coming hot-and-heavy. We recently heard that developers will need to include PS5 Pro compatibility in their games to get certified as soon as this August, and now The Verge has provided some more details about what a game needs to do to earn the “PS5 Pro Enhanced” label. Sony is reportedly asking devs to create a PS5-Pro-specific graphics mode for their titles going forward, in addition to the usual Quality, Performance, ect. modes most PS5 games already have. While Sony would […]
While many are voicing their doubts regarding the need for the PlayStation 5 Pro, the console is somewhat needed to push visuals and performance forward for current generation games, as the PlayStation 5 having some sort of "untapped" potential is just an internet myth. Speaking on X/Twitter, well-known AMD leaker Kepler commented on the yet-to-be-revealed mid-generation hardware from Sony and the untapped potential of the base model, saying that this isn't the 90s or 2000s anymore when consoles' hardware was esoteric like the Nintendo 64 and the PlayStation 3. Over the last few decades, hardware vendors have somewhat homogenized the […]
Remember last month's PS5 Pro video from YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead? This video is no longer available following a copyright strike from Sony. We reported on the video from the known tech YouTuber following its release last month. In the video, the YouTuber shared a document about Sony's upgraded PS5 model that offered new details and information about the console. Interesting new details include substantially faster rendering, up to three times improved ray tracing performance, and Sony's rumored own upscaling tech - PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). According to Eurogamer's Digital Foundry, this upscaling tech can allow for greatly […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro has yet to be officially unveiled, but it may release as soon as September 2024, judging from a report shared online today. As reported by The Verge today, Sony is expecting every PS5 game submitted for certification from August 2024 to be compatible with the PlayStation 5 Pro. As such, the console should be expected to become available from that month, although it is way more likely to launch in the following months, as Sony has been launching new home hardware between September and November for some years. For the rest, The Verge's report includes information […]
Although Sony was limited by what it could do with the PlayStation 5 Pro, the upcoming mid-generation refresh system has been designed to provide developers easy and economical ways to implement enhancements in games already in development. In the latest episode of Moore's Law is Dead's Broken Silicon podcast, a veteran developer who worked, among other titles, on The Elder Scrolls series, commented on the PlayStation 5 Pro, saying that it couldn't be that much more powerful than the base model, as developers need time to plan for future hardware. Games that are already in development are budgeted already, so […]
While the PlayStation 5 Pro CPU is said to offer minimal improvements over the base model, it could bring more enhancements than anticipated. In a new video shared this week, Moore's Law is Dead, who revealed additional information on the yet-to-be-revealed mid-generation refresh console, provided some small new updates on the system as well as on the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaler. According to the leaker, the console's Zen 2 CPU will be a 4nm CPU, which will be denser and potentially provide additional improvements over the base model's processor, such as reduced power consumption, better cost efficiency, and smaller […]