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, […]
Modern-day anime, and the industries that shape its creation and distribution, are in a stride not dissimilar to the one video games have been experiencing since around 2020 during the height of the covid pandemic, when everyone was stuck at home with ...
There have been rumblings that Red Dead Redemption would finally get a PC port for a while now, and it looks like the Western epic could be closer than ever to hitting Steam and other PC gaming storefronts. A leaked description on PlayStation Network o...
PlayStation’s Summer Sale is nearly over. Sony is slashing prices across various games, DLCs, and even some in-game currency. Odds are if you’ve had a game you’ve been eyeing for a while, it might be fairly cheap at the moment. If you’re looking for a ...
It’s nice to see the Astro Bot character, who has existed in the PlayStation ecosystem mostly as a tech demo mascot for a decade, finally getting the respect he deserves. He’s got a new, full-fledged video game hitting shelves and PS5 digital stores on...
The God of War Ragnarok PC system requirements have been revealed today, and they are not particularly demanding compared to other games released this year. As confirmed on the Official PlayStation Blog, the game will require at least an Intel i5-4670k or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU and an NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD RX 5500 XT GPU and 8 GB RAM to run at native 1080p resolution, 30 FPS average, and low settings. Running the game at higher resolutions and better framerates will be more demanding, although the requirements for native 4K resolution at 60 frames per second look […]
It's no secret that PlayStation has a ton of unannounced projects being developed, with one of them being developed by Firesprite. This game is set to be a single-player narrative horror. At the moment, there is no real information about this project. Firesprite was obtained by Sony in 2021, with leaks and rumors regarding this project dropping over the years. This includes an internal document, revealing the code name for the project to be "Heartbreak." Whether that still remains true is uncertain. Colin Moriarty, an insider has claimed in a podcast from Last Stand Media that the game could possibly […]
Despite the CPU and RAM not seeing much of an improvement over the base model's, the PlayStation 5 Pro will feel like a 100% more powerful than ther regular PS5 thanks to upscaling. During the latest episode of the Moore's Law is Dead Broken Silicon podcast, Alderon Games founder Matthew Cassells discussed the yet-to-be-revealed mid-generation refresh system, and how its power and the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaler will improve games. Talking specifically about the studio's games, the console could allow them to activate ray tracing if the game already manages to run at 60 FPS on the base model […]
The PlayStation 5 console is continuing to sell rather well, but the pace of sales is slowing down faster than anticipated. In today's financial report for the first quarter of FY24, the Japanese company confirmed 2.4 million units were sold during the quarter, below the 3 million units that analysts had expected, bringing the total number of sold units to 61.7 million units. Despite the excellent number of units sold, the current generation console seems to be trailing behind its predecessor, as the PlayStation 4 sold 63.5 million units in a similar time frame. According to Morning Star Investment director […]
The PlayStation VR2 was designed with PC-compatibility in mind from the very beginning, SIE confirmed in a new short interview. As confirmed to Japanese outlet AV Watch, the importance of PC compatibility was known within the headset's development team, and was taken into consideration during its design phase. Once the PlayStation VR2 was out, the team first worked on optimizing the VR experience on PlayStation 5, and then went on to develop PC compatibility, which is finally coming this week with the release of the adapter. Besides asking the three questions to an SIE representative, AV Watch also discussed how […]
This week, Destiny 2 maker Bungie was hit by massive layoffs, leaving the future of the company’s popular looter shooter in some doubt and spurring waves of criticism of its CEO, who remains at the studio. We also saw streamer Dr Disrespect once again ...
I always tell people that I’ve been with Destiny since the first alpha test. For some reason, it’s always been a point of pride for me. My own way of saying, “Hey, I’ve been behind this vision since the beginning. I’ve been there through the highs and ...
Ubisoft has become almost synonymous with open-world games in the past two decades thanks to franchises like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry. So it’s no surprise that people expect the publisher’s next game, Star Wars Outlaws, to take a lot of inspiration...
Modern-day anime, and the industries that shape its creation and distribution, are in a stride not dissimilar to the one video games have been experiencing since around 2020 during the height of the covid pandemic, when everyone was stuck at home with ...
There have been rumblings that Red Dead Redemption would finally get a PC port for a while now, and it looks like the Western epic could be closer than ever to hitting Steam and other PC gaming storefronts. A leaked description on PlayStation Network o...
PlayStation’s Summer Sale is nearly over. Sony is slashing prices across various games, DLCs, and even some in-game currency. Odds are if you’ve had a game you’ve been eyeing for a while, it might be fairly cheap at the moment. If you’re looking for a ...
It’s nice to see the Astro Bot character, who has existed in the PlayStation ecosystem mostly as a tech demo mascot for a decade, finally getting the respect he deserves. He’s got a new, full-fledged video game hitting shelves and PS5 digital stores on...
The God of War Ragnarok PC system requirements have been revealed today, and they are not particularly demanding compared to other games released this year. As confirmed on the Official PlayStation Blog, the game will require at least an Intel i5-4670k or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU and an NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD RX 5500 XT GPU and 8 GB RAM to run at native 1080p resolution, 30 FPS average, and low settings. Running the game at higher resolutions and better framerates will be more demanding, although the requirements for native 4K resolution at 60 frames per second look […]
It's no secret that PlayStation has a ton of unannounced projects being developed, with one of them being developed by Firesprite. This game is set to be a single-player narrative horror. At the moment, there is no real information about this project. Firesprite was obtained by Sony in 2021, with leaks and rumors regarding this project dropping over the years. This includes an internal document, revealing the code name for the project to be "Heartbreak." Whether that still remains true is uncertain. Colin Moriarty, an insider has claimed in a podcast from Last Stand Media that the game could possibly […]
Despite the CPU and RAM not seeing much of an improvement over the base model's, the PlayStation 5 Pro will feel like a 100% more powerful than ther regular PS5 thanks to upscaling. During the latest episode of the Moore's Law is Dead Broken Silicon podcast, Alderon Games founder Matthew Cassells discussed the yet-to-be-revealed mid-generation refresh system, and how its power and the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaler will improve games. Talking specifically about the studio's games, the console could allow them to activate ray tracing if the game already manages to run at 60 FPS on the base model […]
The PlayStation 5 console is continuing to sell rather well, but the pace of sales is slowing down faster than anticipated. In today's financial report for the first quarter of FY24, the Japanese company confirmed 2.4 million units were sold during the quarter, below the 3 million units that analysts had expected, bringing the total number of sold units to 61.7 million units. Despite the excellent number of units sold, the current generation console seems to be trailing behind its predecessor, as the PlayStation 4 sold 63.5 million units in a similar time frame. According to Morning Star Investment director […]
The PlayStation VR2 was designed with PC-compatibility in mind from the very beginning, SIE confirmed in a new short interview. As confirmed to Japanese outlet AV Watch, the importance of PC compatibility was known within the headset's development team, and was taken into consideration during its design phase. Once the PlayStation VR2 was out, the team first worked on optimizing the VR experience on PlayStation 5, and then went on to develop PC compatibility, which is finally coming this week with the release of the adapter. Besides asking the three questions to an SIE representative, AV Watch also discussed how […]
This week, Destiny 2 maker Bungie was hit by massive layoffs, leaving the future of the company’s popular looter shooter in some doubt and spurring waves of criticism of its CEO, who remains at the studio. We also saw streamer Dr Disrespect once again ...
I always tell people that I’ve been with Destiny since the first alpha test. For some reason, it’s always been a point of pride for me. My own way of saying, “Hey, I’ve been behind this vision since the beginning. I’ve been there through the highs and ...
Ubisoft has become almost synonymous with open-world games in the past two decades thanks to franchises like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry. So it’s no surprise that people expect the publisher’s next game, Star Wars Outlaws, to take a lot of inspiration...