Author: Sarah Connor
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was announced during today’s Nintendo Direct.The next instalment in the Xenoblade series will “tie together the futures of the worlds depicted in Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2”. How exactly it will do this remains to be seen, but the footage so far looks undeniably beautiful, with hints that it will be more similar in style to the first game. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Ruben Fleischer, the director of Sony’s upcoming live-action Uncharted movie, has revealed he’s currently in the throes of adapting another beloved PlayStation property for the big screen – so if you’ve ever wished for a Jak and Daxter movie, today is your lucky day.Speaking to Digital Trends during a promotional tour for the Uncharted film – which finally releases on 11th February in the UK following a troubled development spanning multiple directors and lasting well over a decade – Fleischer revealed, “I’m actually working on Jak and Daxter, a version of that, for PlayStation, which I think would be really…
Microsoft has addressed the issue of Call of Duty’s future on PlayStation in the strongest terms yet, confirming it has made a commitment to Sony that the series will continue to release on the console “beyond the existing agreement [with Activision] and into the future”.Many had pondered the fate of Activision Blizzard titles on non-Xbox platforms following Microsoft’s $69bn USD acquisition of the publisher last month, and questions have remained after comments from both Microsoft and Xbox head Phil Spencer left plenty of room for interpretation. Now, however, in a lengthy blog post laying out a number of commitments as…
With the release of Gran Turismo 7 racing ever nearer, the latest feature for Polyphony Digital’s game has been unveviled – and while it won’t be ready for launch, it could be one of the more interesting innovations in the PlayStation exclusive. Dubbed Gran Turismo Sophy, the feature is the first fruit from Sony AI, a division set up in 2020 to help Sony ‘accelerate into an AI powered creative entertainment company’ in the words of CEO Kenichiro Yoshida. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
PlayStation has shared a snippet of Horizon Forbidden West running on an old-school base PS4.By snippet, I really do mean snippet. The footage from PlayStation lasts a breezy 22 seconds and does not show any combat. Rather, it shows Aloy on a fairly sedate Shrine walk. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Why is there not a Jack Reacher game? It has been firmly established that the top-heavy, world-weary hero of Lee Child’s bone-crunching bestsellers (26 novels and counting) would be the perfect video game avatar. As an ex-military policeman, Reacher combines razor-sharp investigative savvy and comprehensive weapons training with the sort of down-and-dirty brawling skills required to break up bar fights among demob-happy jarheads in far-flung postings. Reacher has very little baggage – either emotional or actual, preferring to criss-cross the USA with little more than a travel toothbrush – yet trouble seems to follow him around. He is constantly butting…
The latest PlayStation 5 system software beta goes live today for selected participants, including the ability talk to your PlayStation and search via voice. Voice commands will be available at first to those testing the feature in the UK and US, and let you open the various games and apps on their consoles literally without lifting a finger.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Despite originally launching back in 2013, Grand Theft Auto 5 remains a force to be reckoned with; according to Take-Two’s latest quarterly earnings report, Rockstar’s irrepressible open-world opus has managed to shift another 5m copies since November, bringing its lifetime sales up to 160m – and the publisher also had a little more to say about NFTs.Alongside Grand Theft Auto 5’s quarterly rise, Take-Two’s updated numbers show a continuing boost for the GTA series as a whole, which has now sold over 370 million units – an increase of 15m since November. However, as the publisher opted not to share…
I was a hearty 40-year-old when I walked into the Museum; a spry 68 when I walked out. No, I am not Dorian Gray. This is Sifu, a China-set martial arts revenge fable from French developer Sloclap, in which every “death” shaves another few years off your life, care of an enchanted pendant. In this case, the culprit was the Museum’s artist-in-residence – one of five assassins who murder your character’s father and destroy his Pak Mei Kung Fu school in the prologue, sparking a quest for payback that may last a single day or a lifetime, depending on your…
Only ten days remain until the launch of Guerrilla Games’ highly anticipated open-world sequel Horizon Forbidden West, and, to mark its impending release, there’s a bit of cross-promotional collaboration action going on with another PlayStation-exclusive title: Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut now features Aloy-inspired armour, courtesy of its latest patch.Update 2.15 brings a number of addtions to developer Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, but it’s the Horizon Forbidden West crossover that takes centre stage, giving players the opportunity to unlock a new outfit for Jin Sakai that has a distinct air of Aloy about it.Read more Source -…