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Category: Holiday 2024 Designed for Xbox: Your Holiday Gift Guide for Xbox Accessories Ethan RothamelHardware Program Manager, Xbox Partner Hardware Published December 3, 2024 The holiday season is upon us once more. It’s a time for giving, merriment, joy, and maybe a little gaming! Whether you’re shopping for a loved one or treating yourself,  our Designed for Xbox partners’ products are the perfect choice.   Need a new controller like the latest Razer Wolverine V3 Pro to enhance your gameplay over the winter break? Maybe an audio upgrade with the Arctic Gamebuds or the Corsair Virtuoso Max? Perhaps it’s the…

Category: Xbox Game PassDecember 3, 2024 Coming to Game Pass: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and More Megan Spurr, Senior Community Lead, Xbox Game Pass We love a “Coming Soon” that includes a “pre-install so you can play tomorrow” list! We also have nostalgic favorites, day one launches, and additions for Core, Standard, PC, and Ultimate members. There is a lot to get to as we wrap up 2024, so let’s get to the games! Coming Soon Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Console) – December 4Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Standard, Game Pass Core Crash is…

Today, December 3, marks PlayStation’s 30th anniversary. To celebrate, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) hosted the 2024 PlayStation Partner Awards in Japan Asia (hereafter PlayStation Partner Awards), honoring all the incredible games and talented developers who released their games on PlayStation within the Japan/Asia region. In addition to celebrating the success of the 2024 PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 titles (October 2023 through September 2024), this year’s awards also recognized exceptional games created by Japanese and other Asian developers released on legacy PlayStation platforms over the past 30 years – the original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita,…

Gather round, Rivals, and get ready to unleash the thunderous might of Thor, sling around the battlefield as Spider-Man, shoot down your foes with the Punisher and so much more. With 33 heroes and villains to choose from, picking your favorite might prove to be a challenge but fret not as all heroes in Marvel Rivals will be free when it launches on December 6! Explore the many superpowers of this iconic cast and elevate your fighting tactics with their unique team-up abilities. There is precious little time left for you to wishlist Marvel Rivals and get notified when the…

In developing Cursed Feed, our new horror game about a paranormal investigator pursuing a mysterious family murder, I encountered an unexpected question: Why was I so concerned about establishing the protagonist’s occupation? This led me down a rabbit hole of reflection about the changing nature of video game narratives and player expectations. Today’s gaming landscape reveals a fascinating shift: young players are increasingly drawn to simulation games that recreate everyday experiences. Games that depict “profession simulators” consistently top charts, while classical storytelling approaches fight for attention. I’m baffled with one Steam review about a “supermarket game simulator” where you play…

Category: Games Dauntless: Awakening – Bringing a New Behemoth to Life for This Huge Update Alex PriceGlobal Marketing Director, Phoenix Labs Published December 2, 2024 Prepare to face Karkonos, the fearsome new Behemoth debuting in Dauntless on December 5 as part of the Dauntless: Awakening update. This is the largest update ever to our monster-slaying, free-to-play action-RPG. Featuring revamped progression systems, powerful new weapons, and a new Behemoth, it’s a transformative leap forward. With fresh challenges and a community-informed development roadmap, Dauntless: Awakening sets the stage for an exciting future in the Shattered Isles. And at the heart of all…

Category: Games Mechanisms Become Mechanics: Inventing Puzzles for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published December 2, 2024 From refracting light through the Staff of Ra, to decoding the mysteries of the Grail Temple, the Indiana Jones series has repeatedly returned to puzzles as part of its storytelling. In many ways, that’s more reminiscent of gaming than it is traditional moviemaking. The pleasure of a puzzle – the initial challenge, the gentle realization of how it fits together, and the “aha!” moment – is key to so many games in the same way as it…

It’s been a big year for new releases, and today we’re celebrating the best of PlayStation gaming by asking you to cast your vote for your favorites of the year: the PS Blog Game of the Year Awards 2024 polls are now open! We’re highlighting the exemplary work from studio powerhouses the world over across 19 categories. All help shine a light on the creatives whose hard work and exceptional craft has made this year’s gaming experiences so vibrant: amazing gameplay, memorable characters, exceptional art direction, unforgettable soundtracks, and much more. The selections in each category are extensive, and you’ve…

Hi everyone! We are happy to announce the Holiday Sale in the Philippines and it will feature discounts on PlayStation 5 (save PHP 4,400), PS VR2 (save PHP 11,800), DualSense wireless controllers (save PHP 800) and select PS5 titles (save up to PHP 2,000).  Holiday Sale 2024 promotion starts from December 6th till December 19th, just in time for holiday gifting season, in participating retailers in the Philippines: https://www.playstation.com/en-ph/local/retailers/.  Please see below for full details of Holiday Sale 2024 in the Philippines.  PlayStation 5 ConsolesOriginal SRPPromotion SRPPlayStation®5PHP 30,790PHP 26,390PlayStation®5 console – Two DualSense™ Wireless Controllers BundlePHP 33,990PHP 29,590 PeripheralsOriginal SRPPromotion…

Celebrate three decades of play with PlayStation Store’s 30th Anniversary Sale starting December 2! Race for first place in Gran Turismo 7, endure and survive in The Last of Us Part II, and join everybody’s favorite marsupial in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. These must-play games join many more, as well as add-ons, in this huge sale*. We can’t fit every offering in the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Sale here, so browse a selection of titles below, then head to PlayStation Store starting December 2 to find out your regional discount. 30th Anniversary promotions direct from PlayStation The PlayStation 30th Anniversary…