Back on December 9, HTC said that its Valve Software-backed “Vive” virtual reality headset wouldn’t be released to consumers until April 2016. Originally, Vive was slated to launch as a retail unit by the end of the year. At the time of the announcement, the company didn’t provide a reason for the delay. “Since announcing…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed again, as part of a “strategic update” that will see it “review and pursue various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders.” “As part of the renewed focus on gameplay quality and engaging day-one experiences, it has been decided to provide an additional month…
In 2018, Syama Pedersen started uploading Astartes, a five-part Warhammer 40,000 fan film that was so good Games Workshop hired him to work on their own animations. Not only that, they made the Retributor chapter of space marines he’d invented part of the official canon. Since then Pedersen’s name has shown up in places like…
There’s no end to the lore-driven theorizing that the most devoted FromSoftware fans can spin out of the characters, item descriptions, and cut content of Dark Souls and Elden Ring, and the developers know it. As I detailed in my big Elden Ring Nightreign explainer after playing the game in December, the new roguelike spin-off…
For almost as long as we can remember (okay, about three years), the 18A node has been all-important for Intel. Former CEO Pat Gelsinger said he’d bet the whole company on 18A. Indeed, the first 18A chips are due later this year in the form of intel’s next CPU for laptops, Panther Lake. But according…
Here we go again: World of Warcraft has yet another frog problem. This time, players have found a spot in the new Midnight expansion where the frogs won’t stop spawning. Unlike the previous frog exploit in Mists of Pandaria: Remix, these amphibians don’t drop any valuable loot. They do, however, have hides worth skinning at…
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Midsummer Studios founder and former Firaxis creative director, Jake Solomon, has announced the abrupt closure of Midsummer through a post on X. Solomon also shared a two-minute gameplay video of its life sim, “Burbank,” the first public showcase of the planned Sims competitor. We have reached out to Solomon for comment, and will update this…
But Super Mario RPG slips even further. This week in the UK, EA Sports FC 24 manages to maintain its lead in the competition thanks to some rather tasty deals over the Black Friday period. Hogwarts Legacy also benefitted from some discounts to secure its position at number two. Super Mario Bros. Wonder, meanwhile, has…
Email us at blogcast@sony.com! Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download here This week, Kristen and Zac sing the praises of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and Kristen sits down with game director Scott Phillips to discuss Ubisoft’s epic new open-world adventure. Enjoy! Stuff We Talked About Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Astro Bot Rescue Mission Call…