Gran Turismo 7 is heading to the PlayStation 5, Sony announced today. It’s the next game in Polyphony Digital’s popular racing series. Sony didn’t share a release date. Sony didn’t reveal much about the game, but it did show a map that seems to be used in the game’s campaign mode as well as an […]
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You can now play Google Stadia on practically any Android phone
Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service is still riddled with limitations, but one of the biggest hurdles to adoption may have just disappeared you no longer need a specific Android phone to give it a try. Google is experimentally opening up support to any Android phone that can install the Stadia app, which means most devices […]
Did Amazon UK accidentally list a 2TB PlayStation 5 for £600?
A supposed PlayStation 5 console listing has been spotted on Amazon UK, and apparently, someone on hotukdeals was able to push through and place an order. The listing specifically mentions that it’s a 2TB model, and the price is £599. The PlayStation5 was allegedly spotted by someone on the Hot UK Deals forum Tuesday morning. […]
Razer’s Kishi Android controller is now available and works with Stadia
Razer launched the Kishi controller for Android phones today. When initially announced at CES 2020, there was no pricing information available but was expected to cost around the same as the Junglecat mobile controller. At $80, the Kishi is about $20 cheaper than its predecessor. Razer touted the Junglecat’s Bluetooth Low Energy connection as “low […]
Sony reschedules its PS5 games event for June 11th
Sony announced today that its upcoming PlayStation 5 event has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 11th at 4PM ET. The event was originally scheduled for June 4th but was postponed following the death of George Floyd and protests against racism and police brutality happening around the world. Sony has said it’ll showcase more than an […]
Sega wants to turn Japanese arcades into ‘fog gaming’ data centers
Sega marked its 60th anniversary this week with a tiny version of the Game Gear. But that’s not the only thing on the company’s mind at the minute. It’s working on a system that would turn Japanese arcades into small data centers. Arcade gaming is still pretty big in Japan. A report by the Japanese Amusement […]
Sony fined $2.4 million over illegal return policy in Australia
Sony has been hit with a fine in Australia for misleading customers about its refund policy. In a statement on Friday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it fined Sony Europe 3.5 million Australian dollars ($2.4 million U.S.) for not giving refunds to customers for digital game purchases that players said were faulty. […]
Long-lost version of NES game Days of Thunder recreated from 30-year-old floppies
Digital archivists working with the Video Game History Foundation have discovered a previously lost NES game based on the 1990 film Days of Thunder. The game was co-authored by Chris Oberth, a developer known for the arcade games Anteater, Time Killers, World Class Bowling, and Winter Games for the Commodore 64. Preservationist Rich Whitehouse has […]
Sony announces PS5 event for June 4th
Sony is officially confirming its next PlayStation 5 event will be held on Thursday, June 4th. The event will begin at 4PM ET / 1PM PT, and Sony is promising “a look at the future of gaming on PlayStation 5.” It will run for “a bit more than an hour,” and feature “a first look […]
Stadia Pro members get six free games in June
Stadia Pro members have received quite a few free games since Stadia launched, and June is shaping up to be the biggest month yet. Google just confirmed this morning that it will be giving away six free games to Stadia Pro members in June. You read that right, six. When typically Google has given away […]
Call of Duty: WWII is the next free PS Plus game, and it arrives tomorrow
Sony is releasing its next free PS Plus title a bit early. And it’s a pretty big one subscribers can snag Call of Duty: WWII at no extra cost starting tomorrow. It’s not the first Call of Duty game to be a PS Plus freebie either. Sony’s given away Black Ops III and Modern Warfare […]
Nvidia’s AI recreates Pac-Man from scratch just by watching it being played
Nvidia is best known for its graphics cards, but the company conducts some serious research into artificial intelligence, too. For its latest project, Nvidia researchers taught an AI system to recreate the game of Pac-Man simply by watching it being played. To celebrate Pac-Man’s 40th anniversary, the hardware maker fed a computer farm a whopping […]
Video game spending reaches record high during pandemic
Quarterly consumer spending on video game products reached the highest total in US history in the first quarter of 2020. That’s according to a new report from The NPD Group, which indicates that isolation measures resulted in a nine percent increase in industry consumer spending during Q1 (Jan – Mar) compared to the same period […]
Konami’s TurboGrafx-16 Mini will launch in North America on May 22nd
The TurboGrafx-16 Mini will launch in North America on May 22nd. Konami’s miniature console was initially set to come out on March 19th through Amazon for $99.99. However, Konami delayed the console a few weeks before its release after suspending manufacturing and shipments of the system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new […]
The Epic Games Store has been down for hours as everyone tries to get GTA V for free
The Epic Games Store has been counting down to the launch of an unnamed free title at 11AM ET today, and we learned last night that game would be Rockstar’s smash hit Grand Theft Auto V, thanks to an early tweet posted by Epic Games’ official Twitter account. However, since the clock passed 11AM ET, […]