Microsoft has reversed its controversial Xbox Live price increase. Microsoft announced a price hike on Friday that would have doubled the cost of a yearly subscription to the service, which is required to play games online on Xbox consoles, to $120 for many users. Now, though, Microsoft says the price will stay the same. Microsoft […]
Microsoft is increasing the prices of its Xbox Live Gold subscription soon. The software giant has started notifying existing Xbox Live Gold members of the changes in certain markets, and it will see the price rise. One month goes up from £6.99 to £7.99. Three months goes up from £17.99 to £21.99. And six months […]
Nvidia is updating its Shield Android TV software to include support for the latest next-gen console controllers. If you own a Shield TV or Shield TV Pro device, you can now pair the PS5 DualSense or Xbox Series X controllers to play Android games or PC titles through Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service. To pair […]
Sony has announced its January lineup of games that are free for PS Plus subscribers to download. Starting January 5th, you’ll be able to get the PS5-only version of Maneater, the eat-em-up game that Polygon’s Chris Plante described in his entertaining review as “the best shark game… ever?”, as well as two other PS4 games, […]
The most anticipated CyberPunk 2077 launch wasn’t just a disaster for gamers but also for the game’s investors. A lawsuit filed yesterday against CD Projekt, the company behind Cyberpunk, claims investors were misled about its performance ahead of its release, causing a significant stock price drop and losses. CD Projekt allegedly failed to convey that […]
Another patch for Cyberpunk 2077. The 1.06 hotfix is rolling out on PC and consoles, and while console players will hopefully benefit from improved memory management that should reduce the game’s crashing especially on memory-limited PS4 and Xbox One systems, the most important fix is on PC. There, players had unfortunately discovered that if your […]
CD Projekt Red estimates that Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over 13 million copies, even after taking into account refunds across various platforms. The news came from the company’s latest regulatory announcement, in an effort to relax investors and show that Cyberpunk 2077 is still off to a strong start – at least, as far as […]
If you purchased Cyberpunk 2077 digitally on the Microsoft Store, you can get a full refund. This was already true on Xbox, but it didn’t apply to all situations. If you played the game for more than 2 hours, the refund system likely would have denied your request. But Microsoft is lifting those restrictions for […]
Starting on today, “Cyberpunk 2077,” “Destiny 2,” and many other Stadia games are playable on the iPhone or iPad, as Google is launching an iOS-friendly version of its game-streaming service. Google announced last month that mobile Safari support was coming soon to Stadia. To play Stadia on an iPhone or iPad, iOS users will merely […]
Microsoft hasn’t announced any new dates for when we might expect to see EA Play on Game Pass it was formerly set to arrive on November 10. EA Play was supposed to arrive on Game Pass sometime this month for PC players, possibly today given the way Microsoft phrased its blog post on the matter. […]
While online gaming is an everyday part of players lives, it’s still not as safe as it could be. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, the three gaming console giants, announced today via Xbox Wire that the teams are working together on shared safety standards across gaming. These standards are focused on three principles: prevention, partnership and […]
Ubisoft announced on Today that its game subscription service, Ubisoft Plus, is adding support for Google Stadia, meaning any subscriber can sign up for a free Stadia account and stream Ubisoft games from the cloud on supported devices. Ubisoft first announced Stadia support in October when it rebranded from UPlay Plus into its current iteration, […]
Sony posted a detailed teardown video of its own, revealing previously unseen details like the fan that pulls in air from both sides and internal SSD expansion slot. Now iFixit have attacked it with their usual detiled pulling the various boards fully part to take a look from a third-party perspective, and even put it […]
Today, Google has announced the biggest expansion of Stadia’s potential playerbase, opening the service to eight more countries. While Stadia had previously alluded to this expansion as “more EMEA regions,” the expansion seems to be exclusively in Europe. More specifically, Stadia is now available in these eight European countries: AustriaCzechiaHungaryPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSwitzerland The list matches up almost […]
Activision Blizzard has announced that the Call of Duty franchise has made the company more than $3 billion during the last 12 months, spanning last month’s Black Ops Cold War, free-to-play battle royale title Warzone, and Call of Duty: Mobile, as well as merchandise, license fees, and so on. Units sold through have risen by […]