Microsoft’s gaming boss Phil Spencer appears in a new five-part documentary about Nintendo released this week. Crackle’s US-only Playing With Power: TheNintendoStory series debuted on Monday, featuring a detailed recount of Nintendo’s 131-year history, with insight from industry figures such as former Nintendo of America PresidentReggie Fils-Aime,Atarifounder Nolan Bushnell andEAfounder Trip Hawkins. Spencer is arguably the most notable person from a competing company to appear in the six-hour series, and as he has become known for, the head ofXboxshares many complimentary comments about Nintendo and how its past consoles have inspired him....

Microsoft will launch Project xCloud in September and the game steaming service will be available via its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Priced at $14.99/£10.99,XboxGame Pass Ultimate combines Xbox Live Gold membership with Xbox Game Pass for console and PC. “This September, in supported countries, we’re bringing Xbox Game Pass andProject xCloudtogether at no additional cost for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members”, Xbox bossPhil Spencerwrote in ablogpublished on Thursday....

Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has explained why he believes the PS Vita was not successful for Sony, and shared his opinion on whether Sony should launch a new handheld gaming platform. PS Vitawas launched in 2011 as the successor to thePSP. However, despite being generally well-received by critics and some beloved games like Tearaway and Gravity Rush, it’s thought to have sold less than 15 million units before its discontinuation in 2019 – 65 million fewer than its predecessor....

Microsoft reportedly told employees that it views “every screen [as] an Xbox” ahead of a much-anticipated business update. A recent internal town hall meeting – whichhas been reported on previously– reportedly sawXboxpresident Sarah Bond proclaim that “every screen is an Xbox”, according to a new account byInverse. Bond is then said to have discussed Xbox’s strategy of existing on multiple kinds of devices and its greater ambitions of “becoming the number one cross-platform gaming company”....

Amazon has begun distributing free trial invites for its new cloud gaming service, Luna. Announced in September, theStadiaandxCloudrival is powered by theAmazonWeb Service infrastructure and will allow users to stream games at up to 4K/60fps onPC,Mac, Fire TV andiOSdevices, withAndroidto follow. Luna will offer a library of games behind a subscription service, plus Twitch integration and support for a $49.99 Luna game controller. Releasing this month, the controller is Alexa-enabled and connects directly to the cloud for lower latency gaming, according to Amazon....

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Respawn has released the patch notes for Apex Legends Season 13 ahead of its launch on May 10. Titled Saviors, the latest seasonintroduces new Legend Newcastle, a major Storm Point map update and a reworked Ranked system, among other features. Storm Point’s new point of interest isbased in and around the carcass of a giant sea monster, while a new PVE minigame involves battling waves ofTitanfallSpectres on IMC armouries....

Arkane has said that Redfall was originally in development for PS5 as well as Xbox Series X/S and PC. While perhaps unsurprising,ArkaneAustin studio directorHarvey Smithhas now confirmed that plans for aPlayStationrelease were cancelled afterMicrosoft acquired Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax Media. “We were acquired byMicrosoftand it was a change with capital C,” he toldIGN France(viaGoogleTranslate). “They came in and they said ‘NoPlayStation 5, we’re focusing onXbox,PCand the Game Pass’.” Development of Redfall had started a year prior to the $7....

Ubisoft has released a free game mode for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. “Plunge into the depths of Niflheim and face overwhelming odds in this exciting, rogue-lite–inspired free game mode forAssassin’s Creed Valhalla,” the company said. Titled The Forgotten Saga, the DLC was announced during anAssassin’s Creed15th anniversary live stream in June, when Jose Araiza, producer of Valhalla’s extended experience,called it the team’s “most ambitious game mode” yet. It will be followed later this year by the release of the last episode of Valhalla protagonist Eivor’s story....

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Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout are August’s PlayStation Plus games, Sony has announced. Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty title is currently priced at $19.99/£19.99 on thePlayStationStore, while 60-player online multiplayer gameFall Guys: Ultimate Knockoutwill be released on August 4 forPS4andPC. More Call of Duty: MW3 best loadout|Best Warzone loadout|MW3 best sniper|MW3 best shotgun|MW3 MCW loadout July’s PlayStation Plus games, NBA2K20, Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration and Erica, are available until August 3....

Ubisoft has detailed an Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora season pass. Included with the game’s Gold ($110 / £95) and Ultimate editions ($130 / £115), the season pass features two “story packs”, which are detailed below. ‘The Sky Breaker’ will be released next summer, ahead of ‘Secrets of the Spires’ in fall / autumn 2024. The season pass will also include the Familiar Echoes bonus quest, which challenges players to “infiltrate a highly secured RDA military base and hack their classified data to sabotage them from the inside,” plus a banshee cosmetic set....