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Sony used a technical presentation on Tuesday to finally unveil its long-anticipated PlayStation 5 Pro console. In addition to detailing the console’s specifications,Sonyconfirmed launch details for the system, including thePS5Pro release date, price and pre-order information. PS5 Pro will launch on July 23, 2025, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $699.99 / £699.99 / €799.99 / ¥119,980. The console will be available at participating retailers and directly from Sony at its online storePlayStationDirect....

Microsoft has confirmed the next wave of Xbox Game Pass titles for May. Doom: The Dark Agesheadlines May’sXboxGame Pass games, alongsideRevenge of the Savage Planet. Microsofthas also confirmed which titles will be leaving the Game Pass service later this month. Microsoft has also confirmed which games will be leaving the service soon. The following games will be delisted from the service on May 15 , but Game Pass members can save “up to 20%, on purchasing the games if they wish to keep them in their library....

Xbox has announced the next wave of Game Pass games coming to console and PC tiers. Late February’s Game Pass releases includeEA SportsF1 24, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, andWatch Dogs: Legion,Xboxannounced on Tuesday. Leaving Game Pass on February 28 are a roster of games, includingWo LongFallen Dynasty,Yakuza3 & 4,F1 22, and more. Coming Soon to Game Pass Leaving Game Pass on February 28 VGC’sAvowed reviewsays it “may not be the next groundbreaking evolution of the action RPG genre, but when it’s this entertaining it really doesn’t have to be....

New Xbox studio The Initiative has made a group of God of War designers the latest recruits to its growing development team. The Initiativeis a first-partyXboxgame studio based in Santa Monica, California. The company was announced in June 2018, with a mandate to create “ambitious and innovative game experiences” for Xbox. God of Warlevel designers Ian Miller, Kai Zheng, Chris O’Neill and Ray Yeomans (who also worked on the Tomb Raider series) have all joined The Initiative from Sony’s neighbouring Santa Monica studio in the past few months, according to LinkedIn, as well as formerMotiveand Naughty Dog senior designer Robert Ryan....

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is set to be the PlayStation blockbuster of 2023, but will it manage to continue Sony’s sparkling streak of exclusives? It’s difficult to argue againstInsomniac Gamesbeing the best value-for-money acquisition in video game history. Purchased for just $229 million, since the launch of thePlayStation 5, the developer has managed to releaseRatchet and Clank: Rift Apart,Spider-Man Miles Moralesand a re-release ofMarvel’s Spider-Manwhen most teams have struggled to get one game out of the door....

2K has announced a multi-year partnership with the NFL which will see it create “non-simulation” football games starting in 2021. The deal will see2Kreturn to NFL for the first time since its popular NFL 2K franchise ended in 2004. The company’s2K Sportslabel sees it release annual instalments of NBA 2K and WWE 2K. “The NFL is one of the most successful sports brands in the world, known for creating incredible entertainment for fans,” saidDavid Ismailer, president of 2K, in a prepared statement....

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is being remade for a new generation of players. That’s according to highly reliable leaker and dataminerbillbil-kun, who claims that a remake of the celebrated adventure title is set to be announced soon. It’s reportedly set to be published by505 Gamesand could conceivably be revealed at the Game Awards on Thursday night. Latest update8th Dec 2023 / 12:30 am The game has now been officially announced....

Microsoft has stated that a support message warning players that the Xbox 360 Marketplace would be closing soon was an error. Reddit userGpro2005spotted that when searchingXbox‘s support pages for news on the Marketplace, one of the search results showed a message warning that it was closing down soon. “We will be closing theXbox 360Marketplace over the next year,” it read, “so we encourage you to purchase any 360 games or DLC by May 2023....

Activision has announced the formation on an internal mobile studio, which is currently working a new entry in the Call of Duty series. The move, which wasfirst revealed by job listings in June, was officially confirmed by company executives duringActivision Blizzard’s second quarter earnings call on Tuesday. “As we think about long-term, where we see more compelling growth on the [mobile] platform, I’d say we believe there’s an opportunity to better connect mobile to the overall Call of Duty ecosystem and we’re aggressively hiring talent to help on this journey,” saidActivisionpresident Rob Kostich....

A new Switch 2 patent suggests that the console could be playable upside down, should the player wish. As previously revealed in the officialSwitch 2 reveal video,Nintendo‘s next console will feature a different mechanism for attaching its new, larger Joy-Con controllers. Instead of sliding the new controllers onto the side of the console via a rail, like the originalSwitch, Switch 2’s controllers attach via a slot on each side, and are seemingly kept in place by a powerful magnet....

Activision reportedly rejected a pitch for Tony Hawk’s 3 + 4, preferring Vicarious Visions to work as a Call of Duty support studio. In a new video from video game historian Liam Robertson, it’s claimed that following the huge success of the first remake, a pitch for a second remake collection was created. Initially, the first remake, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skate 1 + 2 was planned to include 3 + 4 as well as the first game....

The issue discovered earlier this week which prevented some players from claiming Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium has now been fixed. Intergrade was added to thePlayStationPlus Extra and Premium tiers on Tuesday, but it quickly emerged that players who already owned a copy ofFinal Fantasy VII RemakeonPS5were unable to claim the game. This is because Intergrade is a bundle consisting of the PS5 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake and the new episode Intermission, which is a spin-off story featuring Yuffie as the main playable character....

Respawn has said it’s still planning to release a next-gen update for Apex Legends but isn’t yet ready to commit to a launch window. While the battle royale shooter is playable onPS5andXbox Series X/Svia backwards compatibility, with a performance boost up to 1440p, publisherEAsaidlast year that “more formal enhancements [were] planned” for 2021. Asked to provide an update on those plans in a recent Reddit AMA,Respawn’s director of communications, Ryan Rigney, could only assure fans that a PS5 and Xbox Series X/S update is being worked on....