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The latest episode of VGC: A Video Games Podcast is now available on all major audio platforms. This week, VGC’s Jordan Middler and Chris Scullion are joined by Jade King from TheGamer to have a spoiler-free discusssion aboutStarfield. Also discussed this week are thePlayStationPlus price hike, Cyberpunk’s upcoming expansion and two more of this week’s game releases,The Making of KaratekaandUnder the Waves. VGC: A Video Game Podcast is now available every week on YouTube, but you can get the audio version slightly earlier in the day on your podcast platform of choice....

The studio behind an upcoming dinosaur horror game has said it’s planning to skip a PC release in order to avoid players creating sexualized mods. Last week, TeamKill Media announced Code Violet, a third-person action horror game it’s billing as its “spiritual successor to Dino Crisis.” The game will be released exclusively forPS5this July, according to its four-person development team, which previously developed Kings of Lorn, Quantum Error and Son and Bone....

Sony is bringing Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support to PlayStation 5 this week, it’s announced. The feature, which has been available onXbox Series Xsince launch, syncs the framerate of the game you are playing to your monitor, which, in theory, reduces noticeable frame-rate drops and other graphical issues. Only HDMI 2.1 compatible TVs currently support the feature. “Gameplay in manyPS5titles feels smoother as scenes render seamlessly, graphics look crisper, and input lag is reduced,”Sonysaid in a statement on Monday....

Grasshopper Manufacture and creator Goichi Suda have announced their next action game, Romeo is a Dead Man. Set for release onPS5,XboxSeries, andPCin 2026, Romeo is a Dead Man is described as the No More Heroes studio’s “bloodiest action game yet”. A trailer debuted duringPlayStation’sState of Playon Wednesday shows protagonist Romeo swapping between guns and swords, using enemies’ powers against them, in a setup in which players must jump back and forth between the real world and subspace....

Remnant: From The Ashes and its sequel, Remnant 2, have been made available on Game Pass for console, PC and Cloud. The games, which are often described as Souls-like shooters, were made available onMicrosoft‘s subscription service with no prior announcement. Developed by Gunfire Games and published byGearbox, Remnant 2 was released this summer. It received high praise from players and critics and was also a commercial success, dethroningDiablo 4as July’s top-selling game in the US....

At the heart of The Outer Worlds’ tale lies a colony ship where earth’s greatest minds hibernate in cryo-sleep. What would happen to Halcyon, a struggling corner of the galaxy, if you thawed them out? In some ways, it’s a question developersObsidianhave asked themselves, too: what if you took the original creators of 1997’s Fallout and put them back in the director’s chair of a modern, first-person RPG? The answer, on the surface at least, is a game that looks and sounds and plays a lot likeBethesda‘s Fallout....

Spider-Man Remastered on PC brings together the original game, which debuted on PS4, as well as the three expansion packs that added fan-favourite villains and fleshed out Peter Parker’s first outing. This is a collection of all of the content released for the game. However, to truly complete the story you’ll have to wait until Marvel’sSpider-Man Miles Moralesis released onPCin the future. While some of the game’s open-world box-ticking exercises haven’t aged as well as we’d have liked (there are a lot of enemy bases to clear and backpacks to collect), the story is still excellent, the combat is engaging and the swinging is practically perfect....

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Sega has announced that it’s bringing its long-running football management series SakaTsuku to the West for only the second time. SegaFootball Club Champions 2025 is a free-to-play football management game coming toPS5,PS4,Steam,iOSandAndroid. According to Sega, the game is “powered by Football Manager”, though to which extent is unclear. “Sega Football Club Champions is the latest multiplatform football management simulator from SEGA,” the game’s description reads. “Play for free! Start off with a small club competing locally, and aim to take on the world....

Sega is targeting more acquisitions and not looking to sell up, despite interest from “many” companies. That’s according to chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi, who discussed the Japanese publisher’s recentacquisition of Angry Bird maker Rovio, as well as reports thatXboxmakerMicrosoftwas interested in buyingSega, during an interview withCNBC. “As an entity of Sega Sammy, we are acquiring some of the companies. We just made an announcement [to buy Rovio]. We are still looking for opportunities for growth,” he said....

Sega has confirmed the full title for its upcoming Shinobi game, and announced its release date. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance will be released on August 29, with players able to pre-order the game today for a 10% discount. The game will be released onPS5,Xbox Series X/S,PS4,Xbox OneandSteamon that day, withSwitchand physical versions following later. “Play as Joe Musashi in a new 2D action platformer that marks the return of the iconic Shinobi franchise,”Sega‘s description of the game reads....

Sony has confirmed several entertainment apps which will be available on PlayStation 5 at launch. AppleTV, Disney+,Netflix, Spotify, Twitch and YouTube will be available on day one, SIE’s head of partner development Phil Rosenberg said ina new blog post. Additional streaming apps coming toPS5includeAmazonPrime Video, MyCanal, Hulu, Peacock, and more, he said. As detailed in a recentPS5 system menu reveal, streaming entertainment apps will have a dedicated space on the console’s home screen, and the apps themselves will no longer need to be downloaded via thePlayStationStore....

Sony has acquired 2.5% of Bandai Namco, the companies have announced. The “strategic partnership” will see the Japanese console maker acquire 16 million shares in theElden Ringpublisher. A joint statement from the companies reads:“Through this business alliance andSony’s investment inBandai Namco, as two of the leading Japaneseentertainment companies, Bandai Namco and Sony will focus on expanding the fan community for IP such as anime and manga around the world and strengthening engagement, particularly in the anime field where rapid market growth is anticipated, while merging their strengths to create new and emotionally moving experiences for fans, and as a result of these efforts maximize the value of IP....