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SIE has now successfully tested thousands of PlayStation 4 games on PS5
SIE has now successfully tested thousands of PlayStation 4 games on PS5
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan says that nearly all, a whopping 99 percent, of the thousands of current-gen games it has tested are playable on PlayStation 5.
Sept. 17, 2020
Sony sees another three to four years of life in the PlayStation 4
Sony sees another three to four years of life in the PlayStation 4
The folks over at PlayStation have already said that their support for the PS4 won’t end with the PS5’s impending launch, but now SIE’s Jim Ryan has lightly expanded on that timeline.
Sept. 17, 2020
Keywords acquires development studio Heavy Iron for $13.3 million
Keywords acquires development studio Heavy Iron for $13.3 million
Based in California, Heavy Iron offers a range of services including co-development, porting, and live operations, and also develops its own titles in-house.
Sept. 17, 2020
PlayStation 5 demand and miscommunication cause pre-order chaos
PlayStation 5 demand and miscommunication cause pre-order chaos
Consumers hoping to nab a PlayStation 5 on launch day have been left in the lurch after some retailers opened pre-orders for the console ahead of Sony's schedule.
Sept. 17, 2020
Nintendo winds down 3DS production after almost a decade
Nintendo winds down 3DS production after almost a decade
A short post on the Nintendo UK website notes that "manufacturing of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems has ended."
Sept. 17, 2020
Video: Everything you wanted to know about unionizing your workplace
Video: Everything you wanted to know about unionizing your workplace
In this 2020 GDC Summer talk, Game Workers Unite UK & IWGB's Kevin Agwaze discusses the current state of unionization in the global games industry and the recent formation of game workers unions.
Sept. 17, 2020
Get a job: Join Insomniac Games as a Character Artist
Get a job: Join Insomniac Games as a Character Artist
This role is responsible for creating blendshapes, models, textures, and materials for characters and other key assets.
Sept. 17, 2020
Spellbreak's hype get, PlayStation Plus Collection, & more
Spellbreak's hype get, PlayStation Plus Collection, & more
What's up with F2P battle royale breakout Spellbreak, what this 'PlayStation Plus Collection' thing for PS5 is, and lots more besides - a discovery/platform round-up.
Sept. 17, 2020
Audio Accessibility Features for Roguelikes
Audio Accessibility Features for Roguelikes
Explaining Cogmind's closed caption-like audio log, visible SFX, and other audio options, as well as discussing some parts of the implementation process.
Sept. 17, 2020
2021 will be a landmark year for cloud gaming, generating $4bn in consumer spending
2021 will be a landmark year for cloud gaming, generating $4bn in consumer spending
New research from market analyst firm Omdia shows that cloud gaming revenues will hit $12bn by 2025. Boosted by the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PlayStation Now, cloud gaming will generate $4bn in consumer spending in 2021 alone.
Sept. 17, 2020
Fortnite Ray Tracing & DLSS 2.0 will be available on September 17th
Fortnite Ray Tracing & DLSS 2.0 will be available on September 17th
NVIDIA has announced that Epic Games will release the highly anticipated RTX Update for Fortnite on September 17th.
Sept. 16, 2020
Amnesia Rebirth releases on October 20th
Amnesia Rebirth releases on October 20th
Frictional Games has announced that Amnesia Rebirth will release on October 20th.
Sept. 16, 2020