It's tempting to seek out the do-everything wireless gaming headset with noise cancellation, phenomenal sound quality, multiplatform connectivity, swappable batteries - you name it. But if you just want the basics done well, Sony's new $99.99 PlayStation Pulse headset is worth considering. It has very good sound and just enough extras, even if you use more gadgets than just your PlayStation 5.
Inside the Pulse's nondescript ear cup shells are custom planar magnetic drivers, which deliver clean, detailed sound whether you're gaming, listening to music, or both. They aren't bass-heavy or too shrill; their default equalizer is pleasing and pun โฆ
The Fairgames cancellation won't result in job cuts, and developer Haven Studios will now support other PlayStation studios, Bloomberg reports. The game was canceled following a recent test where "player feedback and retention results were mixed and fell short of the goals we had set, โฆ
Sony is retiring the PlayStation Plus app for PC on December 10th. Sony says it will notify users directly about the shutdown. The app allowed PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers to stream certain games on PC, but according to Sony, not many people are using that perk:
With a very small number of eligible PlayStation Plus Premium members (less than 0.4%) using the PlayStation Plus app on PC, making this change allows us to focus on enhancing high-quality experiences that more of our members want to use. As a result, the PlayStation Plus cloud streaming app on PC will no longer be available.
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Rockstar Games is making Grand Theft Auto VI available on Xbox Cloud Gaming when it launches next week. While you'd normally assume that would mean Grand Theft Auto VI would be available to stream on phones, PCs, the web, Xbox consoles, and even TVs, it appears to be restricted to just Xbox Series X / S and Xbox One consoles.
That does mean that anyone with an older Xbox One console can stream Grand Theft Auto VI instead of having to upgrade to a PS5 or Xbox Series S / X console to play. Rockstar notes that Xbox Cloud Gaming will use the Xbox Series S graphics settings to stream to Xbox consoles.
Sony is launching a new version of its PlayStation Portal exclusively in Japan next month. The updated model will launch in the midnight black color option we've seen before, and will include "additional" internal storage for future-looking features.
It's the additional internal storage that's the surprise change to this particular model, which will be locked to Japanese language options and can only be used with a PlayStation account registered in Japan. Sony says the extra storage is for "future functionality" that it will announce once these features are finalized.
Sony is also renaming this particular Portal from PlayStation Portal Rem โฆ
Although GTA 6is undoubtedly the most highly anticipated release of November, if not of the year, PlayStation is also welcoming these iconic childhood favorites to its library this month. One is green, and the other is all about pink. One is a remaster, while the other is a collection of 16 different games released between 1991 and 2007. Thatโs right โ itโs Shrek 2 Remastered and Barbie Rewind.ย
Shrek 2 Remastered releases on November 10, with Barbie Rewind following on the 12th. Both characters are familiar faces in pop culture, and both have a pretty long list of titles in their respective gaming franchises, spanning the years โ and in Barbieโs case, the decades. Even in the main series, Shrek boasts five games, including the recent remaster, and appears in titles like DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing.ย
Barbieโs catalog of games is so long that listing them all would take more virtual ink than one computer possesses. Many Barbie games tie in to various animated films and TV shows, like Barbie as the Island Princess or Barbie of Swan Lake: the Enchanted Forest. Other games lean into Barbieโs incredibly expansive resume, featuring the character as a supermodel, both a secret agent and a detective, and a veterinarian, among other jobs.ย
โShrek 2โ and 16 Classic Barbie Games Are Coming to PlayStation This November
In Shrek 2 Remastered, as in the original game, players can explore environments familiar to them from the Shrek films, including Shrekโs beloved Swamp and the kingdom of Far, Far Away. Whether playing solo or in one of three co-op options like four-player Couch Co-op or Online Multiplayer, gamers can swap between iconic playable characters Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey, Puss in Boots, and Gingy the gingerbread man. The remastered version offers improved graphics and updated cutscenes, along with a photo mode and unlockable cheats.ย
Barbie Rewind brings together a collection of games put together by Digital Eclipse and released by Atari. It features a long list of titles, including Barbie for NES from 1991, along with titles from the 2000โs, including Barbie Horse Adventures: Blue Ribbon Race and The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery. Along with these titles, players can decorate the Barbie Dreamhouse with 250 different decorations and pieces of furniture. Theyโll also get the chance to earn more by completing challenges from Barbie and her friends.ย
Both games will be released on PlayStation, Xbox, PC, the Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2.ย
Sony is enjoying a sharp profit spike in its latest quarterly financials, largely driven by its PlayStation business and the blockbuster success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. According to the company's September earnings, Sony's net profits climbed to 449.60 billion yen (about $2.84 billion) for the three months ended September - a 44 percent increase compared to the 311.4 billion yen ($1.96 billion) it reported for the same period last year.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day was a notable contributor, which released in July and became the third-highest grossing movie in history by earning $2.52 billion at the global box office. That's a huge boost โฆ
Here is Santa Monica Studio's full message about the delay:
Since the reveal of God of War Laufey in June, we've been deeply grateful to see so much excitement for Faye's journey through the Everywhen. We don't take for granted the trust placed in the studio to make an extraordinary experience worthy of the passion and dedication of our fans.
With this in mind, we've made the decision to delay God of War Laufey's release to May 20th, 2027. We will make the most of ea โฆ
Ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6's preload early next month, I and many others have been wondering how much space to clear before it smacks into our collective hard drives with the force of a thousand suns. Triple-A games have been steadily ballooning in size, after all, partially to force other games off of your system and partially because devs don't seem to care much about compression anymore. โ Read the rest
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