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[ad_1] When the technical enhancements for Gears 5 on the Xbox Series X were announced, they included a PC Ultra visual feature set, PC Ultra HD Textures, 4K 60fps including during cinematics on the Series X, 120fps in versus multiplayer, and a plethora of other visual improvements. After having spent a considerable amount of time with it myself, I’m left wondering what’s more impressive: the fact that they succeeded on these promises, or that Microsoft has set such an impressive standard for itself in terms of what we can expect from the Series X in the future. The Series X…

[ad_1] Kerbal Space Program 2 has been delayed again, Take-Two Interactive announced in its second fiscal quarter report. Kerbal Space Program 2 is now scheduled for the fiscal year 2023, which is as early as April 2022 or as late as March 2023. Notably, KSP 2 creative director Nate Simpson took to the game’s official forums to inform the community, saying the game would now arrive in 2022. “I know this is frustrating, especially considering that this isn’t the first time we’ve adjusted our schedule,” Simpson wrote. “We knew we were taking on an immense technical and creative challenge when…

[ad_1] The next-gen version of Control: Ultimate Edition for PS5 and Xbox Series has been delayed until early 2021.Remedy Entertainment revealed the news on Twitter, issuing a short statement: “ControlUltimate Edition will arrive on next-generation platforms early 2021. We want the final quality of the game to be awesome, and so we need a bit more time to work on it. Thank you for your understanding and patience!” The next-gen release of Control was initially slated for a digital release at the end of 2020, within the launch window of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. An update from…

[ad_1] One of PS5’s new UI features comes in the form of Activity Cards, a series of game-specific and more general panels available in the PS5’s Control Center. While we saw some specific-use cases in the PS5 UI reveal, we’ve now had a bit more hands-on time with them in multiple games, and can better explain how they work.Specifically, we can speak about using them in conjunction with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Astro’s Playroom. And of course, you can see more of the PS5’s UI in our full PS5 review. PS5 Overall Use No matter what game we’ve played…

[ad_1] The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of Remedy Entertainment’s Control won’t make their previously scheduled holiday 2020 release windows. The developer announced Friday that Control Ultimate Edition is now expected to arrive on next-generation consoles sometime in early 2021. Remedy announced the delay on Twitter, saying, “We want the final quality of the game to be awesome, and so we need a bit more time to work on it. Thank you for your understanding and patience!” An update from the development team: Control Ultimate Edition will arrive on next generation platforms early 2021. We want the final…

[ad_1] Sony says its PlayStation 5 can load virtual worlds far faster than ever before, thanks to one of the fastest solid-state drives ever made — but it’s also not a particularly big drive. Sony has confirmed to The Verge that you won’t be able to expand that blazing-fast SSD storage on day one. From a report: While the PS5 features a dedicated internal slot that can theoretically fit standard stick-shaped M.2 SSDs and an easy way to access it, the slot will apparently be disabled out of the box. “[T]his is reserved for a future update,” Sony tells The…

[ad_1] Rockstar has announced that Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, as well as numerous other older games from the developer, will be backwards compatible on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles.The PS4 and Xbox One versions of GTA 5and RDR 2 will be playable on the new next-gen consoles. Progress can be carried across, either through the use of cloud saves or manual transfer via USB storage or LAN/wi-fi transfer, for campaign save games. Progress in the Online components of GTA and RDR will be carried across via your Rockstar Social Club profile, provided you sign…

[ad_1] Trials of Osiris is back in Destiny 2. Saint-14 is the new Trials vendor and announcer, and players can find him and his wares in the Tower Hangar every Friday at reset. Each week, the Trials of Osiris map changes, as do the rewards for winning a certain number of matches. The rewards are consistent across all players, although each player’s weapon roll will differ. Here are the guaranteed Trials of Osiris rewards this week: Map: Endless Vale 3 wins — Cloak, Mark, Bond of the Exile (Hunter, Titan, Warlock class item) 5 wins — The Summoner, Solar auto…

[ad_1] Treyarch has announced its plans for integrating the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War with Call of Duty: Warzone, and last year’s Modern Warfare. While most of the announcements Treyarch made were already hinted at, there was one surprise: the Prestige system is coming back to Call of Duty. Prestige is a system in Call of Duty that lets players restart the leveling process once they’ve reached max-level in multiplayer. While the system has been in most Call of Duty games released in the last 13 years, it wasn’t in Modern Warfare (2019) or Warzone. But in…

[ad_1] ABOUT Luke Preece is an illustrator based in the West Midlands in the United Kingdom. A child of the 80’s raised on a mixture of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics, Movies and Metal music. Clients include 2000 AD Comics, Marvel, Lucas Film, Metallica, Slipknot, Ozzy, Sony Music, Music For Nations, Santa Cruz Skateboards, Metal Hammer, Xbox, Gears of War, Tony Hawk, Activision, Rockstar Energy Drink and more. He also collaborates with various galleries on limited screen-prints for various exhibitions, gig posters and events around the globe. Let’s get the generic question out of the way – tell us, what are your…