As the days until the launch of the PlayStation 5 continue to pass on by, Sony is preparing for its big console launch by releasing a new PlayStation app for iOS and Android.The new app is a much-needed redesign of the current version, bringing a native PS Store, party chat, and an updated user-interface into the fold. It also lays the foundation for upcoming PlayStation 5 features, such as the ability to remotely download games, manage console storage, and boot up the console with your smartphone.The PlayStation app also incorporates functionality that was previously hosted by a separate PlayStation messaging app. This means you can receive messages from friends on the same app where you manage your console, making it a little easier to keep track of everything. The current PS Messages app is no longer available as a result.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

October's free Sea of Thieves update, Fate of the Damned, is now live. The Halloween-themed update introduces a wealth of new content to Rare's shared-world pirate game, including some ghoulish new Voyages to undertake, as well as pets, cosmetics, and other rewards to earn.Chief among the new content are the aforementioned Voyages, which will send you in search of Larinna's missing Bilge Rat crew. As Rare warns, however, "an advancing threat spreads across the seas," and you'll have to contend with the Shadows of Fate as you explore the world.There are also new challenges to complete and rewards to earn as part of the Fate of the Damned event. Rare says that additional challenges will be rolled out as the event rolls on, and new rewards will be made available, including the Soulflame weapons and lantern.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Among Us has never been more immersive. One player has created a mod that emulates the popular deception game in the free-to-play MMO VRChat.VRChat, much like Roblox or Fortnite's Creative mode, lets players design their own game modes and characters. A modder named Jar recreated Among Us in VR so that crew mates can have a more intimate murder experience.Among us VR from r/AmongUsThe VR version of the game has tasks, vents, emergency meetings, and most of what makes Among Us enjoyable. It's fan-made--so it can be janky from time to time--but it gets the job done.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

An adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's Vertigo comic series Y: The Last Man has been in the works for years. However, production has finally begun for the FX on Hulu series.Coming sometime in 2021, the series stars Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft) as Yorick Brown--the last human male on Earth--Ashley Romans (NOS4A2) as Agent 355, Diane Lane (Batman v Superman) as Jennifer Brown, Olivia Thirlby (Dredd) as Hero Brown, and Juliana Canfield (Succession) as Beth Deville. The series will also feature Amber Tamblyn, Marin Ireland, Diana Bang, and Elliot Fletcher.Filming for Y: The Last Man is taking place in Toronto. Episodes 1 and 2 will be written by Eliza Clark (Animal Kingdom) and directed by Louise Friedberg (Deliver Us). The series will be executive produced by Eliza Clark, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda, Brian K. Vaughan, and Melina Matsoukas. Every episode this season will be directed by a woman.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Like the PS4, PS2, and PS1 before it, Sony is expecting that the PlayStation 5 will reach 100 million units sold during its lifecycle. Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki shared the figure during a recent financial presentation, as reported by Financial Times (via GamesRadar).If the PS5 can reach 100 million units sold during its lifetime, it would join the PS1, PS2, and PS4 in reaching that mark, according to Sony's publicly listed data. The PS3 is the only one of Sony's major home consoles to not reach that figure; it had sold 87.4 million units as of March 2017, which is the latest date that Sony reported.The PSP, meanwhile, sold 76.4 million units worldwide as of March 2012.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Xbox Series X is almost here--it's releasing on November 10 alongside its smaller sibling, the Xbox Series S. We now have our hands on both next-gen consoles, and in new videos, GameSpot's Lucy James performs the time-tested ritual of unboxing. Be sure to check out the full videos to find out exactly what comes in the boxes--this includes the HDMI 2.1 cable, the power adapter, the updated controller, and the console, obviously. The Series X is actually smaller than it looks, you'll see, and the Series S, meanwhile, is incredibly small. It only weighs about as much as a hardback copy of The Lord of the Rings.We've already put the Series X through its paces, so be sure to check out editor Michael Higham's breakdown for all the info on performance, load times, and external storage.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In 2020, most of us buy more digital content than physical, whether it's music, games, movies, or even TV. Despite how much is available on streaming subscriptions, lots of very new and very old content requires an individual purchase. When you buy a Blu-ray, you can come home and put it on your shelf or hide it under your mattress. What about those digital purchases? Amazon says you don't actually own that thing you just bought from them, according to a motion filed in a California lawsuit.California resident Amada Caudel sued Amazon in April, claiming that the company "secretly reserves the right" to revoke access to purchased content on Prime Video. Amazon filed a motion this week to dismiss Caudel's claim.First, the company discredited Caudel herself, stating that she not only hasn't lost access to any content purchased through the application, but that she's purchased 13 additional titles since filing the suit.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When Microsoft announced the Xbox Series X back in December 2019, people immediately roasted its design for looking like a refrigerator. Microsoft took the comments in stride, embracing the chatter with its own memes. This went even further recently when Microsoft created an actual Xbox Series X refrigerator that it sent to Snoop Dogg and other people. You can win one of these fridges, but the odds are you will get shut out.However, Xbox marketing director Aaron Greenberg has now teased that Microsoft might release a mini-fridge version of the Xbox Series X refrigerator for everyone to buy. He asked his nearly 200,000 followers if they would be interested in buying an Xbox mini-fridge, and people resoundingly responded positively.Help me out here for some market research. Q: Would you be interested in buying an Xbox Mini-Fridge if we made one for sale? — Aaron Greenberg 🙅🏼‍♂️❎ (@aarongreenberg) October 28, 2020Of course, this is not confirmation that Microsoft will release an Xbox-branded mini-fridge at all, or anytime soon. But it would be a pretty brilliant and self-aware piece of branded marketing for Xbox. The company is known for this, too, as it previously released a line of Xbox onesies following a positive reaction to what was a silly marketing stunt.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Tropico 6 has been announced for Switch during the most recent surprise Nintendo Direct Mini. The game, which casts players as the leader of a small island nation, came to PC, PS4, and Xbox One last year. It'll be available on the Switch Eshop from November 6.The game, called Tropico 6 - Nintendo Switch Edition on the hybrid console, will ship with all previously released content and updates, plus a new palace design, Flamingo Pond accessory, and outfit for your El Presidente to wear. The game is available to pre-order now.In the Tropico series, you don't just lead the nation from afar--you also build on it, establishing infrastructure and placing buildings across your island.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Xbox Series X and S consoles are going to be sold out at retail this year, and that's something Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now apologized for.In an appearance on the Dropped Frames podcast, Spencer said demand will outstrip supply for the new consoles this year and beyond. He said stock shortages will continue "for a few months" after release."We know what our supply will look like basically for the rest of the year. We're going to have more demand than we do supply," Spencer said. "And I will apologize in advance to people for that. We saw it with pre-orders, how much energy there was, and we were basically out [of stock] in a couple of hours, which is unfortunate. I think we are going to live in that world for a few months. We're going to have a lot more demand than we do supply."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, was a big success for Amazon, racking up "tens of millions" of views right out of the gate. However, the film was not originally planned for a digital release, it seems.Deadline reports that Baron Cohen and director Jason Woliner filmed the movie with Universal Pictures with an eye on releasing it in theatres just before the US election. However, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a change in plans, and Universal gave Baron Cohen the go-ahead to shop it to streamers.Amazon won out in the end, paying a reported $80 million for the film--and that's before the marketing budget--according to Deadline's report. Sources told the site that Borat 2 was a gigantic success for Amazon, becoming the biggest Amazon Prime movie ever, presumably in terms of views.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Amid all the exciting action games announced or shown in the latest Nintendo Direct Mini, one game stood out for how relaxing it looked. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is, effectively, the latest game in the long-running Harvest Moon series (due to some complicated rights issues that necessitated a name change), and it looks lovely.The game has a familiar set-up: you play as a character who has decided to take over their grandfather's run-down farm, cleaning it up and becoming a member of the community, leaving your city life behind. It sounds a lot like Stardew Valley, which was, of course, inspired by Harvest Moon.As of right now, the game has only been announced for Nintendo Switch.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

During Nintendo's most recent Direct Mini presentation, a new game dropped on the Switch Eshop--well, kind of. The game, Part Time UFO, was released on mobile in 2018--but the Switch version comes with various new features.Part Time UFO, from Kirby developer HAL Laboratory, casts players as Jobski, a sentient UFO catcher who just wants to help out. Each level in the game features different objectives to complete, and as you progress you unlock money that can be spent on perks to improve your performance.This Switch version has a co-op feature, letting you play levels with a friend, as well as a new, more difficult set of levels after the main campaign is done.Watch the trailer below, but beware--the game's theme song is a real earworm. You'll notice a little cameo from some Kirby characters in the trailer, so there could potentially be some other Nintendo-specific content in the game. Back in 2018, Part Time UFO was one of GameSpot's five mobile games of the year. It was described as "exactly the kind of charming game you'd expect from HAL Laboratory: easy to pick up, devilishly difficult to put down."Info from Gamespot.com

November is nearly here, which means the next-generation of consoles is about to begin. Microsoft's Xbox Series X/S and Sony's PlayStation 5 are releasing on November 10 and 12 respectively, so excitement around the games industry couldn't be any higher than it is now. You can expect a pretty packed month of games releases in November, seeing as both Microsoft and Sony are wheeling out their lineup of console launch games on top of an already full third-party release schedule.As to be expected, the biggest names in gaming headline the month, with new entries in franchises like Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, and Spider-Man. Though that doesn't include other massive games coming out, like the Demon's Souls remake, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Godfall, the new Destiny 2: Beyond Light expansion, and a whole lot more.Below, we've rounded up all of the biggest November 2020 game releases for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC, and Switch. For a closer look at the titles still to come this year, look at our list of game release dates in 2020. Otherwise, check this article throughout the month, as we'll be sure to update it with more new release dates that get announced.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Path of Exile has delayed its 3.13 endgame expansion out of December, but not because developer Grinding Gear Games won't be able to complete it by then. Instead, it's been delayed because of an entirely different delay--Cyberpunk 2077 moving its release date to December 10 has messed up their plans."We were previously targeting a launch date of December 11 for our 3.13 end-game expansion," the developer said on its forum. However, now that Cyberpunk 2077 is releasing at the same time, the developer is pushing the update back to January."We still expect to finish 3.13 by early/mid-December," the post reads. "The scope of this expansion will remain unchanged. During the month of delay before release, we will start work on the 3.14 expansion."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com