“Speaking of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, let’s kick things off with some exciting news from developer Insomniac Games confirming the release window for the web-slinging sequel. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launches on PS5 in fall 2023. Following the events of Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the Spider-duo of Peter Parker and Miles Morales are back in the next blockbuster action chapter of the Marvel’s Spider-Man series. Much is still to be revealed about the game, and going off the quality of the past two titles, we’re bound to be in for a fantastic new original Spider-Man adventure....

Arguably the main addition of Splitgate Beta Season 1 is the map editor, which will initially let you mess around with spawn points, weapons, blocks, portal walls, and more. This is just the beginning though, as Splitgate developer 1047 Games hopes to have the map editor “continue to evolve alongside the rest of the game.” As for the new modes, here’s what you can expect. For those who haven’t been keeping up, Splitgate essentially combines the arena shooter action of Halo with Portal, and the game experienced an unexpected surge in popularity this past summer....

Spotify Users Will Soon Be Able to Check What Their Friends are Listening The feature was already available on the desktops but has not made its debut on the Android or iOS app and while not everyone is a fan of this feature, it actually is a great way to discover the music that your friends are listening to. Spotify is currently testing a “Community” feature which is going to be an expansion to “Friend Activity” from the desktop app....

Following their report of a massive Ubisoft game showcase, Tom Henderson elaborated on the absence from his list of the Star Wars game, saying that it is the game furthest from release from the publisher, adding that we’re probably looking at a 2025 release at the earliest. — Tom Henderson (@Tom_Henderson) March 21, 2022 Very little is currently known about the Star Wars project by Ubisoft Massive. Last year, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated that the game is in an early stage of development, so it will take some time to learn more about it....

As usual, Howard talked at length about a variety of subjects and games, including Starfield itself. One of the main new tidbits revealed by the designer is the focus on more complex romantic relationships compared to previous games from BGS. These will be featured in four of the available player companions. One of the things that we actually have pushed in Starfield - so we have a number of companions, but four them, we go, I won’t say super complex romantic, but more complex relationships than we’ve had in terms of not just whether they like you or they don’t like you....

Chromebook Users Could Soon Enjoy Steam Games without an Issue However, it is worth noting that the Steam Alpha has just been launched. This means that you will not be able to use the feature just yet. Google is clearly serious about bringing Android games to PC. For those interested, Google has also shared the minimum system requirements that are required to play games using Steam Alpha on Chromebooks, the company has mentioned a Chromebook with 11th generation Core i5 or i7 and a minimum of 7 gigs of RAM will be required to run Steam Alpha....

Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin won’t support NVIDIA DLSS at launch, but there are plans to add support for it in future updates. The same happened with Team Ninja’s previous game Nioh 2, by the way, which received NVIDIA DLSS with patch 1.26 around two weeks after the release. Ultrawide (21:9 aspect ratio) monitors are supported at launch. Uncapped frame rate is not supported, but players will be able to get the frame rate up to 120 FPS....

Google Pixel 6a Drops to Just $369.99 for a Limited Time, Insane Value for Money Device Featuring the Tensor Chip and 5G You don’t have to drop premium money in order to get a good phone if devices like the iPhone SE and the Google Pixel 6a exist. Right now, the latter is heavily discounted, making it an amazing deal compared to any other Pixel phone out there. Instead of paying the full $449 MSRP, you just have to pay $369....

Microsoft Is Being Modest With the Surface Laptop 5 and the Upgrades That Come with It The biggest change that you are going to get in Surface Laptop 5 is that both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch models are now shipping with Intel’s 12th generation U-series processors. You are either getting a Core i5-1235U or a Core i7-1255U in the 13.5-inch model and just the Core i7 when going for the 15-inch model....

PlayStation Game Size reported a few hours ago that the side-scrolling beat’em up by Dotemu will release on June 16th, according to information discovered on the PlayStation Database. This release date could be a placeholder, so we have to take it with a grain of salt until an official announcement is made. 🟨 Maybe it’s Just Place-Holder ! pic.twitter.com/EraY32jUjb — PlayStation Game Size (@PlaystationSize) May 31, 2022 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge launches on a yet to be confirmed date on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch....

— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) September 6, 2022 Ubisoft will not be purchased by Tencent. Instead, the parent company, Guillemot Bros, will be where Tencent is investing. An investment of €300 million will be from Tencent, representing a 49.9% stake. This investment is going into Guillemot Bros Limited, which has the largest stake currently at Ubisoft. For a more thorough breakdown, Tencent’s investment in Guillemot Brothers Limited amounts to €300 million (€200 million share acquisition and €100 million capital increase), at an implied valuation for Ubisoft of 80€ per share....

Terminator Survival Project is a game is set between T2: Judgment Day and the creation of John Connor’s resistance, designed by NACON Studio Milan. Despite being set in the world of the Terminator franchise, Survival Project is an original story that builds upon the events in the movies. Terminator Survival Project has a new trailer to go with it, which you can see below. All that’s shown today, unfortunately, was the teaser trailer; there isn’t a concrete release date either, nor what consoles it’ll be coming to (just on PCs and “consoles”)....

Well, in a new interview Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crowd creative directory Alain Jarniou compared his game to the competition, particularly the Forza Horizon series. Jarniou admits Solar Crown will have fewer cars than Forza, but the focus will be on earning and investing in a smaller number of cars through upgrades and customization. “In Forza Horizon, you do a Wheelspin and you get two cars. Or you do a mission and you get another car....

Upgrade your PC now and #GameOnAMD when The Callisto Protocol launches later this year! — AMD Gaming (@AMDGaming) August 2, 2022 “Survive to escape Black Iron Prison with the power of AMD. Striking Distance Studios has partnered with AMD to power the development of The Callisto Protocol. Upgrade your PC now and #GameOnAMD when The Callisto Protocol launches later this year!” Does this mean NVIDIA goodies like DLSS will never come to The Callisto Protocol?...

Earlier today, totally out of the blue, Embracer Group announced its intention to purchase Square Enix Montreal, Eidos, and Crystal Dynamics. As most will recall, the latter is helping out Microsoft’s The Initiative studio on a new Perfect Dark entry. So will Embracer’s new deal affect the development of the new Perfect Dark entry? According to The Initiative, this won’t be the case as Crystal Dynamics will keep acting as co-developer on the game....

It seems that may be the case, at least according to Jonathan Benainous, who was the lead environmental texture artist on Naughty Dog’s remake. — Jonathan BENAINOUS (@JonathanBenaino) July 23, 2022 Of course, we don’t know what “very soon” means exactly. Six months? Three months? Even less? But it certainly sounds like it won’t be the typical year-plus wait for The Last of Us Part I on PC. Haven’t been keeping up with The Last of Us Part I?...

The phone has been unveiled alongside the X30 and S30 Pro and Motorola Razr 2022 brings the latest and greatest in hardware starting with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, you are also getting Motorola’s MyUI 4.0 on top of it. The Motorola Razr 2022 Brings an Impressive Set of Specs and Takes on the Galaxy Z Flip 4 The Motorola Razr 2022 also comes with a 2.7-inch outer screen with a Quick View display which offers a number of capabilities like taking selfies, controlling music, checking notifications, and more....

Elon Musk has roiled today’s pre-market trading session by placing his Twitter takeover deal on a temporary hold. To wit, Twitter had estimated in a filing on Monday that false or spam accounts represented less than 5 percent of its 229 million monetizable daily users in Q1 2022. Elon Musk cited Reuters’ reporting on this matter to place the Twitter takeover deal on a hold today: — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2022 And the reaction from the market has been brutal, with Twitter shares having crashed over 20 percent at the time of writing....

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution will feature 15 to 20 hours of gameplay, which players will spend exploring entirely new sections of post-apocalyptic New Orleans. They’ll have many new weapons and tools to take advantage of, though deadlier enemies will also block their way. Take a look at the debut trailer of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution. With new faces, new places, and a whole new set of weapons and gear; your action and choices will determine what becomes of New Orleans....

In a post on its Official Forums, the Polish developer shared a list of issues it is currently looking into, such as crashing issues on PC, Origin users being unable to download the update, low ray tracing performance on Intel GPUs and the PlayStation 5 versions of the expansions being unavailable in some regions. We appreciate every bit of feedback on The Next-Gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt you send our way!...