Mark Cerny brought it up to illustrate how crucial the SSD will be Sony’s Road to PS5 stream is a definite case of expectations versus reality. PlayStation 5 lead system architect Mark Cerny deliveredthe console’s technical specsin a methodical prerecorded “hardware ASMR” presentation, as expected, but people are restless and craving juicier details on games. Cerny began his talk by saying there would be “lots of chances” to discuss PS5 games “later on this year” – if you didn’t know what we were in for today, this was the moment of clarity – and then he dove into Sony’s technical dreams for the PlayStation 5....

Or, you know, just play more Resogun Nano Assault NEO-X, which is already available on the European PlayStation Store, will be releasing in the US next week on November 11. I’m also going to assume the price is not 10 euro, which would be an atypical 12 and a half dollars, but 10 US dollars. There’s splitscreen co-op and instead of flying around onLittle Prince-sized planets, you’re coasting on sells and fighting infection....

The shadowy indie platformer struts its stuff I fell forContrast‘s Roaring Twenties, film noir meets Mediterranean architecture style when I caughtits trailer during E3. Be sure to watch for the fabulous, jazzy, Ella Fitzgerald-inspired singing act, too. While I was never able to catch it on the show floor, our own Caitlin Cooke did, calling it“hands down the most unique game [she] played at E3.” So, I’m plenty excited. These new screens continue to show offContrast‘s lovely aesthetic....

For the Summer 2022 edition It’s no Nintendo Power, but the latest translated Nintendo Magazine issue just arrived online, directly from the aforementioned publisher. The magazine, which serves largely as a marketing tool, is printed physically in Japan —but a new tweet from Nintendohas provided a digital version that’s been fully translated into English. The focus of this issue, appropriately, is “summer,” with Kirby serving as the cover story. Given thatForgotten Landstarts on a beach, it seems like a good match....

Pitching a tent Nintendo have shared an image on theJapanese Twitterfor mobile hitAnimal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which features silhouettes of a group of new villagers coming towreck shit upjoin your homespun community. The one thing the seven new characters have in common appears to be a love of garish clothing. I’m no expert when it comes toAnimal Crossing, but I been unreliably informed that the characters are Marshall, Goose, Avery, June, Vesta, Drake and Mitzi....

Countdown and teaser video for Fuse appear Insomniac Games was working on the cool-lookingOverstrike, which had been shown off in trailers but not much else. Now, the studio has ateaser siteand video for a game calledFuse. If you take a look at the character bios shown toward the end, you’ll recognize some familiar faces. New name? New Direction? We’ll find out soon enough. The website itself has a countdown set to conclude next week, which is when more will be revealed....

Live long and sequel Only last monthwe were all a little concerned that Paramount might be giving up onStar Trekafter each film had seen diminishing returns, but it turns out they’re not giving up, they’re pulling a KFC and doubling down. At CinemaCon the studio announced that they not one, but twoStar Trekfilms in the works. We knew a bunch of treatments were bouncing around, including Quentin Tarantino’s, but the idea that they’d be branching out the series into multiple films at once wasn’t even an idea....

While we should never neglect the narrative and RPG components ofMass Effect 2, we can, at times like this, indulge in the visual splendor. Developer BioWare just released four new images of the game in celebration — or perhaps for new preview opportunities — at PAX 2009. Either way, this stuff looks beautiful. A few of the images show super assassin Thane — one of the new characters that Shepard has to recruit into his squad....

It’ll run through March 1 Game Freak is still mixing up the whole max raid battle event schedule inPokemon SwordandShield, and the next era has begun: but it’s going to be very brief. This time the stakes are a little higher, as Kanto region (Generation 1) creatures are now scattered around the Wild Area raids. The event is live now, and will run through March 1 at 3:59PM PT: I said it was going to be brief, didn’t I?...

August 17 Rayman Originsprobably should have been bigger than it was. Ubisoft noted that the game was “profitable,” but refrained from calling it a rip-roaring sales success, and only pushed 50,000 units in its first month of release. Even so, it lives on as one of the great new multiplayer platformers of our time, and you may get a chance to correct your past mistakes by playing it for free on PC....

The roadmap spans five major game updates A month into Steam Early Access,Risk of Rain 2has already gotten off to a tremendous start. But what comes next? And when? The co-op roguelike game has a roadmap to field those questions and more. If all goes according to plan, Hopoo Games will exit Steam Early Access in spring 2020 withRisk of Rain 2‘s full launch. That’s when we’ll get the final boss and level, but, first things first....

There’s now a not-zero-percent chance I’ll check it out Can the draw of cool spell-based multiplayer combat outweigh our collective disinterest in up-and-coming battle royale titles that have their work cut out for them? Or are we irreversibly burned out? That’s where I’m at withSpellbreak, a magic-focused battle royale game coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2020. It has a flashy enough look to stand out at a glance, and as announced today, it has the free-to-play model it’ll absolutely need to get enough players in the door....

Near the end ofBaldur’s Gate 3’s second act, presuming you’re trying to accomplish everything you’re able to in one playthrough, you’ll eventually find yourself looking for Thorm Mausoleum. It’s the prologue to what is a pretty lengthy and admittedly difficult dungeon, Shar’s Gauntlet. But, it would be an understatement to say that the shadowlands are labyrinthine in nature, and you might have a difficult time finding your way to this decrepit area....