Sony Investigation

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  Oxenfree II: Lost Signals Sets July Release Date on Netflix, PlayStation, and PC

  Oxenfree II: Lost Signals finally got a release date — July 12. Developer Late Night Studio confirmed the news at the Nintendo Indie World Showcase, with a new trailer that offers hints at its supernatural plot. The game is set five years after the events of 2016’s Oxenfree and follows an entirely new character Riley, who is tasked with investi...

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  The Last of Us Part I’s PC Port in Bad Technical Shape, Developer Investigating Performance Issues

  The Last of Us Part 1 — finally out on PC — is getting bombarded with negative Steam reviews, calling out its poor performance and optimisation. The game has received multiple reports in regard to hard crashes, stuttering, and long loading times - even on the most beefed-up gaming rigs. The shader-building process is also a major concern, eatin...

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  Microsoft Offers Sony 10-Year Contract for Upcoming Call of Duty Titles on PlayStation: Report

  Microsoft has reportedly offered Sony a 10-year contract for upcoming Call of Duty releases on PlayStation. The company is facing a full-scale EU probe into its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and previously offered a 3-year deal to Sony after the current agreement expires, which the latter termed inadequate.

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  Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Won't Be Getting a New Game+ Feature, Ubisoft Confirms

  Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will not be getting the highly requested New Game+ mode, Ubisoft has confirmed. Turns out, when investigating the implementation of New Game+, the title offered limited options to make replayability “unique and rewarding,” urging the team to cancel it whole. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will be receiving a final DLC u...

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  Horizon Call of the Mountain Confirmed as PlayStation VR2 Launch Title; Drops February 22, 2023

  Horizon Call of the Mountain will launch alongside the PlayStation VR2 on February 22, 2023. Guerilla Games dropped an announcement trailer for the same, focused on Ryas, a former Shadow Carja warrior, who embarks on an investigative quest to the Sundom. Pre-orders for the game are now live on the PlayStation Store, costing $59.99/ Rs. 4,999. It is...

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  Call of Duty Joining Xbox Game Pass, Will Honour Same-Day Launch on PlayStation

  Call of Duty will join Xbox Game Pass, CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed. As per a Microsoft blog post, Activision Blizzard’s library of games will be available on Game Pass, once the acquisition deal goes through. The Call of Duty franchise will not be treated as an Xbox-exclusive title though, and will honour same-day launch on PS4 and PS5.

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  The Sims 4 Update Is Causing Rapid Ageing and Incestual Relationships

  A new The Sims 4 free update is reportedly causing characters to age rapidly and seek incestual relationships. The patch brings with it notable features from past Sims games, including curved walls, body, hair and the new Wants system — where the bug resides. The Sims 4 team is currently working on a solution.

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  Microsoft's Activision Buyout Deal Faces Probe From UK Antitrust Regulator

  The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will probe Microsoft’s deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, the watchdog said on Wednesday. The CMA said it had until September 1 to decide whether the deal would reduce competition in the UK. Microsoft in January said it was buying Activision Blizzard, in the biggest ever gaming i...

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  Groups Urge US Regulators to Investigate EA’s FIFA: Ultimate Team for Misleading Use of ‘Loot Box’

  Fairplay, Center for Digital Democracy and 13 other organizations have requested US regulator Federal Trade Commission to investigate video game maker Electronic Arts for the misleading use of a digital ‘loot box’. The EA game ‘FIFA: Ultimate Team’ has been blamed to provide users ‘loot box’ that urges players to spend more money while ...

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  Venom: Let There Be Carnage Release Date, Cast, Trailer, Box Office, Review, and More

  Venom: Let There Be Carnage will release in India on October 15. Tom Hardy returns as investigative journalist Eddie Brock who is the host to the alien symbiote Venom. Brock will face Woody Harrelson's serial killer Cletus Kasady who gets his own alien symbiote and turns into Carnage. The Venom sequel was leaked on torrent sites and piracy websites...

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  Zomato, Disney+ Hotstar, PSN, Steam, Paytm Down in Major Internet Outage [Update: Services Restored]

  Paytm, Hotstar, Sony LIV, PlayStation Network, Steam and many other major Internet platforms are currently down. Akamai has confirmed that it is experiencing an outage, affecting large parts of the Web.

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  Crime Patrol Host Anup Soni Is Now A Certified Crime Scene Investigator

  "It was extremely challenging, going back to 'studies of some sort'. But definitely a choice that I am proud of," wrote the actor

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  Cyberpunk 2077 Developer CD Projekt Says Hit by Cyber-Attack, Internal Systems Compromised

  Dealing with continuing criticism and working to improve the buggy Cyberpunk 2077 release, the Polish game developer says that it has now become a target of a cyberattack, which compromised some of its internal systems.

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  Fortnite Frame Rate Decides How Fast Your Guns Fire, Epic Games 'Investigating a Fix'

  It appears that your frame rate in Fortnite has a direct impact on fast your guns fire. What this means is, the higher your frame rate is, the higher your rate of fire.

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  PS4 Pro Offers Worse Performance Than PS4 in Some Games: Report

  Sony had stated that all "PS4 Pro Enhanced" games must "meet or exceed" frame-rates delivered by the PS4. That's not the case, currently.