Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered shows a carefully considered PC strategy from Sony
Last night's State of Play brought us many surprises, but few could've expected we'd be seeing Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered coming to PC.
Launching on August 12, the newest Spider-Man title will be ported with the help of Nixxes Software, a support studio Sony acquired last year to help with PC ports. Much like the PS5 version of Remastered, this appears to be a straight port with few new extras. That includes the City That Never Sleeps DLC, meaning PC players are getting the full package.
But that isn't all Sony has planned. While it wasn't mentioned during State of Play, a PlayStation Blog post separately revealed Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales will join Remastered on Steam and Epic Games Store later this year. Unlike Remastered, there is no set release date for Miles yet, although it will launch in Fall 2022.
Finally, Insomniac Games revealed new sales figures for Marvel's Spider-Man, and it's hit an incredible milestone. "I’m both ecstatic and humbled to share that Marvel’s Spider-Man series now has sold through more than 33 million copies globally, as of May 15, 2022," the studio explained on the PlayStation Blog.
Sony's PC investment seems to be paying off
Last September, a major leak from the Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming service detailed a number of top Playstation games that were supposedly coming to the PC. And many of the titles listed have since been confirmed for PC ports. God of War released in January, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection arrives this year, while Returnal and Sackboy: a Big Adventure are heavily rumored. Curiously, that list made no mention of Marvel's Spider-Man, making this more of a surprise than most.
Sony isn't prioritizing simultaneous releases on PC and PS4/PS5, not like Microsoft does for PC and Xbox Series X/S or Xbox One. While that's not great for PC players, it means Sony games still have timed exclusivity on consoles before arriving elsewhere. It means PlayStation remains the priority without restricting these experiences.
Right now, it's paying off. God of War saw high praise when it launched, joining existing ports like Horizon Zero Dawn and reportedly selling over two million copies. There's no word on whether the (currently) PS5 exclusive Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will also come to PC, and God of War Ragnarok similarly remains unconfirmed. At this stage, you can't help but feel like both are inevitable.
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Spider-Man: Miles Morales are coming to PC this year News9 Staff 3 June 2022 11:00 AM Marvel’s Spider-Man series is coming to PC (Image credit: Sony) News Miles Morales is an action-adventure game which was launched alongside the launch of the PlayStation 5 back in November 2020. Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is a remastered edition of the 2018 action-adventure game Marvel's Spider-Man. Both the PlayStation exclusive games have been developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with Marvel and published Sony. Sony during Thursday's State of Play event announced that Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales are heading to PC. Both the PlayStation exclusive games have been developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with Marvel and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony announced that the Marvel's Spider-Man game series now has sold through more than 33 million copies globally, as of May 15, 2022. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is an action-adventure game which was launched alongside the launch of the PlayStation 5 back in November 2020. The game is available for both PS4 and PS5 users. The story follows teenager Miles Morales who is adjusting to his new home in East Harlem while following in the footsteps of his mentor, Peter Parker, as a new Spider-Man. He has to rise to the challenge of becoming a new Spider-Man for his community and the city - Marvel's New York. Meanwhile, Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered was also released for the PlayStation 5 alongside Miles Morales in November 2020. It is a remastered edition of the 2018 action-adventure game Marvel's Spider-Man. The storyline revolves around an experienced Peter Parker who's fighting big crime and iconic villains in Marvel's New York. He's also struggling to balance his chaotic personal life and career while the fate of Marvel's New York rests upon his shoulders. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered on PC will include the full main story and its continued narrative in Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps DLC, which features three accompanying story chapters in Peter Parker's journey along with additional missions and challenges. Insomniac Games assured players that both of Marvel's Spider-Man PC ports will come with additional standard PC-specific features such as adjustable render settings and ray-traced reflections and other features which will be announced on a later date. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered will launch on PC on August 12, 2022 while Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales will launch on PC in Fall 2022. Insomniac credits PlayStation Studios partner studio Nixxes Software for fully optimising Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PC.
How The Amazing Spider-Man Finally Settled the Organic Web-Shooters Debate
The Amazing Spider-Man may not be a fan-favorite Spidey flick, but it settled one issue about the character onscreen for good.
Organic webs or mechanical? As nonsensical as that question sounds in 2022, believe me that a little over two decades ago it was spoken about with the hushed severity of religion during the Reformation. Do you think Spider-Man should have organic web-shooters or mechanical? If you answered incorrectly in certain parts of the early wild west days of the internet, you could find yourself cast out from digital communities like a leper. In retrospect, it was perhaps a prelude to how fan communities would organize around social media.
This tumultuous upheaval among Marvel fandom was fallout from the very first big budget Spider-Man movie starring Tobey Maguire in 2002. In that movie, director Sam Raimi—along with undoubtedly a slew of producers and studio executives at Columbia Pictures/Sony—made the choice to give Maguire’s Peter Parker organic web fluid. The concept was a leftover from the unmade Spider-Man movie that was being prepared by director James Cameron in the period between Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and True Lies (1994). Cameron lit on the idea of using webbing as an unsubtle metaphor for puberty in which his hero would awaken with sticky sheets.
While Raimi didn’t take the metaphor quite that far—although you should note Maguire’s Peter only first notices his organic webbing after having a conversation with the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst)—the director did say at the time it would add to the character’s sense of alienation. Plus, if Peter got all the other powers of a radioactive/genetically modified spider, why not webbing? So Spider-Man made a change that some fans embraced and others did not over the course of the next five years.
Alas, however, things were never really settled in the world of online fandom, and the debate would rise again when Sony announced it planned to reboot the Web-Head’s franchise a mere 10 years after that first Maguire movie with The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
Largely unloved today for its repetitive storytelling mechanics that hit most of the exact same beats from the first Raimi movie, as well as its truly awful sequel, Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man, which starred Andrew Garfield as Peter, is more often ignored than celebrated by fandom. It’s part of that two-film aberration between the giddy highs of the early/mid-2000s’ pop culture behemoth embodied by Maguire and the modern MCU iteration of the character played by Tom Holland.
However, The Amazing Spider-Man got a precious few things right back in its day, including how it settled for good and all the “organics or mechanical web-shooters” debate. And the man to thank for that is, believe it or not, comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis.
One of the premier Marvel writers in this century, Bendis was the co-creator of the Ultimate Spider-Man comic book series in 2000, which has influenced to varying degrees every screen iteration of Spider-Man that came afterward. He also famously co-created Miles Morales in Ultimate Fallout #4 in 2011. It was during this prolific wallcrawling period that Sony brought Bendis into the office for a pre-production meeting on The Amazing Spider-Man. He was there to settle a little debate the suits were having.
As Bendis told Yahoo in 2015, “They sat me down in Amy Pascal’s office with this big roomful of producers and writers and directors, and she looked at me and said, ‘Organic web-shooters or mechanical web-shooters?’ I said, ‘mechanical,’ and half the table said, ‘Goddamn it!’ They were mad because I was clearly the deciding vote, even though I didn’t know that. So when I see the mechanical web-shooters, I feel a little happiness. I feel like I did something good in the world.”
For a certain breed of fandom, we imagine that feels a bigger contribution to the cinematic Spidey mythos than the invention of Miles. Which is a bit of a shame because, first of all, Miles is the best thing to happen to Spider-Man comics in the last 15 years (movies too), and secondly because it seems arbitrary that Peter can climb walls but not do the one thing spiders are most known for.
Nevertheless, the subject was so settled that after The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Studios felt comfortable goofing on the topic in their patented wink, wink and nudge, nudge, fan service-y way. Thus in last year’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which featured Maguire, Garfield, and Holland, the two younger Spider-Men are absolutely mortified to learn that their elder has organic web-shooters.
“Like does it just come out of your wrists,” asks Holland’s Spidey, “or does it come out of… anywhere else?” You know there was an alternate take where he asks if it comes out of his butt. But maybe they can save that gag for the next crossover?
Home » Technology » Gaming » Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered ... Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Spider-Man: Miles Morales are coming to PC this year News9 Staff 3 June 2022 11:00 AM Marvel’s Spider-Man series is coming to PC (Image credit: Sony) News Miles Morales is an action-adventure game which was launched alongside the launch of the PlayStation 5 back in November 2020. Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is a remastered edition of the 2018 action-adventure game Marvel's Spider-Man. Both the PlayStation exclusive games have been developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with Marvel and published Sony. Sony during Thursday's State of Play event announced that Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales are heading to PC. Both the PlayStation exclusive games have been developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with Marvel and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony announced that the Marvel's Spider-Man game series now has sold through more than 33 million copies globally, as of May 15, 2022. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is an action-adventure game which was launched alongside the launch of the PlayStation 5 back in November 2020. The game is available for both PS4 and PS5 users. The story follows teenager Miles Morales who is adjusting to his new home in East Harlem while following in the footsteps of his mentor, Peter Parker, as a new Spider-Man. He has to rise to the challenge of becoming a new Spider-Man for his community and the city - Marvel's New York. Meanwhile, Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered was also released for the PlayStation 5 alongside Miles Morales in November 2020. It is a remastered edition of the 2018 action-adventure game Marvel's Spider-Man. The storyline revolves around an experienced Peter Parker who's fighting big crime and iconic villains in Marvel's New York. He's also struggling to balance his chaotic personal life and career while the fate of Marvel's New York rests upon his shoulders. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered on PC will include the full main story and its continued narrative in Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps DLC, which features three accompanying story chapters in Peter Parker's journey along with additional missions and challenges. Insomniac Games assured players that both of Marvel's Spider-Man PC ports will come with additional standard PC-specific features such as adjustable render settings and ray-traced reflections and other features which will be announced on a later date. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered will launch on PC on August 12, 2022 while Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales will launch on PC in Fall 2022. Insomniac credits PlayStation Studios partner studio Nixxes Software for fully optimising Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PC. Marvel Marvel Studio Spider-Man Next Story Amazon rolls out invite-based ordering system for PS5, Xbox Series X in the US; more countries to follow News9 Staff 3 June 2022 12:14 PM Amazon (File image credit: Unsplash) News Any customer with an Amazon account can request an invitation from the product detail page, at no additional cost. Amazon says it will remove bot-like submissions and send invitations to remaining customers after verifying genuine customers. If the customer’s invitation to purchase is granted, they will receive an email with instructions on how to purchase the item. E-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly planning to roll out an invite-based ordering system for high-demand, low-supply products like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. According to TechCrunch, Amazon's new system is said to check the inventory shortages caused by scalpers (refers to a person who buys large quantities of in-demand items). Scalpers often tend to buy the latest electronics in bulk hoping that the items sell out. They then resell the items at a higher price. Since Scalpers cause the price of the products to go up, Amazon hopes that the new invite-only system will ensure genuine customers get to buy the products and doesn't go into the hands of scalpers. Amazon is launching the program in the United States, starting with PS5 and Xbox Series X gaming consoles sold on their platform. Amazon reportedly plans to expand the program to other countries and products in the future. "We work hard every day to provide customers with low prices, vast selection, and fast delivery," Llew Mason, VP, Consumer Engagement, Amazon told TechCrunch. "This includes developing a shopping experience where customers can purchase the items they're interested in without having to worry about bad actors buying and reselling them at a much higher price," he adds. How will Amazon's invite-based ordering system work? -Any customer with an Amazon account can request an invitation from the product detail page, at no additional cost (no Prime account needed) -Amazon's product page will show whether a particular product is a "high-demand item with limited quantities" while stating that it "won't be able to grant all requests" -Amazon says it will remove bot-like submissions and send invitations to remaining customers after verifying genuine customers by looking at factors like: the account's prior purchase history and when the account was created -If the customer's invitation to purchase is granted, they will receive an email with instructions on how to purchase the item -Amazon's email will detail how long the user has to complete the purchase and will also include a link to the item to place the order -Users can then add the item to their cart or select "Buy now" The report claims that the Amazon product page will also show the user how many hours and minutes the user has before their invitation expires. Amazon says it will grant more invitations to purchase as it receives more units of that item in stock. Amazon PlayStation 5 PS5 Xbox Xbox series X US Next Story State of Play June edition: Trailers for Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI revealed News9 Staff 3 June 2022 6:16 AM Resident Evil 4 (Image credit: Capcom) News Resident Evil 4 is survival horror game is a remake of the 2005 game of the same name which is said to release on March 24, 2023. Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 is being developed by Capcom's own RE Engine which was previously used to create Resident Evil 7. Square Enix released a new trailer for the upcoming action RPG game Final Fantasy XVI which is said to release in Summer 2023 for the PS5. Sony live streamed the State of Play event on Thursday wherein it gave fans a first look at Capcom's Resident Evil 4 and Street Fighter 6 as well as a new Final Fantasy XVI trailer. Sony also gave a first look into the games that were going to be included with the launch of PlayStation VR 2 which is said to launch next year. Here are some of the major highlights of the event: Resident Evil 4 This survival horror game is a remake of the 2005 game Resident Evil 4. Capcom says the remake will include "state-of-the-art quality for a survival horror suitable for 2023, while preserving the essence of the original game." The game is said to release on March 24, 2023. Street Fighter 6 Capcom's Street Fighter 6 will feature popular game modes Arcade Mode, online matches, Training Mode, local versus battles and two new game modes: World Tour and Battle Hub. The game is being developed by Capcom's own RE Engine which was previously used to create Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil Village, and Devil May Cry 5. Final Fantasy XVI Square Enix released a new trailer for the upcoming action RPG game which is said to release in Summer 2023 for the PlayStation 5. Square Enix says the game devs are currently in the process of further improving the game experience and quality, as well as optimising the game for PS5. PS VR 2 games Resident Evil Village The PlayStation 5 version of Resident Evil Village is coming to PlayStation VR2. Sony announced that the development was currently underway to bring the story campaign in its entirety to be playable in VR. Horizon Call of the Mountain Horizon Call of the Mountain is a new adventure created exclusively for PlayStation VR2 by Guerrilla Games in association with Firesprite. Alongside the game's main story, Call of the Mountain will also offer an immersive River Ride experience for PS VR2 users. Guerrilla games also announced a new major update for Horizon Forbidden West which includes a New Game+ feature and Ultra Hard mode. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a 2020 virtual reality first-person shooter survival horror game. The second chapter of the game is currently set to come to PSVR in late 2022 and PS VR2 in 2023. No Man's Sky No Man's Sky is a 2016 survival game developed and published by Hello Games. The game also received VR support in 2019. Hello Games says with the power of PlayStation 5, coupled with the all-new PS VR2 hardware, including the new Sense controllers the new VR experience will increase immersion and believability of the game. You can watch the full State of Play event here Sony PlayStation 5 PS5 PS4 VR headsets virtual reality Next Story Diablo Immortal the new F2P MMORPG launches on iOS and Android globally today News9 Staff 2 June 2022 12:08 PM Diablo Immortal (Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment) News In Diablo Immortal, players can gain new abilities with each successful encounter and clash to become the most powerful player. Blizzard Entertainment also launched Diablo Immortal for PC in Open Beta today. Players will need to have Android 6.0, iOS 11.0 or above and iPadOS 11.0 or later to play Diablo Immortal. Diablo Immortal is the new free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) designed primarily for mobile devices which releases today on the PlayStore and App Store. The game has been developed by Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase and is set in between the events of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and Diablo III. Blizzard Entertainment also launched Diablo Immortal for PC in Open Beta. The game was first announced at the 2018 BlizzCon event. In Diablo Immortal, "angels and demons wage an endless war over dominion of the mortal realm." Players can join forces with countless other players on an epic quest to collect the shattered fragments of the corrupted Worldstone and prevent the Lord of Terror's return. Players can select from four highly iconic and customisable classes: Barbarian: A savage wanderer. Survivors of the disaster that struck Mount Arreat, Barbarians use brutal attacks to crush any opposition. Demon Hunter: A vengeful stalker. Relentless vigilantes that assault from afar, Demon Hunters strike undeterred until their prey is at their mercy. Monk: A master of martial arts. Lightning-fast strikes that pummelled enemies with a dizzying array of blows and mobility are the Monk's specialty. Wizard: A living conduit of arcane power. Wizards manipulate arcane forces to strike from a distance, disintegrating their enemies to oblivion. Players can gain new abilities with each successful encounter and clash to become the most powerful player. Blizzard claims Diablo Immortal "translates the best PC mechanics into snappy, intuitive controls on your mobile device." The game is said to feature vast worlds, a rich Diablo story packed with quests, bosses, and challenges including raids in huge ever-changing dungeons. Meanwhile, Blizzard claims players will have "countless" opportunities to meet and socialise with other players in the game's main map Sanctuary. "Whether it's jumping into the arena of battle, embarking on a raid through the shadows of a dungeon, or upgrading gear – Diablo Immortal is here to support a rich MMORPG experience," Blizzard says. Players will need to have Android 6.0, iOS 11.0 or above and iPadOS 11.0 or later. Blizzard Activision Blizzard Mobile Gaming Next Story PlayStation Plus games for June: God of War, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl News9 Staff 2 June 2022 11:00 AM PlayStation Plus games for June (Image credit: Sony) News Sony started rolling out the new three-tier PS Plus subscription service in Asia on May 24. Sony will roll out the new PS Plus in North and South America on June 13 and in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on June 23. The three new titles will be available as monthly games to all PS Plus members including those on the PS Plus Essential plan. Sony, which is currently in the process of rolling out the new PlayStation Plus subscription service globally, has revealed three PS Plus games for the month of June: God of War, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. The three new games will be included in PlayStation Plus subscribers starting from June 7 to July 4. The three new titles will be available as monthly games to all PlayStation Plus members including those on the PlayStation Plus Essential plan which includes the same benefits PlayStation Plus members get today. Sony started rolling out the new three-tier PS Plus subscription service in Asia on May 24 followed by today's Japan launch, followed by North and South America on June 13 and will finally arrive in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on June 23. Here's a closer look at June's PS Plus game offerings: God of War (PS4) God of War is the 2020 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Players take on the role of Kratos, the former Greek God of War who is now living outside the shadow of the gods. Following the death of Kratos' second wife, Atreus' mother, they journey to fulfil her request that her ashes be spread at the highest peak of the nine realms. Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (PS4) The Naruto franchise goes 4 vs 4, featuring team-based gameplay with 8 ninjas fighting simultaneously in Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker. Players cooperate as a team of four to compete against other teams online. The game has been developed by Soleil and published by Bandai Namco. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (PS4 and PS5) Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a 2021 crossover fighting game developed by Ludosity and Fair Play Labs and published by GameMill Entertainment featuring a cast of heroes from the Nickelodeon universe including SpongeBob Squarepants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Loud House, Danny Phantom, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Wild Thornberrys, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, and more. With unique move sets and attacks inspired by their personalities, each character has an individual style of play. Sony PlayStation 5 PS4 PS5 PlayStation Plus Next Story Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet is launching on November 18 for Nintendo Switch News9 Staff 2 June 2022 8:54 AM Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is launching on November 18 (Image credit: The Pokémon Company) News Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet allow multiplayer gameplay with up to four players.The two games were first announced in February as part of the Pokémon Presents presentation. Preorders for the downloadable version are now available on Nintendo eShop and cost £49.99 (Rs 4,859) each. Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games, the newest chapters in the Pokémon RPG series for the Nintendo Switch system, is releasing worldwide on November 18. The new games are developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Switch gaming console. The two games were first announced in February as part of the Pokémon Presents presentation. Scarlet and Violet features an open world that players are free to explore at their leisure and not "in an order dictated by the story." Players meet a variety of people and Pokémon in their journey to become the world's best Pokémon Trainer. Both games will have the following three Pokémon which players need to to choose their first partner at the beginning of the game: Sprigatito: the Grass Cat Pokémon, Fuecoco: the Fire Croc Pokémon and Quaxly: the Duckling Pokémon . The player outfit will vary depending on whether they play Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet. Both games allow for multiplayer gameplay with up to four players.After their release, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet will be able to link with Pokémon HOME. Pokémon HOME is a service that allows players to keep their entire Pokémon collection in one place. "By linking these games with Pokémon HOME, you'll be able to have Pokémon from other regions adventuring alongside you in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet," Game Freak said in an announcement post. Pokémon Violet will get a chance to encounter Legendary Pokémon Miraidon while Scarlet players can encounter Legendary Pokémon Koraidon. These two Pokémon are said to have powers that far surpass those of other Pokémon, but details about the two can only be unveiled after playing the game. In Pokémon Scarlet, players will meet Professor Sada, while in Pokémon Violet, they'll meet Professor Turo who are carrying out research into certain lore passed down in the region. Preorders for the downloadable version are now available on Nintendo eShop and cost £49.99 (Rs 4,859) each. A double pack that includes both games will be available later on the Pokémon Centre website and retailers. Next Story Xbox Design Lab introduces Pride inspired Xbox controller; to be available starting June 9 News9 Staff 2 June 2022 6:23 AM Xbox Design Lab's Pride controller (Image credit: Microsoft) News Microsoft Rewards members in the US and UK can now earn and donate points to NGOs supporting LGBTQIA+ communities with Xbox. Xbox Design Lab had produced a limited batch of Pride controllers and shared it with LGBTQIA+ players and creators. Pride controllers will be available starting June 9 everywhere where Xbox Design Lab is available. Microsoft is celebrating Pride month this June and has pledged a total of $170,000 to various LGBTQIA+ nonprofits and is increasing the number of Pride-themed products and designs which it hopes will inspire conversations and rally community actions. Microsoft believes that video games are an important outlet that gives players –– especially those who are LGBTQIA+ –– a "chance to be who they want to be." Microsoft Rewards members in the United States and the United Kingdom can now earn and donate points to organizations supporting LGBTQIA+ communities with Xbox. Microsoft Rewards is a free program that rewards users for using its products. For example, users can earn reward points when they search on Bing.com and buy things from the Microsoft Store online and in Windows 10. Pride inspired Xbox controller Xbox Design Lab, which produced a limited batch of Pride controllers and shared it with LGBTQIA+ players and creators around the world last year, has now decided to make the design universally available. "This year's Pride top case design brings together 34 community flags in a fine, interwoven manner to celebrate the nuance, complexity, intersectionality, and strength of the many LGBTQIA+ communities," Microsoft said in an announcement post. Interested buyers can customise all other parts of the controller with a broad color palette, metallic finishes and rubberized grips. They can even add an engraving to the Pride controller. Pride controllers will be available starting June 9 everywhere where Xbox Design Lab is available. Games celebrating Pride month Tell Me Why the 2020 episodic adventure game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios will be available for free on Xbox consoles, the Microsoft Store, and Steam for the entire month of June 2022. Xbox Publishing is also hosting a livestream of Tell Me Why to fundraise for Trans Lifeline on June 23 which you can watch here. During the month of June, any players logging into Halo Infinite will receive the 'Unity' nameplate and emblem which game makers 343 Industries says was "created for any Spartan who wants to show their true colors!" Halo Infinite (Image credit: Microsoft) Meanwhile, an exclusive Forza rainbow livery on the 2009 Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster will be gifted in-game to players in Forza Horizon 5 and Forza Horizon 4, as well as Forza Motorsport 7 as part of the Pride month celebrations. Forza Horizon 5 (Image credit: Microsoft) Also Read: Apple launches new LGBTQ+ inspired Watch bands, watch faces ahead of Pride month Xbox pride Pride month Xbox Wireless Controller LGBTQ LGBTQIA transgender Microsoft Next Story Volvo's next-gen EV to use Unreal Engine for real-time photorealistic visualisation News9 Staff 1 June 2022 12:29 PM Unreal Engine x Volvo (Image credit: Volvo Cars) News The new collaboration is aimed at developing digital interfaces inside Volvo cars while rendering real-time graphics in the car. The first car to feature the new graphics will be the new, all-electric flagship model that Volvo Cars will reveal later this year. Volvo aims to develop half of all the software inside its cars in-house by 2025. Fortnite maker Epic Games is collaborating with Swedish car maker Volvo to bring 'real-time photorealistic visualisation' inside next-generation Volvo cars with Unreal Engine. Volvo Cars has become the first European carmaker to use the Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) for development of the Human Machine Interface (HMI). The new collaboration between Epic and Volvo is aimed at providing "unparalleled" high-quality graphics like sharper renderings, richer colours and new 3D animations inside the cabin of next-gen Volvo cars. Unreal Engine x Volvo (Image credit: Volvo Cars) Volvo says it's looking to combine UE5 capabilities with third-generation Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms which it claims "will set a new standard in graphics and infotainment system performance." Volvo Cars' next-gen infotainment system is expected to be twice as fast as its predecessor, while the graphics generation and processing inside the cabin will be up to ten times faster thanks to the new collaboration. The new collaboration is aimed at developing digital interfaces inside Volvo cars while rendering real-time graphics in the car. Specifically, the tech will focus on the Driver Information Module (DIM) –– a display inside the cabin that will provide the driver with relevant information and infotainment features. Unreal Engine x Volvo (Image credit: Volvo Cars) "To offer our customers the best possible user experience and contribute to a safe and personal drive, we need rich, immersive and responsive visualisation inside our cars," said Henrik Green, Chief Product Officer at Volvo Cars. "Running Unreal Engine in our cars enables this and makes it even more enjoyable to spend time inside a Volvo," he adds. Unreal Engine x Volvo (Image credit: Volvo Cars) The first car to feature the new graphics will be the new, all-electric flagship model that Volvo Cars will reveal later this year. Volvo aims to only sell pure electric cars by 2030. Volvo aims to develop half of all the software inside its cars in-house by 2025 and is recruiting extensively within software development to achieve this goal. Epic Games back in April launched Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) which is said to be the "world's most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool for photoreal visuals and immersive experiences." Electric Vehicles Auto Volvo Epic Games Next Story Silly Royale to receive new Devil's Playground game mode with multiplayer support News9 Staff 1 June 2022 11:00 AM Silly Royale's new game mode Devil’s Playground (Image credit: Super Gaming) News 'Floor is Lava' will be the first game that players can play in the Devil’s Playground mode. Silly Royale Devil Amongst Us has been played by over 18 million players globally. Silly Royale players have clocked in over 251 million voice minutes in the game’s voice chat feature since it was introduced six months ago. Pune-based game developer Super Gaming has announced that its social deduction game Silly Royale -Devil Amongst Us has been played by over 18 million players globally. Super Gaming also announced that Silly Royale players have clocked in over 251 million voice minutes in the game's voice chat feature since it was introduced six months ago. Devil's Playground mode Silly Royale is receiving a new game mode called Devil's Playground wherein players can team up three other players and challenge other squads. Devil's Playground will be part of the first major update to Silly Royale following three seasons of content inspired by Netflix's Squid Game and marks the return of the game's signature Devil mascot. Floor is Lava game This is the first game that Silly Royale players can play in the Devil's Playground mode where players have to move around to the tune of music. When the music stops, players will have to pick a zone. One of the zones will be randomly selected as the zone with lava floor resulting in the elimination of players there. The squad of the last man standing will be the winner. "Devil's Playground is our response to fans wanting more of the Devil — outside of its presence in our classic game modes. The community has requested original content featuring the Devil and 'Floor is Lava' is the right fit keeping the theme of the new season in mind," Christelle D'cruz, co-founder and general manager of Silly Royale said in a statement. Meanwhile, the new update also includes new User Interface (UI) elements, streamlined menus and improvements to the voice chat feature. Super Gaming has also introduced 'Daily missions' giving Silly Royale players a chance to win rewards on completing them. Mobile Gaming Next Story Epic Games to hold Fortnite Champion Series Invitational 2022 in-person event in November News9 Staff 1 June 2022 9:05 AM Fortnite Champion Series Invitational 2022 (Image credit: Unsplash) News A total of 40 million players participated in the 2019 Fortnite World Cup which was held at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City. American professional esports player Kyle Giersdorf aka Bugha took home the 2019 Solo Fortnite World Cup with $3 million cash prize. The concurrent viewership of the 2019 Fortnite World Cup peaked at over 2.3 million across YouTube and Twitch. Epic Games has announced the dates for The Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Invitational 2022 which is said to be an in-person event which will be held on November 12 and 13 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. This is the first major esports in-person tournament for Fortnite since the conclusion of the 2019 Fortnite World Cup which was held at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City. Epic Games is inviting a selection of top FNCS Duos from around the world who will have the opportunity to compete in a single lobby for a share of a $1,000,000 prize pool. More details about the FNCS Invitational 2022 are expected in the coming days. Epic Games had set a $30 million prize pool for the 2019 Fortnite World Cup Solo and Duos Finals, $3 million for the Creative Finals and $3 million for Charity Pro-Am competitions. The three-day finale event in July was the culmination of 10 weeks of $1 million Online Open Qualifiers with more than 200 countries participating. American professional esports player Kyle Giersdorf aka Bugha took home the 2019 Solo Fortnite World Cup with $3 million cash prize. Epic Games had reported that the concurrent viewership of that tournament peaked at over 2.3 million across YouTube and Twitch, making the Fortnite World Cup the most-watched competitive gaming event (excluding China) at the time. However, Epic Games cancelled the World Cup for 2020 "due to the limitations of cross region online competition." However, it had assured Fortnite players at the time that FNCS would return each season for the rest of 2020. The same continued for 2021 when Epic Games cancelled the Fortnite World Cup but Epic Games hiked the prize pool for FNCS from $17 million in 2020 to $20 million. The Trios format was standardised for FNCS. Epic Games held four FNCS seasons in 2021 each with a $3 million prize pool amounting to a total of $12 million in FNCS prizes for the year. For the remaining $8 million prize pool, Epic held mid and end of year competitions bringing together top performing FNCS players in each region in multiple competitive formats. Epic Games Fortnite Esports eSports tournament Next Story Sony plans to cease all new game releases for PlayStation 4 by 2025 News9 Staff 1 June 2022 7:58 AM PlayStation (Image credit: Sony) News Sony has been releasing the PS5 in a staggered manner ever since it was launched in 2020 due to limited stick and supply issues. Sony expects PS5 sales to pick up and close the gap with PS4 sales in 2022, and overtake it by 2023. 90 per cent of Sony's game releases for the year 2019 were for the PlayStation 4 while the remaining 10 per cent were for PC. Sony might be looking to end new game releases for the PlayStation 4 gaming consoles by 2025 as it plans to shift the company's focus away from consoles according to the company's annual financial presentation. Sony's eighth generation console, which was first launched in 2013, has managed to overtake the PlayStation 5 sales in 2021, thanks to the supply chain constraints affecting the production of Sony's latest gaming consoles. Sony has been releasing the PS5 in a staggered manner ever since it was launched in 2020 due to limited stock and supply issues. However, Sony expects PS5 sales to pick up and close the gap with PS4 sales this year and overtake it by next year. PS4 has managed to be the most successful gaming console for Sony as it remained the key driver of PlayStation Store revenues for the company for the year 2021 contributing to a 65 per cent share compared to 35 per cent share of the PS5. Meanwhile, PS4 also managed to retain 69 per cent of PlayStation Plus subscriber base compared to the only 31 per cent retention of the PS5 as of March 2022. PlayStation 4 was a key driver of PlayStation Store revenues for 2021 (Image credit: Sony) According to Sony's annual financial report, 90 per cent of Sony's game releases for the year 2019 were for the PlayStation 4 while the remaining 10 per cent were for PC. Sony's game releases by platform (Image credit: Sony) However, following the launch of PS5 next year, Sony's game releases for PS4 and PS5 combined constituted 40 per cent, while PS5 exclusive launches constituted 30 per cent followed by PC and Mobile which contributed 20 per cent and 10 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, Sony expects PS5 exclusive game releases to go up to 50 per cent for the year 2025 while the remaining 30 per cent of its launches are expected to be on PC and 20 per cent for mobile gaming. There is no mention of PlayStation 4 releases for the year 2025 at all which hints that the company will fully cease to release any new games for the console. Sony plans a "transformation from PlayStation's current console-centric approach to a future where large elements of our community extend beyond the console." These new platforms include not only mobile gaming but also Virtual Reality, Cloud and Metaverse related games. Meanwhile, Sony further forecasted that the global gaming industry would be worth $287 billion in the year 2025 of which mobile gaming is expected to generate a revenue of $166 billion followed by PC and console at $47 billion and $74 billion respectively. Sony expects mobile gaming industry to grow rapidly by 2025 (Image credit: Sony) PS4 PS5 PlayStation 5 Sony console gaming Gaming Consoles Next Story Jio Game Controller launched at Rs 3,499; only supported by Android devices with JioFiber, Jio Games Ashish Pareek 1 June 2022 6:38 AM Jio Game Controller can be purchased via the Reliance Jio website (Image credit: Jio) News Launched in a Matter Black colour option, the device can also be purchased for an EMI option, starting at Rs 164.71 per month. It is compatible with a range of devices, including Android tablets, Android TVs, Android and Jio set-top box. It weighs 200 gms and houses a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion rechargeable battery. In a move that further cements Jio's intentions of establishing itself in India's gaming industry, the company has launched its first gaming accessory in India. The device is a wireless game controller named the Jio Game Controller. Launched in a Matter Black colour option, the device has been priced at Rs 3,499. In an interaction with News9, Jio confirmed that the device is exclusively compatible with Jio Fiber connection and Jio Games, and will run on Android tablets, Android TVs, as well as Android and Jio set-top box. Notably, the device will not work with Xbox or PlayStation. However, looking at kind of games available of Jio Games, one does wonder if this device is worth the price, except switching between game titles is a hassle. The game controller can also be purchased for an EMI option, starting at Rs 164.71 per month via Reliance Jio website. Weighing 200 grams and housing a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery, Jio claims that the device offers an immersive gaming experience using a pair of vibration motors and pressure-point triggers. Jio Game Controller has been launched in India (Image credit: Jio) The device comes on the heels of the Jio Games platform, dubbed by the company as India's own gaming platform. Like any wireless gaming controller out there, this can be used to play games on different platforms and also navigate between game titles easily using its 20-button layout and two sticks. Jio Game Controller: Specifications - Product dimension is 153 X 58 X 110 mm - Two vibration feedback motors, two pressure point triggers, and an 8-direction arrow button - 20-button layout and 2 sticks for easy navigation - Bluetooth v4.1 enabled with a range of up to 10 metres - Low Latency for better gaming experience - Long 8-hour Battery life and comes with a Micro USB Type B Port - Supports Haptic Control Jio Next Story France bans English gaming jargon to preserve the language's purity Agence France-Presse 1 June 2022 5:44 AM French officials on Monday continued their centuries-long battle to preserve the purity of the language, overhauling the rules on using English video game Jargon. (Image Credit: Pexels) News Academie Francaise warned in February of a 'degradation that must not be seen as inevitable'. The changes in terms were issued in the official journal, making them binding on government workers. 'Cloud gaming' becomes 'jeu video en nuage' and 'eSports', will now be translated as 'jeu video de competition'. French officials on Monday continued their centuries-long battle to preserve the purity of the language, overhauling the rules on using English video game Jargon. While some expressions find obvious translations -- "pro-gamer" becomes "joueur professionnel" -- others seem a more strained, as "streamer" is transformed into "joueur-animateur en direct". The culture ministry, which is involved in the process, told AFP that the video game sector was rife with anglicisms that could act as "a barrier to understanding" for non-gamers. France regularly issues dire warnings of the debasement of its language from across the Channel, or more recently the Atlantic. Centuries-old language watchdog the Academie Francaise warned in February of a "degradation that must not be seen as inevitable". It highlighted terms including train operator SNCF's brand "Ouigo" (pronounced "we go") along with straightforward imports like "big data" and "drive-in". However, Monday's changes were issued in the official journal, making them binding on government workers. Among several terms to be given official French alternatives were "cloud gaming", which becomes "jeu video en nuage", and "eSports", which will now be translated as "jeu video de competition". The ministry said experts had searched video game websites and magazines to see if French terms already existed. The overall idea, said the ministry, was to allow the population to communicate more easily. 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