The worlds of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI are coming together today for “The Maiden’s Rhapsody: Memories of an Unseen Realm” collaboration event. Final Fantasy XIV players can check it out now until June 22. The event has players aid Harbor Herald reporter Remumu stay safe while investigating a story. Participating players will […]
Report: Sony Sets PS5 Compatibility Date For PS4 Titles
Backward compatibility is a big topic for gamers and the upcoming next-gen systems. Sony hasn’t publicly talked about this topic as much as Microsoft has for its Xbox Series X, but Eurogamer has seen developer documents which state that developers of PlayStation 4 games which are submitted for certification with Sony on or after July 13 must make those […]
OpenAI debuts gigantic GPT-3 language model with 175 billion parameters
A team of more than 30 OpenAI researchers have released a paper about GPT-3, a language model capable of achieving state-of-the-art results on a range of benchmark and unique natural language processing tasks that range from language translation to generating news articles to answering SAT questions. GPT-3 is a whopping 175 billion parameter model. By […]
Unlike Microsoft, Sony Is Intent On Having PS5-Only Games Right Away
Sony is not planning for upcoming exclusives to run across both the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, according to PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan. Speaking to GamesIndustry.Biz, Ryan was asked whether Sony is planning on a strategy similar to Microsoft with regards to supporting exclusives across two generations of hardware. Ryan explains that Sony has always […]
The DeanBeat: Gamers count down the days to The Last of Us Part II
The countdown to the launch of Sony’s The Last of Us Part II has gamers spellbound. It surged as a topic of conversation this week as Sony and Naughty Dog revealed more of the exclusive game coming to the PlayStation 4 on June 19. The signs of fan anticipation are there. More than a million […]
Sony Will Mandate PS5 Support For PS4 Games Released After July
Developers planning to submit PS4 games for certification after July 13 will be forced to ensure that the game also runs on Sony’s next-generation console, the PlayStation 5. The requirement has been added to Sony’s internal partner website and its hosted developer documentation, which has been seen by Eurogamer. Games sent to Sony for certification […]
Great Borderlands Collection Is Free On PC, And Another Mystery Freebie Is Coming Next Week
The Epic Games Store has been giving away free PC games every week–no strings attached–since the storefront launched in late 2018. As of now, we know the program will run until at least the end of 2020. It’s pretty straightforward; every Thursday at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET, Epic offers one, two, or […]
PS5 vs Xbox Series X: Thousands of reasons why Sony is in BIG trouble
The battle between Xbox Series X and PS5 is shaping up to be much closer than the current-gen console war. Not only will the next-gen Xbox reportedly cost less than the PS5, but it’s looking like it will have far greater backwards compatibility. In a recent blog on Xbox Wire, Microsoft confirmed that thousands of […]
SEGA appearing at digital games fest after ‘revolutionary’ announcement next week
SEGA are rumoured to have some big news in store which will “rile up” the video games industry, and we’re only days away from finding out what this announcement is. There has been plenty of speculation about what this SEGA news could be after Japanese tech journalist Zenji Nishikawa teased the incoming reveal. Nishikawa-san said […]
Destiny 2 Trials of Osiris rewards this week with map news
Destiny 2 Trials of Osiris is kicking off today on PS4, Xbox One and PC, and it won’t be long until we find out what loot is coming our way. The event will be launching on May 29, and this week’s rewards will be some of the last of the current season. While we won’t […]