The headline here is the addition of Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, which came out in November 2019 and is set to get a sequel, Jedi Survivor, in March. The addition of Fallen Order to PS Plus Essential next month is well-timed in that context. Elsewhere, Bethesda’s online-focused RPG Fallout 76 joins PS Plus Essential next month (it’s already in the PlayStation Plus Extra tier). Just yesterday we reported on how Fallout 76 has an impressive 13....

You will, however, be able to stay connected and use messaging features on your PS4 and the PlayStation App, Sony said in an update on PlayStation.com. The communities feature, added to PS4 with the 3.00 update in September 2015, lets you create communities based around shared interests, such as games and genres. Communities include a message board with general discussion, screenshots shared by players, and the ability to join parties / games....

Known as the Motherlobe Edition it will come with art cards, stickers, and a reversible sleeve. Additionally, there will be a Collector’s Edition from iam8bit - priced at $129.99, it includes exclusive pins for the Feast of the Senses, two exclusive posters, Pyschonauts 2 and Psychonauts 1 on disc, downloads for the soundtrack, and more. Watch on YouTube Psychonauts 2 - The Motherlobe Edition: Announce Trailer Lastly, an artbook for the game is also on the way, with over 250 pages of never seen art and writing from Ashley Esqueda....

Unknown Worlds becomes Krafton’s sixth studio, joining PUBG Studios, Striking Distance Studios, Bluehole Studio, RisingWings and Dreamotion. Unknown Worlds began life creating the Half-Life mod, Natural Selection, which eventually spawned a commercial sequel. It went on to release underwater adventure game Subnautica and, most recently, follow-up Subnautica: Below Zero. Krafton said Unknown Worlds will function as an independent game development studio wholly owned by Krafton, with its structure and leadership remaining in place....

Quake itself began as nothing more than a mention in some text blurb in Commander Keen, but even then, there were hints of a game that exceeded the technological limits of the hardware of the time. Building on the mega success of Doom, the first time gamers got to experience Quake was in the release of QTest in early 1996 - a Deathmatch test with three supplied maps. What was obvious was how demanding the game was....

On Monday, Vips streamed Call of Duty: Warzone with fellow Red Bull junior driver Liam Lawson. As has been clipped, Vips cursed and said the n-word, to which Lawson replied “Juri!” and laughed. Lawson also asked Vips to wear a pink Red Bull cap, to which he replied “No, that’s gay”. Lawson responded: “Juri, you can’t say that”. A statement from Red Bull Racing says Vips has been suspended “from all team duties with immediate effect, pending a full investigation into the incident”....

As ever the event attracted some considerable talent from the world of racing, with the likes of Juan Pablo Montoya, Felix Rosenqvist and Oliver Rowland joining Verstappen - as well as a return of sorts for Mercedes to Le Mans, the silver arrows taking to the Circuit de la Sarthe in an official capacity since its infamous real-life outing in 1999 when its cars had the unfortunate tendency to hurl themselves into the scenery in spectacular fashion....

There are 21 stages in total, and all taken from the single-player campaign and reworked with new enemy placements and objectives to create much tougher challenges across three difficulty levels. If you need more help, our complete Resident Evil Revelations walkthrough can assist with other sections of the game, including all Handprint locations and unlockables. There’s a lot to see and do in Raid Mode, most of which are governed by unlocks through play....

Compared to an unused gym membership, Ring Fit Adventure lets you improve your fitness in your own time and at your own pace. The fitness RPG feels like you’re playing a game rather than exercising. There’s a sense of accomplishment afterwards, rather than a pang of guilt when that dreaded gym payment leaves your bank account. If you’re in a similar boat i.e. paying for a gym membership you’re not using, or you just want to move around a bit more, I would highly recommend Ring Fit Adventure!...

The free-to-download virtual gaming world, which is available on PC, Xbox and mobile, made its market debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday and its share price quickly soared. According to CNBC, the company’s stock closed at $69.50, giving Roblox a market cap of $38.26bn. To put that into context, EA’s current market cap is $37.43bn, Take-Two’s is $18.98bn, and Ubisoft’s is $8.16bn. “We are deeply humbled by the overwhelming support for @Roblox and our public offering today,” CEO and founder David Baszucki tweeted....

“It definitely still feels like Saints Row - even if it’s not the same characters, even if it’s not the same setting, even if it’s not exactly the same as before - it feels like Saints Row,” Lindgren said. “I feel that every single time I go into the game, whether that’s just customisation (because customisation is a huge part of it), whether that’s travelling around the city, whether that’s wing suiting and doing the missions, it feels like Saints Row....

Alternatively, you could instead opt for the 256GB model, though it’s out of stock in the UK right now – it’s still up for grabs in the US however. UK US Let’s delve into the specifics of this bundle… First up is the main piece of tech itself – the Meta Quest 2 is one of the most recently developed and popular virtual reality (VR) headsets available on the market....

On the surface, Scorn looks like a first-person shooter, but it has more in common with Myst or The Witness than Doom. This is a slow-paced, brooding title that requires puzzle-solving and careful exploration - but with a small team at the helm and a nearly 10-year development cycle, is this Unreal Engine 4-based game properly polished? And on Xbox Series X, just how good is AMD’s FSR 2 image reconstruction?...

At the base level, Shadow of the Tomb Raider on Xbox Series consoles now enjoys an official ‘optimised for Series X/S’ patch label, suggesting a native app, while the upgrade is still flagged as a PlayStation 4 title when running on PS5. However, it’s pretty clear that despite the new labelling on Xbox, the game is still running on the older XDK - it hasn’t been ported to the new GDK and so doesn’t tap into the more advanced features of the RDNA 2 GPU....

I’ve wondered about it ever since I started healing in Dark Age of Camelot 20 years ago. I don’t know why I did it or stuck with it, but in every game I play now, I gravitate towards that role. And having played healers for so long, I’ve seen the good and the bad of it. I’ve been moaned at, and I’ve been killed as a matter of priority by enemy teams more times than I can count....

Thanks to facial reconstruction technology, Twitter user Sulkalmakh from the Ancestral Whispers cranial reconstruction research team brought Skyrim’s bony boys to life, as it were. In a playful tweet from April Fool’s Day (via IGN), the user shared their “Facial reconstruction of an ancient Atmoran from Saarthal, dated to the late Merethic Era”. This may well have gone over the heads of many, but eagle-eyed fans were soon quick to realise that the face staring back at them on the screen was indeed that of a (now fully fleshed) Skyrim Skeleton....

The astrolabe is, quite simply, wizardry. I sort of have a tendency to look back on European history and go “ugh, old people,” especially after so many years of secondary school history, but the astrolabe takes in a boatload of astrology problems like triangulating stars, planets, and latitudes, and provides a simple solution to each one. It’s sort of like an ancient Swiss army knife, if the Swiss army knife could help you identify the stars and your current position in relation to Mecca....

As a Sonic fan, I have much to say about the game design - and all of that commentary is in the embedded video below - but for the purposes of this piece, I’m going to focus on the core technology and the best way to play. At its core, Sonic Frontiers is powered by Sonic Team’s internal Hedgehog Engine 2 - the latest iteration of the technology that debuted in Sonic Unleashed....

Its the latest game to join the Tesla in-car games service, which is compatible with USB controllers. The move comes after a new partnership between the Elon Musk car company and Sega. Of course, the comparisons between Tesla and Sonic make for an easy brand hookup. One can be wild, out of control, and controlled via computer - and the other… well, you get my drift. Over the years, numerous games have become available to play via Tesla - including Cuphead, and The Witcher 3....

The company is now a node validator, claiming to be building an “environmentally friendly, proof of stake” blockchain. Oasys will launch later this year, reports GamesIndustry.biz, with 21 node validators to begin with and more added over time. Watch on YouTube Everything You Need to Know About Final Fantasy 16 (So Far) Currently, those node validators include Bandai Namco Research, Sega, Ubisoft, Netmarble, and others, plus now Square Enix. Node validators store a copy of the blockchain and perform other functions to ensure the system is kept secure....