Rockstar Games is giving PlayStation users some special perks for GTA Online in the lead up to the game's release on PlayStation 5 in 2021.Announced as part of the PS5 reveal event, Rockstar Games confirmed that all PlayStation Plus members on PS4 will get $1 million GTA$ every month they play GTA Online until GTA Online releases on PS5. This money will be deposited into your Maze Bank account within 72 hours after you log in each time.That's not all, as the standalone version of GTA Online launching in 2021 will be free for PlayStation 5 owners during the first three months of its release. It's not completely free, however, as a PlayStation Plus membership is required.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Among the advancements that the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will offer is dramatically improved loading times. Back in 2019, Sony showed off the improved load times with Marvel's Spider-Man, and now the company and its partners have shared more insight on the subject.As part of Sony's PlayStation 5 reveal event, new information about load times on PS5--and Xbox Series X for that matter--came into focus.NBA 2K212K Sports is promising that NBA 2K21 will feature "drastically improved load speeds" on PS5. In a video, the developer showed that the game will load in about two seconds. It's not exactly clear what's loading here, but it's an impressive showcase all the same.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The PlayStation 5 reveal event has been and gone, and as we scour over each piece of information and re-watch trailers, new pieces of information are coming to light. The first game shown was a next-gen version of Grand Theft Auto V, which will launch alongside a standalone iteration of GTA Online, made available for free during its first three months. PlayStation users will get various perks, and the GTA reveal also showed that PS Plus will continue into next-gen.During Sony's presentation, a title card announcing the GTA Online free launch period also included the PlayStation Plus logo, and the phrase "PS Plus required to play." This means that the PS5 will, like the PS4 before it, embrace an annual subscription service for online play.PS Plus will be required to jump into the PS5 version of GTA Online.What's less clear is whether PS Plus subscribers will receive free PS5 titles at launch, as was the case with the PS4. However, it seems likely that GTA Online can be claimed by non-subscribers, and then potentially played later if they subscribe.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Worried that the hosts at today's PS5 reveal event looked a little uncanny valley? Sony has now confirmed that the presenters were taped at home and that they were not pre-rendered.Following Sony's reveal of their latest console, site The Gamer erroneously reported that the hosts of the event were renders, and not real people. However, while that would have been a cool way to show off the PS5, the truth is that the hosts were actually just filmed at home. Instead of relying on some fancy digital technology to bring Jim Ryan and co. to everyone's screens this morning, it was just good, old-fashioned camerawork.Regardless, there were plenty of opportunities during the PS5 reveal event to show off the impressive graphical prowess that Sony's next-gen console was going to have.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sony gave us our first look at a ton of PlayStation 5 games during its hour-long PS5 reveal event, but one of the biggest surprises was saved for near the end: a remake of From Software's classic Demon's Souls.Originally released for PlayStation 3 back in 2009, Demon's Souls is the precursor to the Dark Souls series. Much like the titles that would follow, the game is renowned for its blend of methodical combat and unforgiving difficulty. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sony is releasing two PlayStation 5 consoles this year. One has a disc drive and the other doesn't. In a new interview with GameSpot sister site CNET, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan explained why Sony is releasing the disc-free console.He explained that it's a reflection of what many consumers want these days. Basically, people are consuming more and more digital content as opposed to physical media, and Sony is releasing a new PlayStation console for those who align more with this vision for the future. "We're just acknowledging here that as time passes our community is becoming more digitally orientated," Ryan said.The executive pointed out that, in the first quarter of 2020, a whopping 66 percent of PlayStation games sold were digital. This uptick in digital game sales was no doubt driven by the fact that people are staying home during the COVID-19 crisis, but in any case, the percentage of digital game sales at Sony--and other game companies--is growing.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Season 7 of Call of Duty: Mobile has begun with the latest update, and as promised it's brought with it a new Battle Pass and some significant changes. This season of Call of Duty: Mobile is called Radioactive Agent, and it not only adds some new maps and modes, but also significantly expands the game's Battle Royale map.Tunisia and the Gulag have been added as new maps in this update, meaning that players can now fight in the post-death arena from Call of Duty: Warzone. Gulag is playable in the 2v2 Gunfight mode (previously known as Showdown), so you'll be dropped in with a random loadout that changes every two rounds and forced to fight in close quarters. Tunisia is a more traditional map, with a pleasant seaside setting.A new scorestreak, Cluster Strike, has been added too--it's an air-to-ground strike that can do major damage. Zombies are also making a bit of a comeback in the new Attack of the Undead mode, which takes ten players and casts one as a member of the undead, who them has to start infecting the others. The aim is to survive until the end--but once you turn, the objective changes and you'll want to try and kill your former teammates.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It finally happened, folks. Sony finally lifted the curtain on the PlayStation 5 in an online presentation this week, revealing a curvy two-toned console that looks like it came from some parallel dimension where our inevitable cyberpunk reality is more bright and optimistic than it actually is. 2020 is the year video games move into the next generation. The way we play games is going to change irrevocably. I definitely heard the phrase 'paradigm shift' dropped like a cannonball in the ocean.The future of gaming is here, again. We are witness to it, right now.Anyway, the whole thing opened with Grand Theft Auto V, a game from 2013 that you'll also be able to play on the new PlayStation. Cool.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Pathless, which was announced at The Game Awards 2018 by Abzu developer Giant Squid, is coming to PS5 with numerous enhancements. While the game will also be available on PS4, a new post on PlayStation Blog makes it clear that the PS5 version will be superior.In the post, creative director Matt Nava explains that the game is on course to release in late 2020, and that the PS5 and its DualSense controller will make the game a more immersive experience. Nava says that the controller's haptic sensors will "let you feel the heartbeat of our world," and that things like the tension of a bow and arrow, or the "rumbling of a distant boss readying to attack," will be felt through your controller.The system's advanced audio processing will also accommodate the game's 3D sound, and because of the PS5's SSD, the game's open world setting will not feature any loading screens. "Slowly filling progress bars are a thing of the past; the only thing you won’t be able to do is check your phone," Nava promises.We've just gotten our first look at the PS5, as well as numerous games coming to the system. If The Pathless launches in 2020, it might be available at or around the console's launch--but we're still not sure when that will be.GameSpot has officially kicked off Play For All--a celebration of all things gaming. Join us as we bring you the summer's hottest news, previews, interviews, features, and videos, as well as raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts and Black Lives Matter with the help of our friends from around the gaming world. Check out the Play For All schedule for more.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Before you're even 100% certain of what you're doing or who you are in Project Warlock, you're put in a room with a magical throwing knife, a staff that shoots lightning, and a couple of pissed-off spiders who aren't there to thank you for playing their game. Within 10 seconds of starting, I'm back in high school, in 1998, installing any old creaky Doom WAD a friend tells me about over AIM for the hell of it, without a single blessed clue what needs doing except that anything that isn't me must die.That's really the main draw of Project Warlock, a game that wears its '90s FPS inspirations loudly and proudly. Despite a few interstitial cards between areas, there's no deep story or motivation or pageantry to be found here. It's just you and your arsenal of magical and military weaponry vs the supernatural hordes. At any given moment, it's paying deep homage to Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Heretic, Quake, Duke Nukem--the list goes on. The question, however, is what exactly does Project Warlock bring to the table that's unique? The answer is, ultimately, not a whole lot, but what it does, it certainly does well enough.The style clash between all the game's wild, anachronistic elements certainly counts for something. This is a game where you can take out lurching cyborgs with a crossbow, wield laser rifles against abominable snowmen, and kill Lovecraftian horrorbeasts with a submachine gun. That mix makes for a smirking, free-wheeling sort of game where every problem has a brute-force solution from somewhere in the annals of history or legend. If a shotgun can't fix all your problems in this game, a fiery magic spell probably will, and vice versa. There isn't necessarily a wrong approach for many of Project Warlock's challenges. As long as you know which button pulls the trigger and which one opens doors, you're generally fine. And no matter which weapon you wield--from magic staffs to double-barrelled shotguns to sticks of dynamite--the vast majority of your arsenal packs an absolute wallop when it hits.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Konami has stopped working on Hyper Sports R, which was slated to hit Nintendo Switch exclusively at an undisclosed date."As of today, we have decided to discontinue development on Hyper Sports R for the Nintendo Switch," Konami wrote on the game's official website. "The team had been continually working on the game since its initial reveal in June 2018. However, after much consideration, we have decided to cancel its development due to various circumstances."We deeply apologize to all our valued customers who have been patiently anticipating the release of this game for this significant inconvenience. We hope that you will continually enjoy our products and services."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A senior executive at Riot Games has been put on leave after sharing an image on Facebook that downplayed the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Riot Games is launching an internal investigation into the incident, although the company declined to share any further information about what that means.Vice Games originally found the post that Ron Johnson, global head of consumer products at Riot Games, shared on Facebook. The image is titled "The media and the left have made George Floyd into a martyr, but who was he really?" and includes details about Floyd's criminal record."This is no reason to condone his killing by the officer at all, which still needs to be investigated as a potential crime," Johnson wrote on Facebook. "It is a learning opportunity to teach that this type of criminal lifestyle never results in good things happening to you or those around you."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you're a fan of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or Warzone then you're familiar with the games' gigantic update sizes that usually take hours to download. Season 4, which starts tonight at 11 PM PT / June 11 at 2 AM ET, will require another big download to fit all the new content coming to both games.The Season 4 download is going to be large. In order to reduce the overall disc space that MW and WZ take up, we're compressing a bunch of assets. Once installed, the S4 launch will only take up an additional 4GB on consoles for all of the new content. — Ashton Williams (@ashtonisVULCAN) June 10, 2020"The Season 4 download is going to be large. In order to reduce the overall disc space that MW and WZ take up, we're compressing a bunch of assets," said Infinity Ward senior communication manger Ashton Williams in a tweet. "Once installed, the S4 launch will only take up an additional 4GB on consoles for all of the new content."Modern Warfare on PC currently takes about just over 180GB of hard-drive space, while ringing in at just over 185GB on PS4 and Xbox One. The size is fairly ridiculous. Infinity Ward has said the file size is large due to the high amount of content Warzone contains.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Epic Games Store's Mega Sale comes to an end tomorrow, but that also means that the last mystery free game will be available to claim. Confirming a previous leak yet again, an Epic Facebook ad has revealed that Ark: Survival Evolved will be up for grabs until June 18. Ark: Survival Evolved will join the Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection, which releases tomorrow and is free on Epic for its first week.Ark: Survival Evolved originally released in 2017, but it's been around since 2015 as an early access title. A survival game filled with dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, players work to withstand the brutal elements by building bases, scavenging for resources, and befriending dinosaurs both large and small. As far as survival games go, Ark is quite demanding, as you have to manage not only health and stamina, but hunger levels and oxygen.Best played with friends, you can link up and form Tribes to join forces, create thriving villages, and take on the most difficult creatures. Ark has both PvP and PvE servers, so you can choose whether you want to test your survival skills against other players or just NPCs.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Crea-ture Studios has finally announced that its skateboarding simulator, Session, will hit the Xbox One's Game Preview program on Wednesday, June 17.The studio took to Twitter to share the announcement with a video mimicking the Xbox Live animation screen. Instead of the Xbox logo, though, it's a polyurethane skateboard wheel with the date underneath. In announcing Session's game preview date, the studio confirmed a trial is available on Xbox One right now.Taps on microphone ehem... Can we have your attention please, and that means you at the back as well. :speaking_head: SESSION COMING TO XBOX GAME PREVIEW JUNE 17!!A trial is available right now and the game will unlock next week! pic.twitter.com/GRyCV1qDvi — creā-ture Studios (@actionofcreate) June 10, 2020The Xbox One port of Session has been under the radar for a while now, with Crea-ture delaying its console release in October 2019 before confirming that it will arrive in Spring 2020. Session has been available in Steam Early Access since September 2019 and currently retails for $20.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com