We're only halfway through 2020, and Sony has already revealed several details regarding the PS5, its next-generation console. We've learned about the console's technical specs, as well as its new DualSense controller and certain games, and the official website is live. We've even seen Unreal Engine 5 gameplay running on the system, and though it was not of a full game, the technical specifications of the system mean we would be approaching photorealism in some games. We've also heard reports of what could very well be this year's new Call of Duty game, which will almost certainly release on PS5.PS5 planned to launch this holiday season, and though Sony hasn't revealed a final date or price, it will reportedly still arrive in 2020 and the ongoing pandemic is not impacting this timeline. However, a Bloomberg report indicates we may need to prepare for supply shortages at launch, as well as possibly reduced or altered promotion compared to Sony's typical product releases. However, those supply shortages will not directly be due to COVID-19.Sony had set a reveal event for PlayStation 5, with the promise of the first footage of PS5 games, for June 4. However, in light of racial justice protests occurring across the United States and other countries, the company postponed the event in order to "stand back and allow more important voices to be heard." A new date has not yet been set, but it's among the many companies delaying their events out of early June. Whenever it is rescheduled, we may not get an official price or release date, as those factors could still be up in the air and may depend on Xbox Series X to some extent.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Borderlands developer Gearbox Software has joined the chorus in supporting Black Lives Matter and pushing back some of its scheduled plans for Borderlands 3 in solidarity with the movement. In a statement on Twitter, the developer said it's delaying the release of the Takedown at the Guardian Breach update.Additionally, the studio is muting its Twitter channel--with the exception of this announcement--out of respect for "what's going on in the world right now."pic.twitter.com/WBAxx870ul — Borderlands 3 (@Borderlands) June 4, 20202K Games, which publishes the Borderlands series, said it's adding another $1 million USD to the 2K Foundations Program and expanding its scope to include fighting racial injustice and inequalities in black communities around the world.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has acknowledged that it's been challenging to demonstrate the true leap that the Xbox Series X will provide over the Xbox One, but it appears that could be changing once people are actually able to try out the systems for themselves in longer gameplay sessions. In Reggie's new podcast, Spencer said one of the most defining characteristics of next-gen games is how they "feel" with faster and more stable frame rates. You haven't seen the true power of Xbox Series X yet, as it appears Microsoft is taking on the persona of a Dragon Ball Z villain still gathering their energy.It's not possible to demonstrate this with videos, Spencer said. And with physical events canceled or postponed due to COVID-19, Microsoft is facing a new dilemma in trying to communicate the appeal of faster frame rates. This is a new challenge, Spencer said, because for previous console transitions throughout history, the power of new systems was immediately apparent with better graphics."One of the things I've talked about publicly ... but it's hard to come across, is the way it feels to play games on a box where frame rates are higher, frame rates are more stable," Spencer said. "The fluidity of it, showing that in video form, is just impossible. How do you show how something feels?"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Over the past few weeks, a number of posts from prominent Fortnite leakers have suggested that the upcoming Chapter 2 Season 3 will have players dive underwater to battle it out. Now, the most compelling evidence yet has emerged, further suggesting what's to come following the upcoming Doomsday event. Get your swimsuit and flippers ready, because it looks like the game will be heading underwater--at least a little. A Twitter user recently noticed that the PlayStation Store had mistakenly changed Fortnite's icon on the storefront ahead of time, and it depicts the familiar battle bus slipping beneath the sea. It wouldn't be the first underwater foray for the game, as players were plunged beneath the surface as part of the recent Travis Scott event.#Fortnite Season 3 Icon Has Been Leaked On Playstation! 👀 pic.twitter.com/CNitJdP1qc — Fortnite News (@FortniteBRFeed) June 1, 2020The start date for Fortnite's Season 3 has just been changed again and will begin on June 17. This follows multiple previous delays, with this latest one attributed to the ongoing protests in response to the murder of George Floyd.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Hello Games' space exploration title No Man's Sky will be one of the latest additions to the growing catalogue of games available through the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Launching on the Xbox One version of the service opens up a huge audience for No Man's Sky, as the subscription service has 10 million subscribers and counting. An exact release date for No Man's Sky on Xbox Game Pass has not been announced yet, but we know it's this month. That means you could be able to dive into your own region of a massive universe in mere days or weeks. Additionally, Hello Games confirmed that No Man's Sky will be released on the Windows PC store. The game was already available on Steam, but this is the first time it'll be available on Microsoft's own store. A release date for the Windows 10 edition has not been confirmed.No Man's Sky developer Hello Games is planning to support the game with even more ambitious expansions and updates to come in 2020.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

New Releases is here to highlight the biggest games launching every week. As June rolls on, some pretty cool things are making their way to consoles, including The Elder Scrolls Online's Greymoor expansion and Project Warlock. That's not the only "project" we're getting this week either, thanks to 1971 Project Helios. Meanwhile, Goosebumps: Dead of Night creeps out of the shadows, and the Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection cuts into the Epic Games Store.The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor -- June 9Available on: PS4, Xbox OneIt's already available on PC, but now ESO players on consoles can explore the western region of Skyrim. It's a cold, snowy place with new trials to complete and world events to witness. The MMO's story continues in the underground city of Blackreach, where you'll have to face a fearsome Vampire Lord.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

EA's subscription service, EA Access, is officially making its way to Steam. The news coincides with the release of a handful of new EA-published games on the service, although some of its heaviest hitters--Apex Legends, FIFA 20, Battlefield V, and so on--remain Origin-only on PC.Notably, the service on Steam will be called EA Access, mimicking the naming convention used for the Xbox One and PS4 versions. PC already has its own version of EA Access, dubbed Origin Access, that operates through the EA-run Origin store.Origin Access has expanded since its initial launch to offer two versions: Basic and Premier. Basic functions much like EA Access on consoles, offering 10-hour trials to upcoming games, unlimited access to a selection of games in the Vault, and discounts on Origin purchases. Premier, meanwhile, adds in full access to brand-new games.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Like many other live events scheduled to take place this year, E3 2020 has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This marks the first time in the expo's 20-plus-year history that a physical event will not take place in June, but there will still be plenty of gaming news and announcements to look forward to over the next few months. In fact, with companies spreading their announcements out over a longer stretch of time, you won't have to race to catch everything in a week's time and can watch everything without issue. Some of these events have even been bumped past their previously-scheduled dates. This includes a World of Warcraft: Shadowlands reveal, which has been moved from June 9 to an undetermined future date.Although the ESA--the company that organizes E3--will not hold a digital alternative to E3 itself, a number of game publishers have announced they'll be hosting their own events and showcases over the summer. Microsoft, Ubisoft, Limited Run Games, and Devolver Digital are among the companies that have expressed intentions to follow this route. Microsoft has announced a monthly series of streams called Xbox 20/20, with July's focusing on first-party Xbox Series X titles, while Ubisoft will hold a Ubisoft Forward digital event on July 12. Sony is even using June to finally show off its lineup of PS5 games, despite dropping out of E3 before the event itself was even canceled. This could also be the first time we actually see the console, though that has not been confirmed as of yet.EA will also host its own showcase in June. The company is transforming its annual EA Play event into a digital experience this year. The event kicks off on Thursday, June 18, and will give viewers a look at some of the publisher's upcoming titles, including FIFA 21, Madden NFL 21, and NHL 21. It was delayed past its initial June 11 date because of ongoing racial justice protests.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Indie game marketplace Itch.io is offering an enormous game bundle to help support racial justice, and it includes more than 740 projects for a very low price.The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality packs in 743 games for $5, and Itch.io aimed to raise $500,000 for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as well as the Community Bail Fund. Proceeds will be donated entirely to these two organizations on a 50/50 split.Some of the games included in the bundle are made by relatively unknown developers, but several others are acclaimed in their own right. Oxenfree from Night School Studio is featured, as is Night in the Woods. Other big-name games include Overland, Super Hexagon, and Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

All good things end... eventually. Season 2 of Fortnite Chapter 2 was originally scheduled to conclude on April 30, but a few weeks prior, developer Epic Games announced an extension. Season 2 was then set to conclude on June 4, and then June 11. In light of the ongoing protests in the US related to the murder of George Floyd, Epic has announced plans to push things back once again. Season 3 will now begin on June 17, and the major event preceding it has also been pushed as a result. There has been some unexpected extra Season 2 content to keep you busy in the meantime, as well as the Doomsday event that could have major implications for Season 3 itself.When Does Fortnite Season 3 Start?Fortnite Season 3 is launching on June 17, immediately after the end of Season 2. Battle Pass challenges are available to complete until that new date. The Device event--better known as the Doomsday event--will take place on June 15.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Players who boot up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone right now will be prompted to download an update, and it's added a new splash screen to the game announcing support for Black Lives Matter. The screen, reported on by The Verge, contains a message for the Call of Duty player community."Our community is hurting," the screen reads. "The systemic inequalities our community experiences are once again center stage. Call of Duty and Infinity Ward stand for equality and inclusion. We stand against the racism and injustice our Black community endures. Until change happens and Black Lives Matter, we will never truly be the community we strive to be."The screen will appear for all players upon booting the game, and The Verge reports that it is also appearing on loading screens and when you switch between different modes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

According to a community update from Activision, Call of Duty Mobile will be expanding its battle royale map in the next update, bringing not only new areas for combat but also things like new vehicles. This update was scheduled to fall around June 4, roughly the same time that a Ranked Mode season would kick off, but it has been delayed in the wake of the George Floyd homicide. There is currently not a new release date set. The upcoming update was announced on the official Call of Duty Mobile subreddit on May 29 by the Activision team. A Ranked Mode refresh and the new battle royale map are expected to be implemented in the game in early June.🗺 More places, more action!⁣🔎 A deeper dive in the new locations being added to #CODMobile Battle Royale next week!⁣⁣🤔 Which location are you the most excited for? pic.twitter.com/bc4oYifmbU — Call of Duty: Mobile (@PlayCODMobile) May 30, 2020Call of Duty Mobile is reportedly adding the gulag from Warzone soon, so it may be that the new battle royale maps have that feature incorporated into it on launch—this has not yet been confirmed by Activision. The new season is officially launching next week according to the Call of Duty Mobile Twitter account, and a number of those aforementioned locations have already been confirmed in a teaser video as being:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Riot is holding a set of Valorant tournaments to celebrate its recent launch. The tournaments, which are streamed and hosted by Twitch Rivals, feature a $200,000 prize pool with creators and teams from North America, Brazil, Europe, Korea, Japan, and other parts of Latin America participating.To celebrate launch, we’re teaming with competitive FPS creators to hold a global tournament and crown 1 winning team from each region. Up for grabs is a $200,000 prize pool and the right to count themselves among the first global VALORANT champs. https://t.co/8KTOqeVsck — VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) May 28, 2020The tournament uses a round-robin approach during the opening round and will then move to best-of-three and single elimination brackets for the playoffs. The final rounds are happening today, June 6, and tomorrow, June 7. A full schedule is available to view here. Riot has already started to lay out their plans for Valorant's competitive scene, including three tiers of competition. Small, medium, and large tournaments with different prize pool amounts will help Riot bring in third-party organizers to hold tournaments.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sony Europe--of which Sony Australia is a branch--has today faced charges from the Australian Competition And Consumer Commission (ACCC) for misleading customers about their consumer rights. The Federal Court of Australia has hit Sony with $3.5 million AU (about $2.4 million US) in penalty charges "making false and misleading representations on its website and in dealings with Australian consumers about their Australian Consumer Law (ACL) rights."The court found that Sony Europe had misled four customers after they purchased games described as "faulty" through the PlayStation Network. Sony informed customers that they were not entitled to a refund if the game had been downloaded, or if 14 days has passed since purchase, which is not in line with Australian consumer laws.Proceedings for this case began one year ago, and there's precedent for similar cases in Australia, such as the 2014 case against Valve.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Update: Sony has postponed the planned PlayStation 5 event indefinitely. Although it did not cite ongoing Black Lives Matter protests as the reason, it did suggest the delay is to "stand back and allow more important voices to be heard." It follows statements issued by Sony and PlayStation, among those from many other companies, in response to the protests. The original story follows.pic.twitter.com/ZAY8StN0EU — PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 1, 2020Sony has announced plans to host an event focused on PlayStation 5 on June 4 at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET. The PlayStation 5 presentation will run for just over an hour and will showcase new PS5 games for the system and the first real gameplay from Sony's next-generation console.Specific details beyond that have not yet been shared, but in speaking with GameSpot sister site CNET, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan reiterated once again that PS5 is still set for a release in 2020.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com