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Coming August 12 Sony has provided new details for theSpider-ManPC portvia a PC edition trailer, including confirmation of an unlocked framerate, among other goodies. Set to arrive on August 12, it’ll feature a new graphical setting suite, including the aforementioned unlocked framerate, on top of ray-tracing for reflections and shadows, and ultra-wide monitor support. Here’s the description straight from Sony: “Enjoy a variety of graphics quality options to tailor to a wide range of devices, unlocked framerates, and support for other technologies including performance boosting NVIDIA DLSS and image quality enhancing NVIDIA DLAA....

Acoustic covers still up in the air Today, during PAX South 2017, Penny Arcade announced PAX Unplugged, the latest in its ever-expanding series of Penny Arcade Expos. As the name suggests, PAX Unplugged will focus on tabletop gaming, taking the community-forward nature of your average PAX and applying it to the house that the Monopoly Man built. Unplugged will take place in Philadelphia, PA and will run from November 17-19, 2017....

Happy late FemShep Friday, everyone! Or at least, that’s what 99% of my Twitter feed was saying when I woke up yesterday. I can’t keep up with all these made-up Internet holidays, damnit! On yesterday’s show, we went live and talked all about Double Fine’s latestKickstarterproject, Blizzard’s projected Q2 release ofDiablo III, and Valve’sresponseto last November’s Steam hack. We also got our hands on a couple new trailers, one forLollipop Chainsawand one forMass Effect 3‘s FemShep....

The Last of Uscreator Neil Druckmann announced today that he won’t be involved with the show’s upcoming third season, and that’s probably bad news for the live screen adaptation. Druckmann has only contributed as a writer for five of the 16 episodes of the show so far (he’s directed two of them), but I can only feel like his guidance will be missed, considering he’s the writer behind bothTLOUvideo games. He knows these characters better than anybody, for better or worse, and losing his influence will assumedly leave showrunner Craig Mazin in control as the main writer, and that’s a bit scary....

Just What I Needed CD Projekt Red has given us a lot of looks atCyberpunk 2077over the past few months. For instance, we’ve gotten insight to all the different role-playingLifepaths, we’ve learned how the detective-likeBraindancingworks, and we’ve been introduced to the gangs of the city. As we barrel towardCyberpunk 2077‘s November 19 release date, CD Projekt is kind of running out of things to show us. That’s why an entire episode of Night City Wire is dedicated to how the cars go vroom....

I must admit, I was worried about how many Dtoiders would actually make it into PAX Prime this year. Ticketssold out in record time, yet everything turned out alright. A bunch of you made it toour panel on Friday, and then promptly joined us for the annual group photo right outside the convention center. Oh, expect a video of our panel soon too. Next year PAX Primewill be a four day show, hopefully meaning even more of you can come to Seattle and see what makes Prime so much fun....

Hot hot heat It’s too stinking hot out. My brain feels like it’s melting. I hardly know what day it is anymore because I’ve spent the better part of the month working at a summer skate camp. Teaching kids how to kickflip is cool, but dang it’s hard for an Internet Blogger like me to be outside for long stretches of time. My inability to put together a coherent thought is where you come in....

82.2 million units shipped This morning, Sony announced its first quarterly financial results, revealing that their current high-end console, PlayStation 4 has shipped 82.2 million units since launch, putting it ahead of its predecessor, PlayStation 3. While the most recent sales period saw a decline in console sales on last year, the black box still managed to shift 3.2 million units to retailers, overtaking the PS3, of which numbered records stopped, around the 80 million mark, in 2013....

As if to mock us mere mortals who have yet to playThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda have thrown another video our way. There’s not much action, but there is a lot of scene setting. It goes a long way to show how much more diverseSkyrimis when compared to Cyrodiil inOblivion. It all looks so wonderful that I almost didn’t notice that we didn’t get to see a massive dragon barbequing some poor clueless sod....

What will they be in next? Dead or Alive‘s Marie Rose and Honoka are just not satisfied with being in their own game. Originally DLC fighters inDead or Alive 5, they were titular characters inDead or Alive Xtreme 3. They have since continued to amass popularity and thus have began invading other games, starting withMusou Stars. This time they will be playable inSenran Kagura: Peach Beach Splashvia DLC. They will be available on Jun 12, 2025 in Japan, where the main game releases March 16....

Look at his face! The choice between badass Santa and comically scared mob boss for the header image was a hard one. The Santa thing is a bit trite, I guess, but he wins out. Still, look at that guy’s face. Bayonetta 2looks insane, and I’d like to re-emphasize how good it is thatit comes with the first game, for any of us who missed out (like me). Plus all that fun fan service (not nudity, but Nintendo costumes)....

Respawn isn’t done yet Fromout of nowhere, Repsawn Entertainment releasedApex Legends.Set in theTitanfalluniverse, this new take on battle royale has beendoing exceptionally wellfor EA. After hitting a staggering 10 million players in just a few days, it starts to become silly when you think thatTitanfall 2almost sunk the company. Is this all just the hype train working its magic, or isApexhonestly good? Well, Dan and I sat down to discuss our thoughts on the game and we’ve both walked away fairly impressed....

ATransformersgame that doesn’t have Michael Bay’s stink all over it? It’s actually happening! Activisionhas revealed, viaGame Informer, thatTransformers: Battle for Cybertronis an all-new game slated for 2010, and it’s going to be inspired by …Gears of War? Battle for Cybertronis an interesting proposition — while the Transformers will not be appearing as their clunky Generation 1 selves, they alsowon’tbe the shambolic horrors seen in Michael Bay’s movie. They resemble the comic book versions more than anything — traditional, but a bit more sleek and stylized — and are specifically reminiscent of theWar Withinart style....