Need for Speed, Battlefield to Debut on PS5, Xbox Series S/X in 2021

A new Need for Speed and Battlefield game will arrive next year, Electronic Arts CEO and director Andrew Wilson has revealed. They are being developed by Criterion Games and EA DICE respectively, and will mark series debut on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X.

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Mass Effect: Legendary Edition Announced For 2021

BioWare has announced a remaster for their iconic Mass Effect trilogy of games, as part of the N7 Day celebration (November 7). Tagged - Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, the collection will be releasing sometime in Spring 2021, on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC.

 

Your choices. Your squad. Your Shepard. Relive the legend in a remastered edition of the highly acclaimed trilogy. Mass Effect Legendary Edition arrives Spring 2021. https://t.co/qbWVibXuQI pic.twitter.com/ecR6rnN8DP

— Mass Effect (@masseffect) November 7, 2020

 

The Mass Effect: Legendary Edition compiles the single-player base content and additional DLC from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, along with all the promotional items (weapons, armours and packs). The collection will be coming with multiple visual enhancements including overhauled textures, character models, shaders and effects, all optimized to run at 4K UHD resolutions. This again translates to higher, smoother framerates on the next-gen consoles. Mass Effect’s more recent venture - Andromeda, will not be a subject of this remaster. Released in 2017, the game was not well-received by critics or fans alike, owing to major technical hiccups in both graphical and gameplay aspects.

Additionally, BioWare has also confirmed that a veteran team has been working hard on the next instalment in the Mass Effect series. The project is still in its early stages of development, and any updates on the matter will be shared in the future. Early last month, BioWare’s long-trusted publisher, Electronic Arts had also announced a remaster for the critically-acclaimed Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, of which you can check out further details here.

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PlayStation and Xbox Consoles Enter an Epic Fight for $150 Billion Games Arena

Sony, whose PlayStation 5 (PS5) takes on Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S, is widely viewed as being in pole position to capitalise on a pandemic-driven boom in consumer spending that has buoyed the $150 billion (roughly Rs. 1,100 crores) video game industry.

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PUBG Mobile might return to India by the end of the year: Report

While PUBG Mobile may have announced its departure from India a few weeks ago, it seems like it might just make its return sooner than expected. Sources tell TechCrunch that the game might come back to India before the end of the year. The publication's report states that the PUBG Corporation privately informed some high-profile streamers in the country that is expected to resume services before the end of 2020. Further, it was noted that the company plans to run a marketing campaign in India during Diwali. TechCrunch also noted that PUBG Corporation did not respond to a request for comment. 

This news comes around the time were PUBG’s parent company Krafton Inc., announced that it would be working with Microsoft’s Azure platform. In its press release, Krafton notes, “With privacy and data security being a top priority for KRAFTON, the company will be working with Microsoft to ensure personal data protection through Azure. Azure powers some of the biggest multiplayer games, featuring state-of-the-art security and the most comprehensive set of compliance offerings of any cloud service provider. The collaboration will ensure that privacy rights are respected and relevant software will be in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.”

The release further noted that Krafton will be working with Microsoft to introduce a verification process. With this, the company hopes to ensure that storage of personally identifiable information of its players follows appropriate requirements in “the territories where Krafton and its subsidiaries operate gaming services.”

To recall, PUBG Mobile, along with over 100 other Chinese apps were banned by the Government of India in September citing privacy and security concerns. A few days after this news, PUBG Corp decided to cut ties with Tencent and cancel the license that allows Tencent to run PUBG Mobile in India. A few weeks back, it was announced that Tencent Games will terminate all services and access for users in India to PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite. On top of this, the rights to publish the game in India will be returned to “the owner of the PUBG intellectual property,” namely, PUBG Corp.

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Sony has confirmed that the PS5 wont support expandable SSD storage at launch

The built-in usable storage of the PS5, Xbox Series S and Series X are already known and those that are looking to pick up a PS5 should know that the console comes with 825GB of storage of which 667GB is available to users for games and apps. One of the highlights of the PS5 is that users can simply slot in an M.2 PCIe gen 4 drive to expand the storage. The catch is that the drive must be compatible with Sony’s console. 

According to The Verge, the expansion slot “will apparently be disabled out of the box”. Sony tells The Verge that the expansion slot is reserved for a future update. During the reveal of the PS5 specifications back in March, PS5 System Lead Architect Mark Cerny spoke about the expandable storage and how they were testing M.2 drives for compatibility with the PS5. During the talk, he does highlight that the support for expandable storage could come after the launch of the console so this shouldn’t be a big surprise. The Verge goes on to highlight that “Sony’s compatibility testing program hasn’t actually kicked off yet”.

With the PS3 and PS4, users could simply replace the internal drive and with the PS4, players could use an external HDD to store and play games as well. Since the PS5’s SSD is soldered onto the motherboard, it won't be replaceable. 

Microsoft on the other hand has partnered with Seagate for a proprietary solution for expandable storage. You can learn more about it here. 

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales Release Date, Price, Review, Gameplay, and More

Spider-Man: Miles Morales is set to release next week as a launch title for PlayStation 5. While its 2018 predecessor let gamers take control of Peter Parker, the new title will be centred around the adventures of Miles Morales who appeared as an NPC in Marvel’s Spider-Man. The upcoming game promises to make full use of the PS5’s hardware prowess, including real-t...

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Call of Duty: Mobile teases addition of Night Mode, Hackney Yard map in Season 12 update

Call of Duty: Mobile has started teasing some of the new additions that players can expect in the next update. As always, the developers have teased the addition of a new map and have all but confirmed the addition of a Night Mode to maps.

New map

The developers posted a teaser for the new map on Twitter and asked users to guess the new addition to the game. As always, the internet sleuths correctly deduced that the map was Hackney Yard. Interestingly, this isn’t a classic map like Rust, or Nuketown. But it is a part of last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot. Regardless, players should be in for a treat as Hackey Yard is a mid-sized map that should suit all types of players, irrespective of weapon preferences. 

 

Hey #CODMobile players, sun's getting real low.

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