Microsoft and Sony are often considered direct rivals in the game space, competing for players through new consoles and exclusive games. Brand loyalty and “console wars” for some players dictates whether they’ll grab a PlayStation or Xbox. Extreme fans have even escalated their affinity for one over the other into harassment. But Microsoft’s real threat isn’t Sony, Nintendo, or any other company, says Microsoft’s head of gaming Phil Spencer.

The first in a series of posts that not only defends the creative decisions made by Neil Druckmann, but truly appreciates them.

The number of daily average users playing a Steam game with a controller has more than doubled in the past two years, Valve has said. In a post announcing that all games currently using the Steam Input API are now fully compatible with the new PlayStation 5 controller (that means full support for the DualSense's LED, trackpad, rumble and gyro features), Valve revealed that people really do play PC games with controllers.

The Super Famicom this week celebrates its 30th anniversary and you know what that means, right? The F-Zero series is now also 30 years old. The first game was released in Japan on 21st November 1990 and followed with a North American release in 1991 and a European release in 1992.

The adventures of astronauts on a spaceship continue and this time you will find yourself in the role of an impostor who will sabotage the work of the spacecraft in all available ways.

In a bizarre, unsettling, and oftentimes downright frightening year, video games became a port of refuge for many—be they longtime gamers, old-school veterans picking the controller back up after a break, or first-timers looking for a novel way to safely have fun or connect with friends during pandemic lockdowns. It’s a small blessing, then, that it was also a banner year for excellent games to play.

Cyberpunk 2077 is out on December 10 and this time the game might end up releasing because there are actual physical copies out in the wild. As one of the most anticipated games of this year, there has been a lot of hype building around the launch of Cyberpunk 2077. It was supposed to release by November 19 but was delayed at the last minute to December 10. This might be the final delay because physical copies of the game are now out in the wild.

Monster Hunter Rise is set to launch March 26th, 2020, but apparently Capcom wanted to release it earlier. Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto spoke to Nikkei about the game's development, and how things were slowed by the pandemic. Along with that, we get some news on pre-orders, along with sales expectations. Check out the statement below, as translated by Gaijinhunter.

Video games like CD Projekt Red’s forthcoming Cyberpunk 2077 are increasingly made under grueling working conditions — a particular irony for a game adopting the cyberpunk genre which, at its best, critiques the dystopian power abuses that so starkly characterize our world.

A Los Angeles County judge has ruled that Billy Mitchell has met the "minimal merit" standard necessary to move forward to trial in his defamation case against the high-score adjudicators at the Twin Galaxies organization. But the ruling doesn't specifically weigh in on the conflicting evidence presented so far, and it suggests that both sides have some chance of prevailing at trial.

Bethesda revealed its new IP Starfield back in 2018 as a small tease to prove to fans that the company wasn't abandoning single-player adventures following Fallout 76 concerns. While the teaser had many intrigued, it was the barest of teasers that left so many wanting more. While we still don't have a concrete account of what Starfield will have to offer, director Todd Howard did recently share a few more details about the new game.

As we know, one of the last big releases for PlayStation 4 was the highly acclaimed Ghost of Tsushima. With a great concept, the title turned out to be a complete success both commercially and critically, as it received great support from the community and specialized media. Now then, Sony has just revealed that the success of the game was completely unexpected by the firm.

Sierra was one of the biggest game publishers of the 90s. Then they got an offer that was way too good to be true, but too good to decline.

The Switch is selling very well and this is now confirmed with the latest financial report that they kicked out of Nintendo, which states that as many as 68.30 million Switch consoles have been sold worldwide.

While concurrent player numbers may have been dropping, as expected after a bombastic launch month, Fall Guys is doing very well on the whole, according to Q3 2020 sales figures supplied through Unity's Q3 financial results. Under the point "Biggest Q3 gaming blockbusters powered by Unity", the statement reveals that Fall Guys has shifted ten million copies since release on Steam alone, three million up from the figure announced by publisher Devolver Digital three weeks after release.

Shinji Mikami believes most game creators reach the height of their powers during their 30s, he’s said. The famed Japanese game maker, who is best known as the director of the original Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4, discussed how his creative abilities have changed over his 30-year career in a new documentary exploring the birth of the survival horror genre.

It's a shame she won't live - but then again, who does?

An “Assassin’s Creed” live-action series is currently in development at Netflix, Variety has learned. The series is part of a deal between Netflix and video game company Ubisoft to develop content based on the best-selling video game franchise. The deal will include live-action, animated, and anime series. The search is currently on for a showrunner for the first series, with Ubisoft Film & Television’s Jason Altman and Danielle Kreinik set to serve as executive producers.

Assassin’s Creed is coming to streaming devices and no, we’re not talking about xCloud or Luna. A brand-new, live-action Assassin’s Creed series is coming to Netflix. The deal includes multiple different series, the first of which will be a genre-bending live-action epic, while the others will be animated and anime adaptations. The live action series is currently searching for a showrunner.

Ghost of Tsushima landed on our shores last July and, apparently, it has taken little time to conquer the entire island. And also to PS4 players, of course. The fact is that Sucker Punch’s game became its premiere on PlayStation’s best-selling new IP, accumulating nearly 2.4 million sales in its first 3 days. And now, less than four months after its premiere, the samurai adventure reaches another milestone: Ghost of Tsushima surpasses 5 million games sold.