In a 2017 interview about the making of Hollow Knight's map, designer William Pellen told me that Team Cherry "shied away completely" from describing the game as a metroidvania. Artist Ari Gibson added that they didn't want to "let a genre dictate" the decisions they made about Hollow Knight's design while they were making it.And yet judging by its place on Steam, Hollow Knight is not just a metroidvania, a...
Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Kristen, Tim, and I are back this week to discuss taking up the mantle of Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, soul surfing in Sword of the Sea, the biggest news stories of the week, and more. Stuff We Talked About Next week’s release highlights: Metal Eden | PS5 Hirogami | PS5 Hell...
Last week, we asked you to surf through the deserts and oceans in Sword of the Sea using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: HappyMoonInc shares Wraith riding down a chain surrounded by sealife. fogsblue shares Wraith riding an orca after freeing the sea on a new region MdeavorVP shares Wraith falling in darkness alongside gold currency View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image...
Do farmers traditionally wear sunglasses? If so, Alex Sergeev, the chief technology officer of Carbon Robotics, presumably took them off when telling Nvidia, "There's no such thing as a laser-resistant weed."As reported by Tom's Hardware, the LaserWeeder from Carbon Robotics is a module you attach to a tractor that uses dozens of Nvidia GPUs to snipe out weeds as it drives by.This means farmers can avoid any chemicals to remove...
"The wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as 'an immense accumulation of Pokémon.'" So remarks Marx in volume one of Capital, and he was right. Joining Palworld, Temtem, Cassette Beasts, Coromon and, well, like 400 Pokémon games is Honkai: Nexus Anima, HoYoverse's just-announced creature-hoarding sim.I am a 31-year-old man who mostly still plays games from 2005, so forgive me if I sound...
Haunted Chocolatier is the eagerly-awaited next outing from Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone, which you could probably tell from a quick glance. While there's a strong resemblance with the beloved farm life sim, Haunted Chocolatier's ditching the farm business for sweeter pastures: It's chocolate shop sim time. Also, there are ghosts.Barone revealed Haunted Chocolatier with a surprise announcement back in 2021. While the unveiling immediately sent the frothing masses...
With the launch of its RDNA 4 GPU architecture and FSR 4, AMD leveraged the power of machine learning to improve its upscale and frame generator. However, even if you rushed out to buy a new RX 9070 graphics card, your chance at checking out FSR 4 depended entirely on devs adding it to their games. With the release of the latest FidelityFX SDK, though, it appears that you can...
Greetings, Travelers! We’re excited to announce that Genshin Impact Version Luna I, Song of the Welkin Moon: Segue, will be released on September 10. This update, which marks the beginning of the year-long Song of the Welkin Moon version series, will also introduce a major new region, Nod-Krai. The new version series will tie together past story clues and characters, answer some long-standing questions, and reveal more about the secrets...
With the current crop of consoles from Microsoft and Sony nearing the end of their natural product cycles, tech rumours are abound as to what hardware and systems the next generation will have. Amongst a whole raft of claims as to what the PlayStation 6 will be like are a list of specifications for Sony's return to the handheld market, with a beefy custom AMD chip at the heart of...
I’m thrilled to share that Lost Soul Aside is officially out today on PlayStation 5 console and PC via Steam and the Epic Game Store, and you can also jump in with a free playable demo starting today! Play Video From the very beginning, this project was born out of a dream to create fast, fluid, and visually striking action gameplay, and I’m incredibly excited that you can now experience...