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Here’s a bit more information about the Backbone One PlayStation Edition controller… “The look and feel of the Backbone One – PlayStation Edition was brought to life by our design team in collaboration with the brilliant minds at PlayStation. The elegant colors, materials, and finishes are all inspired by the design of the PS5 console’s DualSense wireless controller, all the way down to the transparent face buttons and its visually distinctive, floating appearance....

As they often do, this latest round of rumors started off with insider Shpeshal Nick, who made some new comments about the Sly Cooper revival that’s rumored to be in the works on the latest XboxEra Podcast. According to Nick, the game won’t be revealed during the E3 season, but a 2022 announcement, perhaps around September, is still likely. Another insider, AcountNgt, then joined in on the fun, saying they’d also heard it would be revealed in September....

Since the invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago, numerous companies, including Microsoft and CD Projekt Red, already announced the suspension of sales in Russia, and now PlayStation has followed suit. In an official statement on Twitter some hours ago, Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed that all hardware and software sales have been suspended. The same applies to the Russian launch of Gran Turismo 7 and all PlayStation Store operations in the country....

Polygon, a multichain scaling solution for Ethereum that facilitates fast and cheaper transactions and where the MATIC coin acts as the network’s native token, is currently benefitting from a litany of positive developments that come as the sentiment across the wider crypto sphere seems to have stabilized after the carnage witnessed throughout much of 2022. Before going further, let’s do a brief refresher course. Polygon allows users to deposit the Ethereum coin to a smart bridge contract from where the MATIC coin is obtained....

Here are your new PS Plus Extra and Premium games, which will be available on January 17… Back 4 Blood (PS4, PS5) Join the war against the Ridden in a thrilling co-op first-person shooter from the creators of Left 4 Dead. With humanity’s extinction on the line, it’s up to you and your friends to take the fight to the enemy, eradicate the Ridden and reclaim the world. Fight your way through a dynamic, perilous world in a four-player co-op story campaign where you must work together to survive increasingly challenging missions....

Qualcomm’s AI Capabilities Can Help the Snapdragon X70 Achieve New Downlink Speeds, Coverage, Latency, and Power-Efficiency According to the company, the Snapdragon X70 can achieve 10Gbps peak downlink speeds, though it is unlikely that consumers will witness this level of performance during real-world use. One major achievement of the 5G modem is how it uses artificial intelligence to improve both mmWave and sub-6GHz bands. The modem employs an AI-based channel-state feedback and optimization algorithm that increases the average downlink and uplink speeds....

Racing games are already a niche genre in their own right, and space racers are essentially a niche within a niche. Titles like F-Zero, wipEout, and Antigraviator take the idea of racing on futuristic tracks and push it as far as possible. The legacy that wipEout has made is why the Redout series was born, and what we’re talking about today. Right away, the game has much more control offered to players than its predecessors....

📅 June 13th 🕒 3:00 PM PDT / 23:00 BST 📺 https://t.co/6YrGfKTrkW#RE4 pic.twitter.com/QA8cZAJKjq — Resident Evil (@RE_Games) June 8, 2022 Ah, but that isn’t the end of the Resident Evil content we’re likely to see next week! Capcom has promised updated “next-gen” versions of their Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes and Resident Evil 7 and according to Twitter account PlayStation Game Size, PS5 versions of all three games have been added to PlayStation Network servers....

The video, which has been put together by ElAnalistaDeBits, mainly highlights the darker atmosphere, compared to the original release, and improved combat that provides players with slightly more options. The new extended Resident Evil 4 remake gameplay footage isn’t the only thing that Capcom showed during yesterday’s showcase. A new story trailer has also been shown, providing the first look at how characters like Ada and Ashley will look in the remake....

Sony has since confirmed it all with a post on the PlayStation Blog. Sackboy: A Big Adventure developer Sumo Digital also posted the detailed PC requirements, as you can read below. Unfortunately, it is unclear whether these target resolution and frame rate figures account for ray tracing and NVIDIA DLSS on GeForce RTX hardware. There has been no mention of AMD FSR support, even though it’s available in several other PlayStation exclusives ported to PC....

By far the most extensive map ever found in Total War, including the multi-content Empire: Total War map, Immortal Empires will feature 278 starting factions, across a massive 554 regions, with 86 legendary lords leading these factions. Be aware that the number of factions and regions is subject to beta testing. As you’ll likely notice on the map above, it’s enormous. It’s so big that, even though it’s one single map, you still need sea lanes, as mentioned in Empire: Total War earlier....

SK hynix Pushes 32 GB DDR5 Memory To 6400 Mbps Transfer Speeds, Sampling First UDIMM / SODIMM Modules To Customers Press Release: SK hynix is ​​moving towards becoming a global first-class technology company and taking the lead in the upcoming DDR5 era. SK hynix recently announced that it has developed the industry’s first 32GB (gigabyte) UDIMM, SODIMM * with DDR5 6,400 Mbps (Megabit per sec.) speed, and was the first in the industry to provide samples to customers....

Galaxy S22 User Says That Its Battery Life Is Not as Bad as the Pixel 4’s but the Result Is Not Encouraging On a week’s stretch, Galaxy S22 user and Editor-in-chief of Android Police Daniel Bader states that the smartphone has a screen on time of 4 hours and 38 minutes. Yesterday’s results show it lasted for over 5 hours, which is not a bad result, especially considering that the handset features a 3700mAh battery, which is smaller than the Galaxy S21’s 4000mAh capacity....

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 to Be Mass Produced on TSMC’s 4nm Node, but Qualcomm Could Stick With a Single High-Performance Core This Time Too Instead of a ‘1 + 3 + 4’ CPU cluster, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 could switch to a ‘1 + 2 + 2 + 3’ configuration and is expected to be mass produced on TSMC’s 4nm architecture. Even though TSMC is said to put its cutting-edge 3nm technology to work later this year, it will likely be reserved for Apple first....

In this mode, an invading sniper from the Axis sniper will have the goal to take down the Allied sniper. Interestingly, the Invasion Mode can also happen during the cooperative play; in this case, the Axis sniper needs to deal with two targets instead of just one, but the rewards are greater. There are some additional nuances, too. The Axis player can tag a fellow Axis soldier NPC so that, should it get eyes on the Allied sniper, their location will be added to the map....

Elon Musk was widely expected to provide a much-needed dose of clarity today in the ongoing saga around his attempts to take Twitter private. Well, the CEO of Tesla did finally meet those expectations at the just-concluded all-hands meeting of Twitter employees. Musk started the meeting by saying: Highlighting his vision for Twitter, Musk was all praise for China-based WeChat. While noting that he wants to increase Twitter’s active user base to 1 billion, the CEO of Tesla wants the platform to become more friendly toward video-based content, thereby tapping another lucrative monetization avenue....

As part of its engine development in McGregor, Texas, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) tested another Raptor engine late in the evening yesterday local time. SpaceX tests and develops two engine lineups at its McGregor facilities, with one powering the company’s workhorse Falcon rockets and the other intended to take its Starship next generation rocket to the skies. The engines powering Starship are dubbed Raptor, and SpaceX is currently testing their second-generation design in Texas, as it continues to manufacture the engines and build its stocks ahead of a highly awaited Starship orbital test flight expected later this year....

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) latest Falcon 9 launch for Intelsat’s Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 satellites provided viewers with some breathtaking visuals. The launch came within days after SpaceX launched a crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and its latest batch of Starlink satellites. Due to its timing, the Intelsat launch allowed a view of the Falcon 9’s payload to be visible from SpaceX’s drone ship, and the rocket’s second-stage engine in front of a setting sun - both of which mark a rare time for such visuals to be present in a Falcon 9 launch....

Users Can Finally Pay to Spotify Directly Instead of Using Google Play Payment Method Thanks to User Choice Billing If the name does not give it away, the new feature would simply let users pay for Spotify on their Android devices directly to Spotify. If you are unfamiliar, previously, the payment had to go through an in-app purchase, which obviously meant that Google was also keeping a share. Now, you are paying for the service directly without Google stepping in....

The 3.2 Beta update introduces an OS-controller fan curve to improve the experience in low usage scenarios as well as experimental support for changing in-game screen refresh rate that allows users to choose a refresh rate between 40 and 60 Hz. You can find the full patch notes for the Steam Deck SteamOS Beta 3.2 patch below. More information on the Steam Deck console can be found on its official website....