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CEO Elon Musk recently took to Twitter to reveal that Tesla will soon be integrating Steam onto its vehicles, with a demo to “probably” come next month. For months, Tesla has planned to enter into the video games business. The company has been working on a video game platform called Tesla Arcade for a while, with a dedicated team in Seattle entirely focused on working on video games. At the moment, Tesla already offers a wide variety of games. However, introducing integration with Steam would allow users to access many more games — a feature seemingly possible with the introduction of AMD‘s Ryzen processor and a discrete AMD RDNA 2 GPU, introduced with the newer Model X and S vehicles. This would not only be a game changer for the automobile industry but would set Tesla apart from competit...

Shortly after launching its revamped PlayStation Plus subscription plans, Sony is now adding more than 50 Ubisoft games for free access by the end of 2022. The collection comes under the Ubisoft+ Classics series that originally launched with 27 titles including the likes of The Division, For Honor, and the latest Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, but Sony and Ubisoft will soon be expanding the library to include more than 50 different titles that those subscribed to PlayStation Plus Extra and PlayStation Plus Premium can access completely for free. Some of these classic titles include Child of Light, the first Watch Dogs, Werewolves Within, and the massively popular Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon. While some of these games will come later on in the year, a handful of&nb...

In celebration of the upcoming release of Annapurna Interactive‘s Stray — a game where you explore beautifully atmospheric environments as a cat —  the studio has now teamed up with pet accessory maker Travel Cat to launch a special edition cat carrier backpack as well as leash and harness. The backpack itself comes predominantly in black with streaks of pink, yellow, and blue that draw inspiration from the game’s cyberpunk setting. The center of the compartment features a large domed window for your cat to look through as you journey through the streets while an upper opening allows easy access. Of course, there are also three breathing holes and the bag itself will support up to 25 pounds in weight. As for the harness and leash, the set comes in a simple black tone with a refle...

Digital Extremes — makers of Warframe — have just teased its latest project called Soulframe. This free-to-play MMO will focus on heavy and slow melee combat combined with a story involving humans intertwined with the natural world with themes of “nature, restoration, and exploration.” And while the team has pointed to Princess Mononok and The NeverEnding Story as inspiration, they did emphasize that the “Soul” in Soulframe does not mean that it will try to replicate the direction of From Software’s Souls series (Elden Ring). Steve Sinclair of Digital Extremes told Washington Post, “I think it certainly isn’t an inspiration for the initial ideas or what we wanted to do. Ironically, other titles that were maybe borrowing from Warframe might have been some sort of reverse influence. But Elde...

Following a successful debut collection released back in 2020 which quickly sold out, gaming company Razer and Japanese streetwear label BAPE join forces once again for Razer‘s largest collaborative collection ever. Similar to the first collection, the assemblage will include exclusive apparel as well as gaming peripherals. “Riding on the success of our first partnership, we knew we had a high benchmark to meet, so we prioritized going above and beyond for our community with this new collection,” says Addie Tan, Associate Director of Business Development at Razer. “This time we are really giving our fans more designs, more colorways, and more innovation. This summer, expect to turn some heads in the limited edition A Gaming Ape collection which truly straddles the two worlds of gaming and ...

The deal has officially been done. Sony, and its PlayStation division, have just closed on the Bungie acquisition that was proposed back in January. An SEC filing puts the deal in the $3.7 billion USD range where Bungie will now fall under the Sony Entertainment Network, but will continue to operate independently. While not as big as Microsoft’s announcement to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion USD, Sony feels confident in this move and has excitedly released the news over Twitter. Fans are pointing out that, while Bungie’s main IP Destiny is not exclusive, the acquisition brings the expertise of multiplayer games from the video game company to Sony. Check out the announcement below. The agreement to acquire Bungie has closed. So now we can officially say… welcome to the PlaySt...

After taking the Internet by storm at the beginning of the year, Wordle quickly became one of the world’s most popular mini-games, and now Hasbro has created a physical board game version of it that you can play with friends and family. Aptly named Wordle: The Party Game, the new board game basically functions identically as its digital counterpart, with players attempting to guess a five-letter word with six tries. Unlike the original, however, Hasbro’s experience will allow you and your friends to pick a host at the beginning of each round, who’ll write down the secret word everyone has to guess. Point scoring works reversely, so those who need fewer attempts to guess each word will score fewer points, and the player with the least points by the end of the game wins. To spice t...

Sony has now announced the launch of a new PlayStation loyalty program called “PlayStation Stars.” The program is entirely free to join for those on the console platform and you’ll be able to earn points through playing games, purchasing things on the PlayStation Store, earning Trophies, and winning tournaments. The points you are rewarded can then be used to redeem PSN wallet funds as well as other products on the store, and Sony says there’ll also be new “digital collectibles” of things which is explained as “digital representations of things that PlayStation fans enjoy, including figurines of beloved and iconic characters from games and other forms of entertainment, as well as cherished devices that tap into Sony’s history of innovation.” While the idea of digital collectibles sounds an...

In a new “The Board Room” interview, three central figures behind the upcoming game Skate, previously referred to as Skate 4, sit down to discuss important updates surrounding the highly-anticipated title. Here to shed light on the fourth game from the beloved franchise is Cuz Parry, one of the creative directors of the game, Isabelle Mocquard, head of product management at EA, and Dan McCulloch, General Manager of new Vancouver-based game studio Full Circle. One of the biggest updates that the conversation touched on is the introduction of a free-to-play model for the very first time. While that will mean microtransactions will be part of the game, the board members ensure that it will not be pay-to-win. There are no areas of the map that will be locked behind a paywall, no paid loot boxe...

The long-running Aliens franchise is getting a new title. Following Predator: Hunting Grounds and Aliens: Fireteam Elite, which were released in 2020 and 2021, respectively, developer Survios is introducing yet another game to the lineup. In collaboration with 20th Century Games, the game will be developed by VR studio Survios and will be a single-player action-horror game. Although currently untitled, the developer plans to reveal more details at its panel, “Alien: Expanding a Dark and Frightening Universe,” at San Diego Comic-Con on July 21. The game will be available to play on VR platforms, as well as on consoles and PC. Survios has mostly worked on VR games in the past, including a title for The Walking Dead and a racing game called Sprint Vector. It has made one non-VR game for the C...