PlayStation 5 Controllers Are Suffering From Drift

Similar to Nintendo’s “Joy-Con drift,” Sony’s PlayStation 5 DualSense controller is apparently suffering from drift: movement on-screen that doesn’t correspond to any button press or input. ExtremeTech reports: Users have reported DualSense drift as quickly as 10 days after purchasing a PlayStation 5, which tracks with some of the shorter reports we’ve heard about Nintendo as well. We can assume that…

New GTA in Development, Rockstar Reportedly Making Changes To Fix Crunch Culture

Rockstar Games is working on a new Grand Theft Auto, but the next entry in the series is reportedly a long ways from release, and may take on a different scope due to alleged changes at the Red Dead and GTA studio. From a report: An anonymous source close to Rockstar Games has confirmed to IGN that the Red Dead Redemption…

Xbox Won’t Have Series X Exclusives for at Least a Year

Microsoft announced that the upcoming Xbox Series X won’t launch with exclusive games for at least a year. Instead, any new title playable on the Series X will also be playable on older Xbox One consoles. IGN reports: “As our content comes out over the next year, two years, all of our games, sort of like PC, will play up and…

Analysts, Gamers, and Blade Runner’s Artistic Director React To The Look of Tesla’s Cybertruck

Syd Mead, the artistic director on Blade Runner says Tesla’s new Cybertruck “has completely changed the vocabulary of the personal truck market design.” Or, for another perspective, “Tesla’s Cybertruck looks weird… like, really weird,” wrote Toni Sacconaghi, a senior equity research analyst at the global asset management firm AllianceBernstein. “Add a little bit of dirt, and you could even say it…

Call of Duty Will Have a Battle Pass Instead of Loot Boxes

Activision and Infinity Ward are doubling down on their commitment to not have loot boxes in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with the announcement that it will instead feature a battle pass. The new system is almost identical to other battle pass systems found in games like Fortnite. IGN reports: In a newly published blog post, Activision announced that…