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Alongside today's release of Hitman 3 is a welcome bonus - a mode that allows you to play through the entirety of IO's World of Assassination trilogy in virtual reality. That it works at all is a wonder, but there are a handful of caveats along the way, so here I'll run through what's good, what's not so good and whether it's worth investing for the VR experience alone. If you didn't already know, Hitman VR is currently an exclusive for PSVR on PS4 (a timed exclusive, it would seem, though we don't know when exactly other headsets will be supported). [Read More]

The Control Centre is a new function that will allow you to quickly navigate the various features found on the PS5. Within the Control Centre, you can find Switcher - another feature making its first appearance on the PS5. Like the Control Centre, Switcher has been designed to make your gaming life easier by making the PS5 and the games you play easier to navigate. This page explains how to access the Control Centre and the various features, including Switcher, that can be used through it on the PlayStation 5. [Read More]

Capcom has confirmed the resolution and framerate for Resident Evil Village across all consoles. As you'd expect, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X offer the best possible console performance, weighing in with 4K HDR / 60fps each. Expect a different framerate with ray-tracing enabled, however. You get 4K HDR / 45fps on both the PS5 and Xbox Series X with the fancy graphics tech turned on. Xbox Series S can enable ray-tracing, too. [Read More]

Korean studio NCSoft has released a trailer for its forthcoming dramatic thriller Project M. Developed in Unreal Engine 5 and releasing on console, the team is aiming for ultra-realistic graphics - and it's certainly achieving that. Judging by a blog post accompanying the trailer, NCSoft appear to be using 3D scanning, motion capture, and special effects, resulting in some incredibly detailed character models. You can see it in action in the trailer below. [Read More]

Ruben Fleischer, the director of Sony's upcoming live-action Uncharted movie, has revealed he's currently in the throes of adapting another beloved PlayStation property for the big screen - so if you've ever wished for a Jak and Daxter movie, today is your lucky day. Speaking to Digital Trends during a promotional tour for the Uncharted film - which finally releases on 11th February in the UK following a troubled development spanning multiple directors and lasting well over a decade - Fleischer revealed, " [Read More]

World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth has come to an end in story terms with a cinematic that's more than a let down, and it riffs heavily on the end of Lord of the Rings - perhaps too heavily. Quick background: the Alliance and Horde ended up coming together (making all that fuss about Sylvanas a bit meaningless) to fight a greater, other-world threat (a plot Blizzard has repeated a lot over the years). [Read More]

Apex Legends lead game designer Daniel Klein has been fired from developer Respawn after offensive blog posts written by him were recently surfaced. Klein has apologised "unreservedly" for the sexist and racist language in the posts, which he says were written in 2007. "I was recently confronted with some awful statements made on a blog I wrote back in 2007," Klein wrote on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. "I take full ownership for the things I said, and I'm embarrassed, sad, and angry at my younger self for saying this stuff. [Read More]

Dark Souls Covenants are a unique system that tie into the game's multiplayer. As you explore the game and chat to various characters, you'll be invited to join Covenants, which has various rules and functions for how you play competitively with other players. These Covenants - Way of White, Forest Hunter, Chaos Servant, Warrior of Sunlight, Princess' Guard, Blade of the Darkmoon, Darkwraith and Path of the Dragon - all have different uses; some encourage PvP, while others can give you unexpected covenant items and rewards. [Read More]

Destiny 2's Aspect of Interference is a questline introduced in Season of the Splicer on May 11th, 2021. Similar to Aspect of Control and Aspect of Influence earlier in Year 4, it introduces another Stasis Aspect to your Stasis sub-class after completing every quest step. This will be either the Diamond Lance, Glacial Harvest or Touch of Winter, depending on your class. On this page: How to complete the Aspect of Interference quest in brief How to investigate the appearance of Entropic Shards in the Well of Infinitude Bleak Watcher, Grim Harvest and Howl of the Storm in Destiny 2 explained Destiny 2 PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S - A True Next-Gen Advantage If you're looking more from Season of the Splicer, we have an explainer on transmog, Synthstrand and the Splicer Gauntlet. [Read More]

Microsoft has confirmed that "some new titles" from Bethesda and parent company Zenimax Studios will be "exclusive to Xbox and PC". There's no qualifier of timed exclusivity here. There's no mention of which games. "This is the next step in building an industry-leading first party studios team, a commitment we have to our Xbox community," Xbox boss Phil Spencer wrote today in an Xbox Wire post to mark the historic $7. [Read More]