- Lenovo Legion Go S has been revealed at CES as it becomes the very first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld. It comes with an AMD Ryzen Z2 Go processor or AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, up to 32GB of RAM, 55.5Whr battery, Wi-Fi 6e, USB4 ports and a microSD card reader all with an 8" 16:10 120hz display. It will be released in May. A Windows OS version of the same device will be available later this month.
- Valve has also stated that they will be shipping a beta of SteamOS that users can download and test on their existing hardware.
- More jobs lost at Rocksteady, as about half-a-dozen staff have been impacted by redundancies at the end of the year.
- Take-Two’s indie publishing label Private Division has apparently been bought by an investment company and will be staffed by former Annapurna staff.
- Xbox Game Pass titles being added:
- Diablo (1) - Coming to PC - January 14th
- EA Sports UFC 5 - Coming to Console & Cloud (via EA Play) - January 14th
- Road 96 - Coming to Cloud, Console & PC from today! (January 7th)
- And others… but these are the main ones.
- Xbox Game Pass titled being removed:
- Escape Academy - January 15th
- Exoprimal - January 15th
- Insurgency Sandstorm - January 15th
- Those Who Remain - January 15th
- And others… but these are the main ones.
- Sony has revealed that Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (PS5), **Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered (PS4) and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (PS4/5) are now available on PlayStation Plus Essential.
- Sony is going to be releasing the PlayStation Portal, DualSense Edge, Pulse Elite wireless headphones and Pulse Explore wireless earbuds in a Midnight Black colourway releasing next month. They are to accompany the existing console covers and the DualSense controller.
- In a recent court filing, it has been revealed that it cost over $700 million to develop Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Call of Duty Black Ops 3 cost $450 million and Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) cost $640 million. For comparison, it only cost $220 million to make The Last of Us Part 2
- At CES, Sony announced that a movie based on Helldivers 2 and Horizon: Zero Dawn are in development.
- Also at CES, it has been revealed that Ghost of Tsushima will be getting an anime adaptation called Ghost of Tsushima Legends - It will be released in 2027.
- Season 1 of Marvel Rivals will be coming on January 10th and will feature The Fantastic Four
- LG Smart TV’s will be receiving the Xbox Cloud Gaming App later this year and will allow users with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to play games on their TV without any additional hardware (Except for a controller)
- Shift Up (Steller Blade) gave their ~300 staff PS5 Pro’s and 5 million won (~€3,300) as their Christmas bonus.