Gamepressure.com News 19 August 2020
Mafia Remake With Classic Difficulty Level
Hangar 13 revealed details of the classic difficulty level that will appear in Mafia: Definitive Edition. The remake will offer a gameplay experience at least partially similar to the original.
video games
Bart Woldanski
August 19, 2020
Composer for BioShock Will Appear on Digital Dragons 2020
The organizers of the Digital Dragons 2020 conference revealed another creator who will appear on the online edition of the event. This time it's Garry Schyman, the creator of music for the BioShock series.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 19, 2020
Lead Writer of Vampire Bloodlines 2 Laid Off
Brian Mitsoda, the lead writer of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, is no longer working on the sequel. Hardsuit Labs announced that he and Ka'ai Cluney were laid off, which was supposed have been to be a huge surprise for Mitsoda.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 19, 2020
Here's the Dashboard of Xbox Series X
Microsoft presented a trailer showing the appearance and functionality of the new menu of the Xbox Series X console, which will debut in November this year. The refreshed dashboard with new features will also appear on Xbox One and in the mobile application.
hardware & software
Michael Kulakowski
August 19, 2020
Prince of Persia Lives... in Unreliable Leaks
A potential leak associated with the Prince of Persia series has been found on the web. According to a Guatemalan store, this year we will receive a remake of a single game from the series.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 19, 2020
Free Pokemon Cafe Mix With 5 Million Downloads
The Pokemon Company boasted 5 million downloads its free game titled Pokemon Cafe Mix. As thanks from the creators, the players will receive a small gift after logging into the game.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 19, 2020
FIFA 21 Without Cross-play
Electronic Arts has commented on the cross-play feature in FIFA 21. Unfortunately, the publisher does not intend to enable cross-play, even between PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 or Xbox One and Xbox Series X users.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 19, 2020
Miniseries on History of Classic Video Games Debuts on Netflix
Today, a documentary miniseries titled High Score debuted on Netflix. It focuses on presenting the history of many classic video games, such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Doom or Wolfenstein 3D.
movies & tv series
Milosz Szubert
August 19, 2020
Mortal Shell - Players Report Serious Bugs
Mortal Shell players report two serious bugs in Cold Symmetry's game. The first one concerns the key Harden mechanics, while the second one resets the player's progress by overwriting the saved game data.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020
Xbox Series S Specs - What's Inside Xbox Series X's Little Brother?
The cheaper version of Xbox Series X, or Series S, can be up to 61% cheaper. Leak of console's specs shows that the explanation lies with the smaller number of GPU's computing units.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
August 19, 2020
Pathfinder Kingmaker Update With Turn-based Combat Goes Live
The latest update for Pathfinder: Kingmaker has introduced turn-based combat and a number of other improvements. In addition, the game has also been released on PS4 and XONE consoles.
video games
Damian Gacek
August 19, 2020
Streamer Becomes Popular by Losing in Fall Guys
Streamer TimTheTatman hasn't won any game in Fall Guys: UItimate Knockout yet, which makes his live Twitch broadcasts more and more popular. A few days ago there was also a situation where a player helped an inactive opponent advance to the next round.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 19, 2020
Oculus Rift Will Require Facebook Account
Facebook plans to integrate the Oculus Rift platform with its social network. From October this year, new VR goggle owners will have to log in to the system using their Facebook account. In January 2023 the Oculus Rift system will be shut down and the only option to log in will be an FB account.
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Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020
Star Wars Has no Time for Pandemic; Work on The Mandalorian is in Full Swing
The producers of The Mandalorian not only managed to film the second season without any problems, but also made sure that the filming for the third season proceeds as usual, regardless of the scale of the coronavirus pandemic.
movies & tv series
Karol Laska
August 19, 2020
Smartphone Will Check Whether We're Drunk?
Researchers from Stanford University and the University of Pittsburgh are working on a technology to detect the state of alcoholic intoxication by analyzing the way a smartphone user moves.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020
Riot Apologizes for a Tweet About Valorant
Riot Games admitted a communication error and apologized for last year's tweet, in which the company's CEO stated that in Valorant we will not eliminate our opponents using skills.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 19, 2020
How Much Coin for The Witcher? Here's the Budget of Netflix's Show
The first 8 episodes of The Witcher were a bigger financial undertaking than most seasons of Game of Thrones. Here's the budget of one of Netflix's biggest hits.
movies & tv series
Karol Laska
August 19, 2020
Battlefield 6 Maps are Designed for 128 Players
There have been rumors on the web that Battlefield 6 maps are designed to accommodate as much as 128 players. However, the standard mode is to be 32v32. It's possible that the increased scale is to enable a battle royale option.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 19, 2020
Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Soon Leave Xbox Game Pass
Soon, the Xbox Game Pass library will be enriched with many new items. Among them we can mention Crusader Kings 3, Wasteland 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard or Darksiders: Genesis. Unfortunately, in the near future Red Dead Redemption 2 and NBA 2K20 will disappear from the offer.
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Milosz Szubert
August 19, 2020
Microsoft is Slowly Ceasing Support for Internet Explorer
Microsoft plans to gradually phase-out support for Internet Explorer 11 as part of its own service ecosystem (Microsoft 365) - the process will end in August 2021. Next March, the company also intends to cease the release of security updates for older versions of the Microsoft Edge browser.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator - Disabling Data Link Boosts Performance
Tests conducted by editors of PC Gamer indicate that by disabling the „Data Link” function in Microsoft Flight Simulator, we can gain a few extra fps.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020