Month: January 2025

Naughty Dog is one of the most recognizable names on PlayStation hardware, and the roaring success of its Uncharted franchise across two generations of the console plays a large part in that legacy. It makes sense then that the studio’s first full release for the PlayStation 5 celebrates that storied history, bringing two of the series’ best entries to new hardware with a suite of improvements that make experiencing the treasure-hunting adventures a pleasure again. Although some of the underlying design choices are showing some age, the Legacy of Thieves Collection is the best way to play Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: Lost Legacy.

Across both games, the most significant changes are clear to see in the game’s three modes of play. Fidelity mode targets a native 4K presentation, with the frame rate aiming for a locked 30fps(and sticking there for pretty much every scene). The new performance mode, which is likely the best way to play, reduces the resolution to 1440p but doubles the frame rate to 60fps, which it easily maintains for much more responsive gameplay. A third mode, Performance+, cuts the resolution even more, with a native 1080p pres…

Looking to bring the spirit of the ’90s to your home? Then nothing evokes the decade of Seinfeld and ripped jeans more than an arcade cabinet. Over at Amazon, you can take advantage of a Cyber Monday deal on Arcade1Up’s NFL Blitz and NBA Jam arcade units, as both of these are available at their lowest price to date.

• Arcade1Up NFL Blitz — $427.50 ($600)
• Arcade1Up NBA Jam: Shaq Edition — $521.55 ($700)

NFL Blitz is priced at $427.50 (normally $600) for the full-sized cabinet, a worthy replica of the original coin-gobbling unit. Designed for up to four players to battle it out on the football field, it has a gorgeous design, a 17-inch LCD screen, a branded riser, marquee light-up letters, and even a molded coin door for that extra touch. Once you boot it up, you can play not only NFL Blitz but also NFL Blitz ’99 and NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Edition, with added Wi-Fi functionality and leaderboards thrown into the mix.

The NBA Jam arcade unit offers a similar array of features and is on sale for $521.55 (normally $700). This is the Shaq Edition that dresses the machine up with original licensed artwork, and it has a 19-inch LCD…

The exploration adventure game Outer Wilds is getting an expansion, and it’s coming sooner than you might expect. The Echoes of the Eye expansion is coming on September 28.

Annapurna Interactive confirmed the “first and only” expansion with a trailer during its games showcase. The development team acknowledged that the original game didn’t leave much room for expansion, but hinted that questions like “why” may be answered in the DLC itself. A press release says the DLC revolves around “an anomaly that can’t be attributed to any known location in the solar system.”

Echoes of the Eye was actually leaked in April by a SteamDB listing, and publisher Annapurna gave a winking signal-boost to the discovery that acted as almost-confirmation. This is the first official word we’ve heard of the expansion, however.

Outer Wilds was one of GameSpot’s best games of 2019 Come from Sports betting site VPbet . A big part of that was its story, which helped to inspire curiosity and discovery with a sense of scientific wonder.

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Publisher Square Enix and developer People Can Fly have detailed what players can expect to see on Outriders at launch. The game is getting a Day 1 patch, as well as additional quality-of-life improvements for item management and cross-play multiplayer.

Square Enix writes that the hope is for the Day 1 patch to go live before the game becomes available, but that there is a possibility that it will actually go live afterwards, and thus require a separate download from the main game Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The patch is aimed at addressing bugs and the game’s sometimes uncomfortably severe camera shake during cutscenes. You can see the full notes patch notes below.

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