PS4 Lifetime Sales Rise Above 100 Million
Sony has officially sold and shipped 102.8 million PlayStation 4 units, making it the second best-selling home console of all time.
According to Sony's Q2 FY2019 financial report, the platform holder sold an additional 2.8 million consoles in the last quarter, which, combined with the 100 million sales announced in July, pushes the total up to 102.8 million worldwide.
With these figures, the PS4 has now surpassed Nintendo Wii's 101.6 million and the original PlayStation's 102.5 million totals, but has not yet managed to eclipse the PS2, which maintains its position in the top-selling spot with a staggering 155 million units sold in its lifetime. When adding handheld gaming devices, PlayStation 4 is in fourth spot, closing on the Game Boy/Game Boy Color's 118.69 million units and the Nintendo DS family at 154.02 million.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Reveals Monstrous New Image
Larian Studios, the developer behind the recently announced Baldur’s Gate 3, has revealed a new slice of fresh hell from the forthcoming roleplaying game, depicting one of the tentacle-faced, brain-eating psionicists from the race of interplanar slavers called Ilithids — more commonly known as mind flayers.
Though scant on details, the image below reveals an illithid psionically floating through the darkened hallway of a nautiloid ship.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Breaks Multiple Sales Records
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has earned more than $600 million worldwide and has broken multiple sales records in its first three days of release.
Announced by Activision, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's impressive first three days has earned it the following records;
- It has become the top-selling new premium game release of 2019
- It has now sold more units in its first three days than any other Call of Duty title this console generation
- It had the biggest selling digital opening in Activision history
Death Stranding Launch Trailer Gives You the Best Look at the Story Yet
The launch trailer for Death Stranding has arrived, and it provides the best look at the mysterious game's story that we've had so far. So much so, in fact, it may be a bit spoiler-y.
The huge trailer - eight minutes in length - takes a deeper dive into the premise of Death Stranding, offering a better look at the game's broad cast of characters. But many people online are talking about how this trailer might actually be very spoiler-y. So be warned.
The Conjuring Creators Developing LaLaurie Mansion Horror Franchise
Chad and Carey Hayes, the creators of the highly successful Conjuring universe, are developing a brand new horror franchise based on the infamous LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Deadline reports that the Hayes brothers are teaming up with the recently-established production company Faster Horse Pictures to produce the planned series of films, which will be built around one of the most notorious haunted houses in the world.
The outlet notes that the building, now a popular tourist attraction, was once home to Madame Delphine LaLaurie, a socialite and serial killer who tortured and murdered several slaves in the early 1800s. Her crimes were later exposed in a house fire, but she fled the scene and evaded prosecution.
Amazon Fire TV Cube Review
Amazon’s second-generation Fire TV Cube (See it on Amazon) looks identical to the original Cube but under the hood it adds a speedier processor, along with support for local Amazon Alexa voice control, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision if your 4K TV supports such AV niceties. It also now includes the YouTube app, a sizable omission from last year’s Cube. Rolling an Echo smart speaker and a Fire TV streaming stick into one streaming box provides hands-free, Alexa-powered ease for controlling your entire home theater setup -- TV, speakers, cable box, and more -- but you still won’t want to lose the included Fire TV remote.
Elon Musk Donated 1 Million Trees to Fortnite Players Raising Money
Elon Musk has donated $1 million to a tree-planting charity drive that has been organised by YouTubers and Fortnite streamers.
The TeamTrees charity drive was organised by YouTuber MrBeast, who aims to help the Arbor Day Foundation plant 20 million trees, with each tree funded by a dollar donation. Since the drive’s launch, many other online community members have joined in, including Fortnite streamers such a Loserfruit.
Ok, sounds legit, will donate 1M trees
— Treelon (@elonmusk) October 29, 2019
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Xbox Console Streaming Starts Today
Following the public preview of Project xCloud, Microsoft and Team Xbox are launching the Xbox Console Streaming (Preview) beginning today, and it will allow participants to stream their Xbox One games from their console to a mobile device.
Microsoft's Principal Program Manager Jonathan Hildebrandt took to Xbox Wire to discuss this new preview program that is now available for Xbox Insiders in the Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings in the US and UK.
The program currently supports Android phones or tablets running Android 6.0 or higher with Bluetooth 4.0, and a Bluetooth-enabled Xbox One Wireless Controller is required to play.
The Mandalorian Trailer Breakdown: 21 Easter Eggs and Secrets
A new trailer for the first-ever live-action Star Wars show The Mandalorian is here and Pedro Pascal's character finally speaks!
But there’s plenty more to dig into, so here's our trailer breakdown.
The show is set five years after the fall of the Empire, which should mean things are better? But Werner Herzog’s mystery character asks, “Is the world more peaceful since the revolution?” And if these Stormtrooper helmets are anything to go by… nope!
On a less dour note, here we get a wide shot of the Mandalorian riding on the back of a Blurrg, which are like two-legged Dewbacks. That handsome young Ugnaught accompanying him is called Kuiil, Mando’s buddy. We got a good glimpse of him riding a Blurrg in the first Mandalorian trailer. Ugnaughts can be found all over the galaxy, but if we rewind to Empire Strikes Back, they ran the carbonite operation on Bespin when Han Solo was encased in carbonite. We think Kuiil the Ugnaut could be helping The Mandalorian with all of his carbonite needs. More on that in a second...